Representing you Working in partnership with Vineyard magazine for a developing UK wine industry. WineGB is the national trade body representing the vine growers and winemakers of Great Britain from the largest producers to small hobbyists. Our members work together with the organisation to develop strategy, expertise and marketing opportunities for long-term, sustainable success.
Save the date: WineGB Technical Winemaking Conference, 9 November WineGB’s first physical conference in over a year is scheduled to take place on Tuesday 9 November at Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, Surrey. Running from 9am and until 5pm, the conference will feature masterclasses on key topics including protein and tartrate stability; sustainability; climate change; and FTIR analysis. There will also be two tastings: ‘blanc de blancs sparkling vs. still white wines from the UK’ and ‘canned wine – a tasting of those on the market from the UK’.
If you are interested in wine production in the UK find out more about WineGB and join us. Visit our website www.winegb.co.uk
This year’s line-up of esteemed speakers includes Geoff Taylor, formerly of Campden BRI; Jennifer Lincoln from Enartis; Pierre-Yves Bournerias of the IOC, Alistair Nesbitt from Vinescapes and Simon Thorpe, CEO of WineGB. The conference will be hosted by the WineGB Winemaking Group, chaired by Emma Rice of Hattingley Valley. Other members of the group, including Simon Roberts (Ridgeview) and Josh Donaghay-Spire (Chapel Down), will be panellists during the sessions. Tickets will be available at a discounted rate to WineGB members, with a student price also on offer. Further details and information on how to register will be released in due course.
WineGB heads to The Vineyard & Winery Show
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WineGB will be taking part in the first Vineyard & Winery Show on 24 November. CEO Simon Thorpe will chair a session entitled ‘venturing into viticulture in a change climate’, alongside Alistair Nesbitt of Vinescapes, James Dodson of Vine-Works and Mitchel Fowler of Ferovinum. Simon Thorpe will explain what WineGB can
& WINERY SHOW offer new entrants to the industry and the benefits associated with membership of the national organisation. Julia Trustram Eve, WineGB’s Head of Marketing, will also lead a session on ‘building
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a sustainable business through wine tourism’, detailing WineGB’s best practice guidelines. She will be accompanied by Paul Harley of Plumpton College and Jo Smith from the Wine Garden of England.
