Spanish WINE Week

Organisers of the annual International Wine Toruism Conference, Exhibition & Workshop. 2020 sees the event heading to Friuli Venezia Giulia - Italy

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Spanish WINE Week - providing the wine trade with inspiration, business connections &amp; educational content.

Make a year's worth of connections in just 3 days at Spanish WINE Week without the travel!Spanish wines taste different. Spanish grape varieties give flavours that you don’t find anywhere else. The vineyards are planted on rock, on limestone, on volcanic ash, on clay, on sand, or on mixtures of all these. To fashion these raw materials into modern, exciting wines, there is a generation of young winemaker who have travelled the world and learned all there is to know about winemaking. The results are incredibly varied in style, from delicate, low-alcohol whites to the richest imaginable reds, from gentle rosés to the great sparkling wines. It will be an introduction to open your eyes to a new world of very different wine.Programme day by dayThe Live stream will start daily at 14.00 Spanish local time and ends at around 19.30 each day. Not sure what time that is where you are? Then please check the World clock to find out https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclockDay 1: Tuesday 5 May 2020: 14.00 to 19.30Session 114.00 – 14.10 A Wine Pleasures Welcome14.10 – 15. 00 Seminar: The Surprising Terroirs &amp; Wines of Spain. Speaker Clara AntúnezSpanish wines taste different. Spanish grape varieties give flavours that you don’t find anywhere else. The vineyards are planted on rock, on limestone, on volcanic ash, on clay, on sand, or on mixtures of all these. To fashion these raw materials into modern, exciting wines, there is a generation of young winemaker who have travelled the world and learned all there is to know about winemaking. The results are incredibly varied in style, from delicate, low-alcohol whites to the richest imaginable reds, from gentle rosés to the great sparkling wines. It will be an introduction to open your eyes to a new world of very different wines.Session 215.15 – 16.15 Live interviews with wine producers – Atlante (Valle de la Orotava), Mont Reaga (IGP Tierra de Castilla), Vins Familia Ferrer (Cava &amp; Catalunya)Session 316.30 – 17.00 Seminar: Corpinnat – what’s that? Speaker Xavier GramonaSession 417.15 – 18.15 Live Interviews with wine producers – Bodegas Monte de la Reina (Toro), Bodegas Tempore (IGP Bajo Aragón), Hermanos Frías del Val (Rioja Alavesa)Session 518.30 – 19.30 Seminar: Why Spain’s Garnacha is on everyone’s lips. Speaker Fernando Mora MWSpain is the origin country for the Garnacha grape (aka. Grenache), an underrated variety in the past, however now it takes part in some of the most exciting wines of the country. This grape shows different faces in the vast Spanish country, since it has very high capacity to show the place where it is grown. In this semminar, we will learn about this grape, the different types, the myths, the expressions and the most important characteristics. Garnacha is cool, discover it! Day 2 Wednesday 6 May 2020: 14.00 a 19.30 Session 114.00 – 14.10 Welcome14.10 – 15. 00 Seminar: Old Vines, Better Wines?. Speaker Fernando Mora MWIf there is a differential fact in Spanish viticulture it is the existing surface under old vines. Unfortunately, European plans, lack of profitability and other factors are decreasing this amazing resource. Are wines coming from the old vineyards better quality? Will there be old vineyards in 100 years? These and other questions will be answered in a precise and fundamental way. Other countries have been classifying and protecting their old vineyards, because they know the qualitative and marketing power of them.Session 215.15 – 16.15 Live interviews with wine producers – Huellas del Tiétar (DOP Vinos de Cebreros), Bodegas Resalte (Ribera del Duero), Clos Montblanc (Conca de Barberà)Session 316.30 . 17.00 Seminar: Cava 2020. A guide to its wines, regions and styles. Speakers Anthony Swift &amp; Juan Manuel Gonzalvo (Judges competition annual “50 Great Cavas”)Session 417.15 – 18.15 Live Interviews with wine producers – Gramona (Corpinnat &amp; Penedès), Celistia (Costers del Segre), Bodegas y Viñedos Milénco (Ribera del Duero)Session 518.30 – 19.30 Seminar: How ecommerce platforms can help the wine trade industry to develop their online sales. Speaker Nico Bour, Head of Business &amp; Marketing Uvinum (Drinks &amp; Co)eCommerce in the wine business is a reality. With the development of huge ecommerce platforms like Amazon, uvinum/Drinks&co or Vivino , the wine industry (importers, wholesales, etc..) has now access to millions of customers to sell their products online. Let’s talk about the opportunities and some keys to succeed. Day 3 Thursday 7 May 2020: 14.00 a 19.00Session 114.00 – 14.10 Welcome14.10 – 15. 00 Natural Wines: Why not?. Winemaker Daniel Ramos defines this niche but exciitng wine category and will cover What is Natural Wine, - A trend or a reality, Natural Wine: Why not?, Markets and final consumers of natural wine.Session 215.15 – 16.15 Live interviews with wine producers – Godelia (Bierzo), DOSTERRAS (Montsant), Ferré i Catasús (Penedès)Session 316.30 . 17.00 Seminar: D.O.P. Sierra de Salamanca: the remote realm of Rufete. Speaker Miquel UdinaSession 417.15 – 18.15 Live Interviews with wine producers– Bodegas Vegalfaro (Utiel-Requena), Hacienda El Ternero (D.O.Ca. Rioja), Baldovar 923 (Valencia)Session 518.30 – 19.00 Seminar: D.O. Jumilla Wine Region: The Organic High Plateau: Kingdom of Monastrell. Speakers Carolina Martinez Origane &amp; Esther Gonzalez de PazJumilla is an emerging, exciting wine region, pioneer in Organic wines. Jumilla is one of the oldest DOs in Spain, created in 1966, with strong culture on wine making, and millenarian know how. Monastrell is a late-ripening variety, which thrives in the heat and produces wines that range from lively and fruity, to stunningly complex. In many of Jumilla’s vineyards, Monastrell vines remain ungrafted. Add the moutain barriers and a picture starts to emerge …

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