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On 30 June-1 July 2016, the III Black Sea Winemaking Forum was held in Sochi (Russia)

Placed under the high patronage of the OIV, this event was put on within the framework of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), of which Russia assumed the chairmanship in 2016.

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It gathered together about 150 companies and more than 400 individual participants from the vitivinicultural sector: wine producers, distributors, retailers, oenologists, wine experts, heads of the national associations of the winemakers and sommeliers from more than 20 countries.

During a conference organised on the theme of prospects for cooperation (both technical and economic) in the vitivinicultural sector all around the Black Sea region, the Director General of the OIV, Jean-Marie Aurand, gave a presentation of the major trends in vitiviniculture on a global scale – with a particular focus on the main developments in consumption and its recent evolutions.

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The exhibition and wine companies presentations were organized as part of the Forum, they brought together about 70 companies.

«The Black Sea Wines 2016» competition-rating was held on the sidelines of the Forum. Winemaking companies from 11 countries did take part in the contest.

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PROGRAM
III BLACK SEA WINEMAKING FORUM

The forum is held under the high patronage of the OIV
(International Organization of Vine and Wine)

Place: Sochi city, Russia
hotel "Radisson Lazurnaya",
103 Kurortny Prospekt st.

Dates: June 30 – July 1, 2016

29 June 2016
From 11:00 Arrival of the participants, check in at the hotel "Radisson Lazurnaya"
30 June 2016
09:00 - 11:00 Registration of the participants
Hall "Bosphorus", Convention Center of the "Radisson Lazurnaya" hotel
11:00-11:30 Official Opening of the III Black Sea Winemaking Forum
Congress Hall of the "Radisson Lazurnaya" hotel
Greetings:
  • Jean-Marie Aurand, General Director of the OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine)
  • Vitaly Merkushev, Chairman of the Black Sea Winemaking Forum Board
  • Anatoly Pakhomov, Major of Sochi city
  • Valery Arkhipov, Secretary General of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Business Council
  • Lev Oganisyants, Director, Russian Research Institute for Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks Industries
  • Popovich Leonid, Head of the Black Sea Winemaking Forum Board of Trustees; President, the Union of Viticulturists and Winemakers of Russia
  • Alexey Sidorov, President, Russian Sommelier Association
  • The representative of the Gorchakov Foundation
  • The representatives of the Forum General Partners companies
10.00-18.30 Exhibition Opening Hours
Congress Hall of the "Radisson Lazurnaya" hotel
11:30-15:15 Conference:“The Development of the Regional International Cooperation Mechanisms in Vitivinicultural Sector of the Black Sea Region”
Hall "Bosphorus", Convention Center of the "Radisson Lazurnaya" hotel
Session I
Forecasts for the international economic relations developments in the sphere of the production and the trade of wine and the perspectives for the harmonization of the interests between exporters and importers in the Black Sea region. Global, regional and national consumer trends and innovative marketing strategies for the winemaking industry
Session II
"New services together with wine": what could be offered by the regional producers to the world markets: best practices of eno- gastro-tourism  historical and new types of regional wineries and wine museums for the development of inland and seaside resorts; the autochthonous regional varietals and unique regional cuisine as an important basis for the development of HoReCa sector in the economy of the region
1 July 2016
10.00-18.30 Exhibition Opening Hours
Congress Hall of the "Radisson Lazurnaya" hotel
10:00-13:00 Session III of the Conference:
New role of the contact expert networks, associations, unions and self-regulatory organizations in overcoming of the artificial barriers and in improving of the international cooperation at the level of the winemaking sector business communities of the region. The development of the regional instruments for quality control, protection of geographical indications and the development of regional uniqueness of the wine sector of agribusiness in the Black Sea Region.
Hall "Bosphorus", Convention Center of the "Radisson Lazurnaya" hotel
13:30-15:30 Meeting of the Sparkling Wines Producers Association
Hall "Topaz", Convention Center of the "Radisson Lazurnaya" hotel
16:30-17:30 Black Sea Winemaking Forum Board of Trustees meeting
“Left Terrace” of the "Radisson Lazurnaya" hotel Congress Hall
(Special invitation from the Forum’s Board is needed)
2 July 2016
до 15:00 Departure of the Participants

The basic language of the Forum is Russian, consecutive English and French translation is provided for speakers and participants upon request.

List of key speakers
Jean-Marie Aurand General Director The OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine)
Igor Bukharov President Federation of Restaurateurs of Russia;
Dean, Department of the Hotel and Restaurant Business, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Leonid Gelibterman President International Center of Wine and Gastronomy;
Chair of the National Branch of the International Wine and Food Society (IWFS);
Member of the Expert Council on Gastronomic Tourism of the UNWTO
Liviu Gabriel Grigorica Vice-President ADAR (Romanian Winetasters Association), consultant for winemaking industry
Jose Kampusano Alarcon Director “Economic and Trade Commission of Chile in Russia”
Boris Katryukhin Chairman Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) «Wine Union»;
Member of the OIV Russian National Liaison Committee
Sandro Khatiashvili Vice-President Georgian Sommelier Association
Krasimir Koev Director Bulgarian Executive Agency on Vine and Wine
Anatoly Korneev Executive Director Russian Sommelier Association (institutional member of the ASI)
Vitaly Merkushev Chair of the Board Black Sea Winemaking Forum
Lev Oganesyants Director Russian Research Institute for Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks Industries;
Deputy Head, the OIV Russian National Liaison Committee
Alexander Panasyuk Deputy Director Russian Research Institute for Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks Industries;
Professor, Department of Viticulture and Winemaking Moscow State University of Technologies and Management;
Member of the OIV Russian National Liaison Committee
Yanina Pavlenko Chair of the Board Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) Association of Viticulturists and Winemakers Of Crimea “The Сrimean Bureau of Vine and Wine”;
Member of the OIV Russian National Liaison Committee
Leonid Popovich President Russian Union of Viticulturists and Winemakers;
Head of the Black Sea Winemaking Forum Board of Trustees;
Member of the OIV Russian National Liaison Committee
Gvozden Radenkovic Head of Association Association of Viticulturists and Winemakers of Serbia
Arthur Sarkisyan President Union of Sommeliers and Experts
Gaydar Shuaybov Deputy Minister Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Dagestan
Alexander Sidorov Head Department of Travel, Lenta.ru Informational Agency
Alexey Sidorov President Russian Sommelier Association (institutional member of the ASI)
Alan Sokolov Director Association of the Sparkling Wine Producers
Stanimir Stoyanov Chair Union of Oenologists in Bulgaria
Tatiana Svinartchuk Head Economy and Law Unit, the OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine) General Secretariat
Zagirbek Taibov Chair of the Board Union of Viticulturists and Winemakers of Dagestan Republic
Oleg Tolmachev Head Krasnodar Kraj Department of Vine and Wine;
Member of the OIV Russian National Liaison Committee
Vladimir Tsapelik President Independent Wine Club
Dmitriy Voloshenko Director Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) Association of Viticulturists and Winemakers Of Crimea “The Сrimean Bureau of Vine and Wine”;
Member of the OIV Russian National Liaison Committee
Natalya Zhavoronkova Coordinator on Regional Development Russian Union of Viticulturists and Winemakers