New global Slow Wine Coalition launches

International movement Slow Food has launched a new global network designed to unite people from across the world of wine.

It says the aim of The Slow Wine Coalition is to bring about a revolution driven by environmental sustainability, landscape protection and social and cultural growth in the countryside.

Slow Food was founded in 1989 to counteract the disappearance of local food traditions and the spread of fast-food culture. It has grown to become a global movement spanning more than 160 countries.

It says the Slow Wine Coalition has grown out of the experience and principles that have evolved around the Slow Wine guide, produced by Slow Food in Italy for many years.

The Slow Wine Coalition’s first major meeting will be in Bologna, Italy, between February 26 and March 1, 2022. Sana Slow Wine will present the Slow Wine Fair, an international gathering of vignerons, professionals and enthusiasts, with debates, Taste Workshops and walkaround tastings.

The Slow Wine Coalition says it wants to unite everyone involved in the wine industry – whether producers, importers, distributors, wine bar owners, restaurateurs, sommeliers, communicators, journalists or simply enthusiasts – who is inspired by the idea of good, clean and fair wine for all.

The coalition's values are encapsulated in the Slow Food Manifesto for Good, Clean and Fair Wine, a guide that sets out a series of principles for winegrowing, agronomy and oenology, but also looks to biodiversity, the value of the land and the relationship with those who work in the vineyard and the winery.

W: slowinecoalition.slowfood.it/en