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From the Apr 30, 2021, issue
The existential and economic threats of 2020 didn’t stop wineries from pressing ahead with critical environmental and social initiatives.
On the contrary, even throughout the pandemic shutdowns, the wine community found opportunities to collaborate across borders and make remarkable strides all while coping with complex health and safety restrictions, new approaches to selling wine with restaurants and tasting rooms closed, trade wars that wrenched global distribution and massive wildfires in the U.S. and Australia.
“The best premium companies must stand up and lead by example in the fight to prevent damaging changes in the wine regions of the world,” says Miguel Torres Maczassek, general manager of Spain- and Chile–based Familia Torres, which is involved in multiple partnerships related to sustainable winegrowing. “We have to work together so that our future generation can keep producing wi
Both wineries joined IWCA s 2nd virtual meeting to discuss the plan of action for 2021 January 28, 2021
Vilafranca del Penedès (January 26, 2021) – International Wineries for Climate Action (IWCA) has announced that Cullen Wines (Australia) and Bodega Emina in Ribera del Duero (Bodegas Familiares Matarromera; Spain) have joined the organization’s mission to decarbonize the global wine industry. As Applicant Members, both wineries have committed to taking immediate action to reduce their carbon emissions in an effort to curtail the severe climate crisis.
Founded in February 2019 by Familia Torres (Spain) and Jackson Family Wines (USA), IWCA is a collaborative working group that addresses climate change through innovative carbon reduction strategies. IWCA’s objective for all members is to achieve a 50 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030 and to become Climate Positive by 2050 for Scopes 1-3.