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Meet Our New Regional Ambassador
Ana Sofia Oliveira, Portugal
Ana Sofia Oliveira has been working in wine marketing and communication since 2004, when she moved from Paris to Lisbon. Her studies in Intercultural Communication gave her the skills to work with different cultures and professional environments, which have proved very useful throughout her career.
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Our Latest Member
Viña Don Melchor, Puente Alto, Maipo Valley, Chile
Don Melchor Concha y Toro was a political visionary and businessman as well as one of the forefathers of Chilean wine production. In 1883, at the age of 50, he planted the first pre-phylloxera French vines in the Maipo Valley which marked the start of a vinous journey that led to his founding of Viña Concha y Toro.
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The Old Vine Conference Podcast
Join our host, Cynthia Chaplin, as she talks to guardians, champions and pioneers of viticultural heritage around the world and uncovers inspiring and informative old vine stories and explores why old vines and the transcendent wines they produce deserve our attention.
The Conference Archives
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Hosts Sarah Abbott MW, Tim Atkin MW and Dr. Jamie Goode talked with each guest, exploring why they have been inspired to protect and promote old vine heritage. Each speaker had a different perspective but together their experience and vision expresses the multi-nuanced and unique value of great old vines.
Our aim was to arrive at practical steps we can implement together to (ultimately) help establish Old Vine Wine from heritage vineyards as a global wine category.
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We continue to shine a light on the passion, quality and depth that old vine heritage brings to every region and country that celebrates it. In this respect, you can highlight any extraordinary producer working with old vineyards in this way. They can be famous or cult or even unheard of - if they’re doing great work, then bring them in.
A focus for this conference is the value of old vines as genetic arks of diversity, nuance and resilience. -
The third edition of The Old Vine Conference explored how the wine industry can work to halt the loss of old vines by taking practical steps to create a new category of heritage vineyard wine.
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Join us to hear from an inspiring line-up of old vine pioneers, thought leaders, academics, environmentalists, winemakers, viticulturalists, and commercial & marketing specialists. Come away with invaluable insight on the subject of old vines from around the world and a renewed understanding of why now is the time for old vines and their wines.
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Join us to hear from an inspiring line-up of old vine pioneers, thought leaders, academics, environmentalists, winemakers, viticulturalists, and commercial & marketing specialists. Gain invaluable insight on the subject of old vines from around the world and a deeper understanding of how we can learn from the past to build for the future.
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