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Durban COP17: Connie Hedegaard puts pressure on China, US and India

As Durban climate change talks draws to a close, EU climate chief makes late call to large economies yet to back roadmap


Coppola to speak at WineFuture conference in Hong Kong

Written by Gemma McKenna - Friday, 22 July 2011


Napa Wine Quality may Suffer Climate Change

According to a study conducted by researchers at the Stanford University in California, there could be 50% less land suitable for cultivating premium wine grapes in high-value areas of Northern California even as some cooler parts of Oregon and Washington state would become correspondingly better for growing grapes, writes Subhash Arora with divergent viewpoints expressed by experts like Cakebread, Torres and Pancho Campo MW, and yet all recognizing the results of the study and pointing in the same direction.


Spanish Wine Experience commences its Asian tour and presents the second edition of the Winefuture conference

- All the details of Winefuture 2011, considered the most important forum for debate and discussion within the wine industry, will be revealed in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul and Shanghai


Climate change threat to Australia's top wines

Our $5.5 billion wine industry under threat.


Over 100 persons attend the Winefuture 2011 press conference in Hong Kong

- Anthony Lau, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Tourist Board, presided over the event and Pancho Campo MW provided details on the programme of events.


Successful Winefuture Hong Kong presentation in Bordeaux by TWA and Vitisphere

- Wine makers, distributors and executives from various wine organisations in Bordeaux attended the presentation.


The D.O. Campo de Borja, along with The Wine Academy of Spain, are to hold a tasting of Grenache Wine from around the World in California on 13 June 2011

The Grenache Wine tasting will be held at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco and 12 wines made of the Grenache varietal will be presented. Eight wines will be from the D.O. Campo de Borja and four from the rest of the world (California, France and Australia).


Climate change poses challenges to winemakers worldwide

Beaujolais, Riesling and Lambrusco wine producers are facing tough times ahead, with climate change casting a long shadow.


The countdown has begun for the second edition of the largest forum for global wine industry, Hong Kong's WineFuture 2011

• 6-8 November 2011 Hong Kong will be the epicenter of the wine world with more than 2,000 delegates from around the world coming.


Vineyards feel the heat from rising temperature

Climate change was having an unmistakable effect on grape harvests, an executive of wine and spirits conglomerate Distell said yesterday, and the group was conducting a search for new areas for vineyards.


Kofi Annan encourages the wine industry to engage in fighting Climate Change

• "Pollution is a cost and must be assumed by those who cause."


Kofi Annan urges the youth to get involve in the struggle against climate change

Tomorrow, Pancho Campo MW will carry out a grand tasting at 12.45


Mireia Torres: “Success is due to planting vines in high zones like the Spanish Pyrenees”

The area director of I+D of Bodegas Torres is an active part in the wine investigative project Cenit Demeter, one of the main issues to be discussed in the congress.


The responsibility of the corporate world in the fight against Climate Change will be the focus of Kofi Annan´s speech in Marbella

The former secretary general for the United Nations is the key note speaker of the conference which will take place in Marbella on April 13th. He will also preside a charity gala dinner.


Nicolas Joly: "The secret to a good wine involves understanding the laws of Nature and the Earth"

- The French winemaker, who will be speaking at the Climate Change & Wine Conference in Marbella, declares that climate change is allowing vineyards to grow in new regions.


The business community will play a vital role in the fight aginst Climate Change

- Kofi Annan will emphasize the importance of adopting sustainability and growth measures in order to fight the environmental problems.


Under Climate Stress, California Wine Country Tries to Shrink Carbon Footprint

Fetzer Vineyards and others are switching to solar energy and biodiesel fuel, as a new breed of ethical consumer is forcing wineries to decarbonize


Pancho Campo: "Those who still cast doubt the existence of Climate Change are behind the times"

According to the organiser of The World Congress on Climate Change and Wine, the climate situation should have been prevented decades ago and therefore the solution “is now way too late”.


Pancho Campo arrives at Madrid Fusión to conduct a tasting in "Enofusión"

-The new Spanish Master of Wine, Pedro Ballesteros, will share the stage with Campo, in a unique side by side.


Pancho Campo appointed Member of the Climate Project Spain´s Advisory Council

It is an international organization founded by former US Vice-President Al Gore.


The President of The Wine Academy of Spain, editor of Spanish wines for the magazine “Wine in China”

The President of The Wine Academy of Spain, Pancho Campo MW is, from this January, the new editor of Spanish wines for the magazine “Wine in China”. A publication specialized in the diffusion of the wine culture and in the popularization of knowledge related to the sector.


The III World Congress on Climate Change and Wine dates in Marbella the most influent authorities on the matter

-Nicolas Joly, biodynamic vititculture's greatest proponent, will participate in the conference .


Kofi Annan will deliver the keynote address at the 3rd edition of the "World Climate Change and Wine Congress"

With the participation of the most renowned authorities on these issues.


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