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Wine Conferences East of the Rockies Go Virtual in 2021
With the Covid-19 crisis still limiting or preventing in-person gatherings, many wine conferences and educational programs have changed to virtual schedules for enology, viticultural, and wine marketing/business meetings. While online sessions are obviously not the same as seeing and talking with speakers and other attendees in person, there are some advantages to “attending” virtual programs. Conference organizers have the option to include presenters based on their knowledge on topic under discussion, not how much it would cost to bring them to a specific location. And there certainly are a wide variety of virtual programs that anyone in the wine industry can attend, often at no cost.
UK welcomed as full member of OIV following Brexit 6th January, 2021 by Arabella Mileham
Following Brexit, the UK has been welcomed as a full member of the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV), by the organisation’s director general Pau Roca.
In a recorded statement over the New Year, Roca toasted the UK re-joining the organisation with a bottle of English sparkling wine, noting that the UK was one of the largest wine markets in the world and although only a small player in terms of production, it had seen “exponential growth” in recent years, particularly of sparkling wines.
Major wine event postponed until 2022 istock.com/Wavebreakmedia
Brock University is announcing the Triggs International Premium Vinifera Lecture Series scheduled for this coming August has been postponed.
The series is held in vineyards in Niagara and BC and brings hundreds of industry professionals together, but due to the ongoing pandemic officials decided postpone the event.
Organizers from Brock University s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute hope to hold the event August 2022.
Meanwhile the oenology keynote speaker has been chosen for Brock University s upcoming International Cool Climate Wine Symposium.
German wine professor Monika Christmann will be featured during the event from July 25th - 29th.