Jancis Robinson and Justin Howard-Sneyd part of speaker line-up at UK's first cool climate event
Leading UK wine trade figures, Jancis Robinson MW and Justin Howard-Sneyd, are two of the speakers that have been announced for the International Cool Climate Wine Symposium which takes place in the UK for the first time between May 26 and May 28, 2016.
Leading UK wine trade figures, Jancis Robinson MW and Justin Howard-Sneyd, are two of the speakers that have been announced for the International Cool Climate Wine Symposium which takes place in the UK for the first time between May 26 and May 28, 2016.
The event, which was officiallly launched to the international wine trade at ProWein in Dusseldorf earlier this week, hopes to bring leading wine professionals, winemakers, acadmics and wine educators to Brighton, host of the 2016 event.
They will be able to take part in three days of seminars, debates, tastings and worshops including keynote talks from leading cool climate opinion formers including Professor Dr Huiquin Ma, Dr Mike Trought, Dr Kees Van Leeuwen, and Professor Charles Spence.
The event is held around every four years and helps set out the agenda and vision for cool climate producers for the years ahead.
Jancis Robinson MW will set the scene in her opening address and will be followed by viticulturalist Dr Mike Trought from the Marlborough Research Centre in New Zealand who will lead a session on achieving vine balance. Professor Ma, a leading Chinese wine academic from the University of Beijing, will look at wine production in challenging climates whilst Professor Spence of the Oxford University will look at wine sensory evaluation.
Dr Kees Van Leeuwen, professor at Bordeaux Science Agro, will analyse managing climate-based variability in the vineyard, winery and glass. Howard-Sneyd MW, who has headed up wine departments at Waitrose and Direct Wines as well now making his own wine in France, will share his commercial wine experience and look at how cool-climate wines can be sold in the UK market.
Brighton will be the ninth host of the event which has also being held in Tasmania, New Zealand, Oregon, Washington State and Germany.
Key UK wine industry and trade bodies are involved in the Symposium including: United Kingdom Vineyards Association; English Wine Producers; Plumpton College and the Institute of Masters of Wine. A 50-strong International Advisory Panel, chaired by Chris Foss, head of the wine department at Plumpton College, is helping to build up the content programme for the three day event.
As the ProWein launch earlier in the week, Foss said: "We are very proud to be part of a vision for the future of the cool climate wine sector. The ICCWS has a proven track record in putting host locations - all emerging cool climate regions - firmly onto the international fine wine map."
Howard-Sneyd MW, who is also a member of the organising committee, said: "We are extremely excited to be hosting the ICCWS in the UK in 2016. This event is undoubtedly a major platform to bring together the world's leading producers and experts in cool climate viticulture, winemaking, research and promotion."
Other topics to be covered will include the latest research on climate variability, sparkling and still wine production and how the latest technologies can assist in the production of cool climate wines, emerging cool climate regions, and new markets and new consumers.
More details can be found at www.iccws2016.com and you can keep up to date on Twitter at @ICCWS2016.
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