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Green Wine Future 2022 Adds

“Wine for the Planet” to Program

Miami, Florida (January 11, 2022) – Green Wine • That all industries must attend to these issues,
Future 2022, the most important professional summit regardless of their professional activity.
featuring sustainability and climate change for the inter-
national wine sector, announces the addition of “Wine “Our first expedition will take us to Greenland, the
for the Planet” (W4P) to its May 23-26, 2022, program. Arctic and Island where we will record amazing footage
of the impact of climate change on the Inuit and the
W4P will showcase the wine industry’s work in protect- local economy, but we will also taste some wine as a
ing areas of the Earth most sensitive to the climate cri- gesture of the industry for protecting these extreme but
sis, including: very sensitive areas,” says Pancho Campo.

• Antarctica, Greenland, the Arctic. With many more to follow, Green Wine Future now
has more than 60 confirmed speakers representing all
• Coral reefs in different parts of our planet. elements of the wine business – scientists, academics,
media, and celebrities will all add their own unique
• The Amazon and other rainforests. perspectives. These wine industry luminaries are sched-
uled to participate both through live and pre-recorded
• Countries already suffering from water shortages connections from vineyards and wineries, coupled with
and floods. streaming documentaries premiering at Green Wine
Future 2022.
Based on documentaries recorded and presented by
W4P founder Pancho Campo and his team from the “W4P will occur virtually from five continents contain-
above listed regions, W4P will stream free globally ing eight of the planet’s wine regions; California, Chile,
during regular breaks of Green Wine Future. Those Portugal, South Africa, France, Spain, Australia, New
interested, may view the films through Facebook, Zealand, to minimize its carbon footprint, to ensure that
YouTube, and Instagram, where the team will highlight it be truly global, and to avoid impacts caused by the
wine tastings in Greenland, Iceland, Antarctica, the pandemic,” says David Furer.
Amazon, and the Great Coral Reef.
The promo video, Information about The Wine for the
Wine for the Planet will show: Planet program, confirmed speakers, alliances and part-
ners, and registrations may be found at...
• The vital importance of protecting these sensitive
areas from impacts of climate change. www.greenwinefuture.com

• That we are all interconnected throughout
our planet.

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