Wine & Food Tourism Conference
– 2020 PROGRAMME –
PROGRAMME DIRECTOR – AFRICA MELANE
08:20
Welcome
Margi Biggs
Conference convenor
08:30
Opening Speaker
Sisa Ntshona
CEO: SA Tourism
09:00
Let’s Pivot: Rebuilding the food ecosystem
Miles Kubheka
Author, Celebrity Chef, Entrepreneur
09:45
WWF perspective on Wine Tourism
Shelly Fuller
WWF-SA:Programme Manager: Sustainable Fruit & Wine projects
10:00
How Covid-19 has changed the way we do business in terms of health and safety… lessons for all
10:15
Presentation of 2020 Wine & Food Tourism Honourees
Jean-Pierre Rossouw
Chairman of Awards Judging Panel
10:45
Tea
11:10
The Way Forward Now: How Wineries Need to Steal from Silicon Valley to Survive & Succeed in Tomorrow’s Wine Market.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY DELTA AIR LINES
Paul Mabray
CEO: Emetry
Questions
12:10
A new decade: challenges and opportunities
Tim Harris
CEO, Wesgro
12:30
Questions
12:40
What German Tourists look for when visiting the Cape Winelands
Petra Mayer
WOSA Representative in Germany
12:55
Lunch
13:50
How wineries can leverage on Cape Town’s membership of The Great Wine Capitals Global Network
Catherine Leparmentier Dayot
Bordeaux
14:05
Waste Not Want Not, a Winery Perspective
Andre Morgenthal, Owner De Gustibus , Trizanne Barnard, Winemaker and Negociant, Diony Lalieu, Founder of Ocean Pledge
14:40
World Class lessons from Mendoza
Romenella Paggi
Mendoza
14:55
Building blocks for wine tourism longevity
Marisah Nieuwoudt
VINPRO: Wine Tourism Manager
15:10
Eight Jobs for the Future in the Wine Tourism Industry
Sabine Lehmann
Founder & CEO of Curiositas
15:30
16:00
Virtual Wine Tasting: Agulhas Wine Triangle Wines (optional – extra cost)
Wines for tasting delivered to virtual participants in advance of the conference.