King Juan Carlos I, will be the President of Honour at Ecososteniblewine 2010

The King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, will be the President of Honour at the International Conference on Organic and Sustainable Viticulture and Climate Change Ecososteniblewine 2010, according to an announcement from sources within the Department of Agriculture of the autonomous Catalan government, who together with INCAVI are the organisers of the conference.

Taking part in this second edition of the International Conference on Organic and Sustainable Viticulture and Climate Change, which will be held on June 15th and 16th in Vilafranca del Penedès, will be prestigious Spanish and international experts in the field of sustainable wine production, such as Professor Hans R. Schulz, the director of the Viticulture and Œnology Research Centre in Geisenheim, Germany; and Philip Manson, the director of Science and Innovation at the Wine Growers Association of New Zealand.

Some wineries, such as Albet i Noya, Miguel Torres and Freixenet, together with the wine and cava employer organisations, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Department of the Environment and Housing, as well as others, are also participating in the organisation of this congress.