Facilitator Glenn Sigurdson & host Tony Gismondi
I was very pleased to be asked to speak at the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival's trade show panel titled: "Eco-friendly Wine: Over-hyped, Over-priced? A Symposium on Green Wine Marketing" on Wednesday.
An international panel of experts discussed organic certification, biodynamic wine growing, new trends in ecologically better packaging and much more.
Tony Gismondi, the Vancouver Sun wine columnist and editor of Wine Access, hosted the event.
Among those on the panel were: Jean-Charles Boisset, President, Boisset Family Estate, France; Jose Asensio, Export Director, Familia Zuccardi Winery of Argentina; Tilman Hainle, Owner and Winemaker, Working Horse Winery, BC; Robert Hill Smith, Owner, Yalumba Winery - Australia; Barbara Philip, Master of Wine - Vancouver; Owsley Brown III, President, Magnanimus Wine Group - California and Anthony Nicalo of Farmstead Wines - a BC-based importer.
Watch for a full write up here soon.
But in the meantime, Vancouver writer Peter Mitham has a good account of the panel discussion for the California-based Wines and Vines magazine's website, including quoting yours truly. Wines and Vines is a trade publication for the wine and grape industry.
2 comments:
Bill:
Waiting for your comment on the symposium. Know your busy, but looking forward!
Sorry for the delay - it will be a little while yet.
But the good news is that The Tyee.ca has agreed to run a full article on organic wines which will include information from the symposium.
Thanks for your interest!
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