At a time when there seem to be too few reasons to celebrate, English Sparkling Wine is forging ahead, with vineyards being planted, new wines being launched, and prizes being won. But how sustainable is the English wine boom? Who’s going to buy 30m or 40m bottles – compared to under 16m today? Do we need regional designation? And is the Champagne method the only way to produce fizz in Britain?

Ray Isle, Executive Wine Editor of Food, Food & Wine, and Wine & Spirits Editor, of Travel & Leisure; Erica Duecy of Vinepair; and Felicity Carter of Meininger's Wine Business International. Three of the world's leading wine editors share the secrets of how to get an audience for your words in respected media.

Lifting the lid on the world’s most subtly complex and increasingly sought after region, with Burgundy-based Master of Wine, Jasper Morris, award-winning author of Inside Burgundy.

Compared to other sectors, the wine industry often seems to rely on what it has done in the past or hunches. In this session, we talk to experts Lulie Halstead, Dr Simone Loose, and Paul Mabray about the challenges of gathering high quality data...and persuading wine producers to benefit from it.

If, like Eric Asimov of the New York Times, you are a natural and orange wine fan, or if you’ve yet to be seduced by low-intervention wines, this is your chance to put your questions to Alice Feiring, the unchallenged queen of the natural wine movement.

Join top international wine critics, Eric Asimov , Tim Atkin, and Elaine Chukan Brown as we explore the future of wine writing through the lens of financial and environmental sustainability.

WSET? MW? MBA? What are the pros and cons of the main educational programs? Which qualification is most valuable for anyone looking for a job? Your chance to ask Ian Harris, head of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, Damien Wilson of Sonoma State University and Adrian Garforth, chairman of the Institute of Masters of Wine.

On the day that the Bordeaux En Primeur week should be getting underway, Decanter correspondent and award-winning writer, Jane Anson discusses with chateau owners, merchants and scientists who have been analysing the region using satellite imagery, what the 2019 vintage is really like, the implications of delaying its Spring release, and more generally how the region is responding to our new reality.

Star of TV's Chateau Monty series, Monty Waldin is the world's leading expert on Biodynamic wine, and author of two guides and a seminal book on the subject.

Jancis Robinson MW is unquestionably the world's leading wine authority today. Editor of the Oxford Companion to Wine, co-author of the World Atlas of Wine, Financial Times columnist, and creator of http://jancisrobinson.com. What would *you* like to ask her?

Eastern European wines are finally beginning to gain more recognition, but it's not easy, as British-born Philip Cox, Romania's biggest exporter, will explain.

As countries and regions, from Spain to San Francisco declare States of Emergency and lockdown, tens – possibly hundreds – of thousands of wine professionals are having to change the way they work. For our second Live Panel, we share experiences with three leading members of the wine industry, and an expert on digital tools designed to facilitate teamwork. Thanks to COVID-19, switching to remote working right now has not often been entirely voluntary, but according to many...

As lockdowns are enforced from Naples to New York and restaurants put up “closed until further notice” signs, how is this affecting the sommeliers? How are thousands of men and women spending their time, now they are not pouring wine for customers? In Episode 3, we talk to James Tidwell of Texsom, co-head of the world’s biggest annual gathering of somms; Ronan Rayburn MS who, after working with Gordon Ramsay, launched 67 Pall Mall and almost instantly made it the HQ of the London wine...

Our first Live Video Podcast - focusing on the wine world in the face of the postponement/cancellation of all of its major Winter/Spring events: Chengdu Wine Fair, Prowein, Vinitaly, Vinexpo Hong Kong, RAW London... We were delighted to welcome: Ian Ford, former CEO of Summergate, one of China's top importers, and now heading the Nimbility consultancy in Asia; Stevie Kim, boss of Vinitaly, Wine2Wine, 5StarWines, OperaWine and the Vinitaly International Academy; Jane Anson, Bordeaux...

Welcome to the Real Business of Wine, the webcast that brings together top professionals from across the world to share their experiences and expertise with everyone who's interested in how the wine world really works.