by Meininger’s Wine Business International

According to a press release circulated today, twenty of the world’s most renowned wine critics will meet a dozen of the world’s most influential wine creators in Ronda on the 18th and 19th of April 2008 to discuss issues confronting the wine world today.

WineCreator is intended be an event where wine will be treated as an art form; where the key players will explore the styles, trends and the unique nature of wine as it is being developed throughout the wine world.

The advisory committee is made up of Jancis Robinson MW, Honorary President of the first meeting, Michel Bettane and the Spanish journalists Víctor de la Serna and José Peñín. In addition to the committee members, Winecreator’s Panel of Experts includes: Stephen Tanzer, David Schildknecht, John Radford, Charles Metcalfe, Robert Joseph, Joel B. Payne, Bob Campbell MW, Michael Fridjhon, James Halliday, Peter Moser, Eleonora Scholes, Rodolfo Gerschman, Pierre Casamayor, Joshua Greene, Bernard Burtschy and Ernesto Gentili.

The selected oenologists and wine creators are Ales Kristancic, Paul Draper, Ricardo Cotarella, Álvaro Palacios, Peter Sisseck, Stephane Derenoncourt, Carlo Ferrini, Jean-Claude Berrouet, Michel Rolland, Dirk Niepoort, Denis Dubourdieu and Olivier Humbrecht.

This will be the first in a series of international events to be held every second year in different countries around the world. In addition to the symposium, participants will not only be able to meet the wine creators, but also have an opportunity to explore their wines at tasting sessions of the wines led by the wine creators themselves.

For more information visit www.winecreator.net.