VI Foro mundial del vino

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Orwine Project

Encounter about organic viticulture

25 April

Under the aegis of the 6th World Wine Forum, an encounter with the Orwine project will be held. The Orwine project draw together various bodies involved in Organic Farming and seeks to promote the development of socially and environmentally compatible techniques for obtaining quality organic wines, as well as the legal framework with a scientific base within the sphere of organic wines.

In the session, to be held on 25 April, the results gathered to date will be presented and provisional recommendations for the European wine regulations drafted by the Orwine project consortium will be debated.

Aims

• To make known the work being carried out within the Orwine project.
• To share and exchange the results of winery experiments in organic winemaking.
• To discuss recommendations for defining European regulations on organic wine growing.

Programme

• 9.00. Inauguration.
  • Íñigo Nagore Ferrer. Regional ministry Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development of the Government of La Rioja.
• 9.15 Presentation of ORWINE project and results of the Pilot Wineries in Europe in the project.
  • Cristina Micheloni. AIAB. Italian Association for Organic Agriculture.
• 10.30 Break
• 11.00. Results Pilot Wineries in Spain:
  • Enric Bartra. Experimental winery of INCAVI. Villafranca del Penedés.
  • José Ramón Faura and Mr. Javier García. Bodega Cooperativa Pinoso. Alicante.
  • Juan B. Chavarri. Institutional Wine Cellar of La Grajera. La Rioja.
• 12.00. Round table. Within the Organic Farming sector, are specific regulations necessary for wine?
  • Chairman: Víctor Gonzálvez. Technical Director of the Spanish Society of Organic Agriculture (SEAE).
  • Clemente Mata. Deputy director for Quality and Organic Agriculture of the Ministry Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
  • Francisco Robles. President of the Spanish Federation of Companies with organic products (FEPECO).
  • Josep M. Albet i Noya. Coordinating of Certification and Promotion of Biological Agriculture. INTERECO.
  • Jesús Puelles. President of the Riojan Association of Organic Agricultural Production (ARPAECO).
  • D. Juan Antonio Caballero Jiménez. Assistant director. Service of Certification. CAAE Castilla-La Mancha.
  • D. José Uranga Balanzategui. Association of companies of Biologic Agriculture of Navarre (AEN).