International Cool Climate Wine Symposium postponed to July 2021
CCOVI oenologist Belinda Kemp, right, organizer of the Great Chardo Swap, tastes the 2018 Chardonnays alongside Emma Garner of Thirty Bench, Fabian Reis of Ferox, and Bruce Nicholson of Inniskillin.
By Sarah Ackles
A
lthough the International Cool Climate Wine Symposium (ICCWS) didn’t take place in St. Catharines this summer
grape growers, educators, and media to Brock University for a rigorous program of academic
as planned, organizers are looking
sessions, tastings, and pre-and-post
ahead to what promises to be a
conference programming.
stimulating and dynamic event in 2021.
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bring researchers, winemakers,
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause global uncertainty and
ICCWS 2021 will take place in
risk to public health, organizers
Canada for the first time from July
made the decision to postpone the
25 to 29, 2021. Organized by the Cool
symposium until 2021. With public
Climate Oenology and Viticulture
gathering sizes and international
Institute (CCOVI) and its national
travel strictly limited, Debbie Inglis,
industry partners, the ICCWS will
director of CCOVI and ICCWS chair,
