Program


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BIWC CONFERENCE: BALKAN WINE 2040

Vision & Possibilities

31 May, Naoussa, Greece, Eria hall

 WINE FAIR – EXHIBITION OF BALKAN WINES

31 May, Naoussa, Greece, Eria – 18:00 – 22:00

 

9:00 h – Registration

09:30 – Official opening

Galina Niforou, Wine MBA, founder and managing director BIWC

Mayor of Naoussa – Nikolaos Koutsogiannis

Stellios Boutaris – President of Association of Northern Greece

Igor Lukovic – Chairman of the BIWC

President of winegrowers & winemakers – Naoussa wine region

 

  • Climate change and the challenges for Balkan winemakers

9:30 – 9:45 – Haroula Spinthiropoulou, PhD, viticulturist, enologist, winery co-owner, Argatia winery, Naoussa, Greece

10:00– 10:15 – Zeynep Arca Saliel – Winemaker Arcadia winery, Turkey

10:15 – 10:30 – Dane Jovanov, PhD – Enologist, winemaker, North Macedonia

 

Importance of wine education for the future of wine industry in the Balkans

 10:45 – 11:00 – Konstantinos Lazarakis MW – Honorary Chairman of BIWC, Director of WSPC – Greece

 

Coffee break – 11:00 – 11:30

  • The role of indigenous vs. international grape varieties in different markets

 11:30 – 11:45 – Will Hill – Director at Novel wines, UK

12:00 – 12:15 – Evangelos Beris, PhD – Professor in University of West Attiki, Athens, Greece

 Coffee break 12:15 – 12:30

  • Positioning Balkan wines on the global wine scene – marketing strategies and success stories

12:45 – 13:00 – Daniel Menacho – Professor Bordeaux Wine School INSEEC – France

13:15 – 13:30 – Dilyan Kolev – Co-owner at Jolly Merchants, UK – Bulgaria/UK

13:45 – 14:00 – Mustafa Camlica – Winemaker, Chamlija winery, Turkey

 Light lunch – 14:00 – 14:30

Wine tourism in the Balkans – an essential tool for industry growth

14:30 – 14:45 – Tania Avramova – Wines of Sakar, Bulgaria

15:00 – 15:15 – Tomislav Ivanovic – Wine personality of the Balkans, 13th BIWC 2024, Wine writer, winopedia.rs, Serbia

15:30 – 15:45 – Ivana Caric – Owner, Caric winery, Hvar island, Croatia

 

Master classes and seminars

16:00 – 17:00 – Master class – The rose wines from the Balkans – Elizabeth Gabay MW

17:30 – 18:30 – Master class – Best of Balkans – Trophy winners from 13th BIWC 2024 – Rod Smith MW, Director of Institute of Masters of Wine