Is Alcohol Going Down “Tobacco Road”?  From Responsible Consumption to “No Safe Level” – a Paradigm Shift?   

DATE:  Monday, March 4, 2024

TIME: 12:00 noon – 1:00 pm Eastern Standard Time / 9:00 am – 10:00 am Pacific Standard Time (may be extended to accommodate questions and discussion)

REGISTRATION: register via this link

COST: complimentary for AIDV members, C$25 + tax for non-members

ATTENDANCE: link will be emailed to registered attendees the day prior to the webinar

A paradigm shift may be taking place regarding the framing of beverage alcohol consumption. The existing paradigm – which focuses on “harmful consumption” by a minority of problematic drinkers – is being recast to an alternate paradigm that argues there is “no safe level” or NSL for all consumers. Products that have traditionally been viewed as tonic are now being conceptualized as toxic and associated with preventable harms such as cancer and heart disease.

Hear from two international experts who will give an overview of how the international beverage alcohol community is answering the question of how alcohol is perceived in society, and what the sector should be doing about it.

Bennett Caplan has served as President of Abridge™ for over 15 years. He has worked in the alcohol beverage sector for thirty years – as a partner at the international law firm of McDermott, Will & Emery; an executive focusing on alcohol beverage matters at Seagram, Vivendi, and Allied-Domecq; and as head of FIVS, a global wine and spirits association.

Jim Trezise is President of WineAmerica, the Washington-based national association of American wineries with more than 400 members from 45 states, plus a State and Regional Associations Advisory Council for powerful national grassroots advocacy. He has been a winery association executive for over 40 years in New York and elsewhere, and was deeply involved in the 1990’s wine-and-health issue, including as Director of Communications for OIV’s Sub-Commission on Wine, Nutrition and Health, and of FIVS, both in pro bono capacities. He lives and works in New York’s Finger Lakes wine region, famous for Riesling.

THIS WEBINAR IS AN EVENT FOR AIDV MEMBERS AND SELECT GUESTS WITHIN THE BEVERAGE ALCOHOL SECTOR.

REGISTRATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED TO CONFIRM ELIGIBILITY.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BE CONDUCTED UNDER CHATHAM HOUSE RULES.

33rd AIDV International Annual Meeting and Conference, Kelowna, Canada

Friday, September 29 through Sunday, October 1, 2023

AIDV 2023 International Conference registration is now open to AIDV members worldwide.

This year’s conference will take place in Kelowna, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada.

For the agenda and travel information, please consult the AIDV International website.

Details are also posted on our CONFERENCE web page.

All members should have received the Agenda and Registration Form by email. If you have not, please email [email protected].

We look forward to welcoming you to the beautiful Okanagan Valley!

Issues facing Canadian independent winery owners… who happen to be lawyers. 

Have you ever dreamed of owning a winery?   Join AIDV Canada for a 60 minute webinar and hear from four independent winery owners – who happen to be current or former lawyers – who produce wine in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley.

DATE: Tuesday, January 17, 2023

TIME: 10:00-11:00 am PST / 1:00- 2:00 PM EST

COST: Complimentary for AIDV Canada members (code to be supplied), $25 for non members

DETAILS and REGISTRATION: https://www.aidv.ca/product/aidv-webinar-registration/

The access link will be emailed to registrants the week of the webinar.

PANELLISTS:

  Doug Barzelay, Proprietor, Foxtrot Vineyards (Naramata Bench, B.C.)

  Jim D’Andrea, Proprietor, Noble Ridge Vineyards and Winery (Okanagan Falls, B.C.)

  Bill Knutson, Proprietor, SpearHead Winery (Southeast Kelowna, B.C.)

  Tara Mathison, Proprietor, Lakeboat Vineyard and Winery (Kaleden, B.C.)

MODERATOR:

Al Hudec, AIDV Canada Board Member and Partner, Farris LLP

TOPICS:

• business setting, pricing and cost decision making and outlook for 2023
• regulatory framework as enabler and/or hindrance
• risk management for growing grapes in a changing climate
• selling wine into shifting trade channels and to changing demographics

Posted December 18, 2022 by Karen

Despite the difficult context of these days, at this time of the year the final step of the AIDV – Robert Tinlot Moot Court Competition takes place, organized by the Wine & Law Program – A Jean Monnet Chair and the Georges Chappaz Institute for Vine and Wine in Champagne, graciously supported by the AIDV. The pleadings will take place in Reims on March 14 & 15.

This year we have the pleasure to welcome a team from Latin America (the University of Salvador, in Argentina) together with the teams of Alicante, Reims, Roma Tre and Strasbourg.

Besides, on the occasion of this international meeting, we want to unite the forces in the field of Wine Law. This is why at the margin of the Competition program, we have scheduled the following events:

• on the afternoon of March 14, the students of our Master’s degree will present in front of professionals of the wine sector a seminar on current issues of Wine Law. This year, it will concern “The new CMO for wine: “hybrids, desalcoholisation and changes in the protection of PDOs/PGIs”, followed by questions and a debate on these fundamental issues.
• on the morning of March 15, just before the finalist teams “cross swords” all participating teams (with the exception of the finalists) will participate to a Round Table on the 30 Years of the Loi Evin, and more precisely on “The Loi Evin in the Digital Era (Social Media, Internet and Beyond)“, with the participation of: L. CARRARA (Rome), M. CRUPI (Alicante), T. GEORGOPOULOS (Reims), V. GIMENO (Alicante), F. HONORAT (Paris), C. LE GOFFIC  (Lille), S. MARTIN (EUIPO), R.-J. PRINS (Aix), M. ROJO (Salvador).

I  hope this is likely to interest the AIDV members. Please note that limited places will be available (upon registration). The event will not be available on streaming but it will be recorded and made available on Jus Vini blog (https://www.wine-law.org/index.php/en/welcome-to-jus-vini-blog-the-electronic-journal-of-wine-spirits-law) shortly afterwards.