While the wine ecosystem, from production to distribution, seems to agree on what Fine Wine is not – a wine of poor quality, that’s mass produced, made using short cuts and widely distributed – there is little agreement on what a “Fine Wine” actually is. The very idea that we need to describe the meaning and attributes of Fine Wine … Read More
Five takeaways from 2020
The collective brain power of ARENI’s contributors tracked the changes as they happened, discussing and analysing what it said about the future of wine. Here are some highlights of what we discussed in 2020.
Debt, Death, Divorce – Fine Wine and the auction world – In Conversation with Jamie Ritchie
It’s not news that the pandemic is changing the way the wine trade does business, including accelerating the move to online selling. According to Jamie Ritchie, the Worldwide Head of Sotheby’s Wine at Sotheby’s auction house, the pandemic is shaking up the wine auction market as well.
Five reasons to consider collective models – How coming together could futureproof the Fine Wine world
Collective models have defined wine production for decades. In every winemaking country, producers have come together in local, regional and national enterprises to share a common vision for quality, process and promotion. Wine people came together because they had to, and because joining forces was the best way to survive and answer particular needs.
Now, faced with a new crisis, can collective models still facilitate our short- and long-term needs?
Podcast – Appellations, classifications, communities – A vision from Down under In conversation with Andrew Caillard MW and Peter McAtamney
This week we feature not one but two guests to discuss collective action in the Australian and New Zealand Fine Wine scenes, and whether they can become a model for the future.
In This Together – How Fine Wine is re-thinking its collective models
This year has brought the importance of community into stark relief. Yet, as a group, we are still exploring what “in this together” means, in terms of both production and distribution.
A panel discussion to address important questions, as the dramatic changes in our working lives will extend into 2021 and beyond, upending the old ways altogether.
Podcast – The Power of Collective Intelligence – In conversation with Dr Emile Servan-Schreiber
This week we meet French researcher Emile Servan Schreiber to discuss the power of collective intelligence, and the different ways to harness, measure and maximise the efficiency of our joined brains. As we navigate our way through the “wisdom of crowds”, we also explore how women and diversity can help build better and smarter organisations.
Leading the Way Towards Positive Change, One Step at a Time: Five Ways to Become an Effective Mentor
The world of wine is not just complex, it can be baffling and difficult to enter. There are many and diverse barriers to entry – recent weeks have shown just how high those barriers remain. Given this, how can we share knowledge and the access to the people, places and wines needed to build a career?
Podcast – Thriving though Generational Shifts – In conversation with Bill and Will Harlan
Acclaimed journalist Elaine Chukan Brown meets living icons Bill and Will Harlan, for an exclusive and intimate discussion on succession, to hear father and son discuss their changing relationship through Harlan Estate’s and Promontory’s milestones. As Will prepares to take over from his dad, they share with us the next steps of their 200-year plan.
Five ways to take wine education forwards
What does the future hold for wine education?
A conversation to understand what it will take to create inclusive and enlightening learning experiences in today’s atomised and online world.
Podcast – The Language of Wine – In conversation with Eric Asimov and Stephen Satterfield
Two leading voices discuss curiosity and sense of responsibility when it comes to how we communicate around the complex topic of wine. Does language provide or hinder access to wine information? How does it relate to the assessment of wine and to regionalism, fundamental to traditional wine producing areas? Should there be a universal language in wine?
The Future of Education and Skills: Teaching Fine Wine in an online, global, diverse world – In Conversation with Elaine Chukan Brown
A key conversation on the change of mindset, goals and tools needed to lead Fine Wine education.
Podcast – A Social critique of Fine Wine – In conversation with Prof. Beverley Skeggs
A conversation to explore the links between luxury, sociology, marketing and Fine Wine.
With Prof. Beverley Skeggs, we dive deep into behavioural science and the concepts of inclusivity and exclusivity, casting a different light on some of our ecosystem’s oldest battles and answering key questions on Fine Wine’s language, its symbolism and its struggle to break cultural norms.
Teaching – Learning- Growing : Developing Knowledge and Skills in an online world
A panel conversation on the changing mindset, goals and tools needed to lead our ecosystem forward.