Underwater
wine
congress

The second international
underwater winemaking meeting

2023 | Bilbao – Plentzia

Underwater
wine
congress

The second international
underwater winemaking meeting

2023| Bilbao – Plentzia

Underwater Wine Congress

came about with the vocation of disseminating the virtues of a new winemaking process –one that is linked to marine sustainability– among wine, gastronomy and innovation lovers.

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Underwater winemaking, or the art of producing wine under the sea, is the result of the visionary restlessness of those who foresaw a reality: underwater wines evolve differently to terrestrial ones.

The process breaks away from the basic principles of traditional oenology, creating wines that are chemically and organoleptically different.

REGISTRATIONS

Day 1

Discover underwater wine enology

Itsasmuseum (Bilbao)

FREE

Discover this new oenological process –one that breaks away from traditional principles and is linked to marine sustainability– through our winemaking
oenologists and marketing experts.

Register

Day2

Immerse yourself in a different wine experience

Building PIE (Plentzia)

FREE

We will discover the importance of the Territory in the design of innovative wine tourism experiences and the importance of sustainability. We will invite 12 attendees to emulate a wine tourism experience and an underwater wine consumption experience. We will end with the extraction of an underwater barrel from Bodega Crusoe Treasure.

Register

Wine tasting and dinner

Hotel Ercilla (Bilbao)

85€

Take part in the largest international underwater wine tasting session, with 10 references and dinner.

Register

REGISTRATIONS

Day 1

Discover underwater wine tourism

Itsasmuseum (Bilbao)

FREE

Discover this new oenological process –one that breaks away from traditional principles and is linked to marine sustainability– through our winemaking
oenologists and marketing experts.

Register

Day 2

Immerse yourself in a different wine tourism

PIE Building (Plentzia)

FREE

We will discover the importance of the Territory in the design of innovative wine tourism experiences and the importance of sustainability. We will invite 12 attendees to emulate a wine tourism experience and an underwater wine consumption experience. We will end with the extraction of an underwater barrel from Bodega Crusoe Treasure.

Register

Wine tasting and dinner

Hotel Ercilla (Bilbao)

85€

Take part in the largest international underwater wine tasting session, with 10 references and dinner.

Register

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 12

Day 1 – Discover underwater wine enology

Itsasmuseum (Bilbao)

9:00 - 9:15 Acreditattions

Online registration required in advance.

9:30 - 10:05
Official inauguration and welcome to the congress

Directed by: Carlos Piñeyroa, director de conversaciones e innovación abierta de Grupo Init.

10:10 - 10:30
Stefaan Cloet

A treasure on the map. The wreck of the Winged Deer.

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10:35 - 11:05
Borja Saracho

Bodega Crusoe Treasure, from PowerPoint to reality.

11:10 - 11:40
Álex Ascaso y Anna Riera

The wine and the sea: a step further towards sustainability.

11:45 - 12:10 Coffee Break

12:15 - 12:45
Jorge Navarro Dols

The reason to innovate in wine.

12:50 - 13:30
Round Table - Trends in underwater winemaking and consumption with Marilena Bonilla and Fernando Ballesteros.

13:30 - 15:00 Lunch break

15:00 - 15:10 Acreditattions

15:15 - 16:00
Antonio Palacios

The underwater treasure trove: a new winemaking process under the waves.

16:05 - 16:40
Emmanuel Poirmeur

Patented underwater winemaking.

16:45 - 17:20
Pierluigi Lugano

Arte - Mare - Vino, mio regno mia vita

17:25 - 18:00
Juan Park

Wine and the search for experiences.

18:05- 18:45
Round table - An international vision of underwater winemaking.

20:00- 21:30
Wine tasting at Hotel Ercilla

the largest international underwater wine tasting session, with 10 references and cocktails. maximun capacity 30 people

Friday the 13th

Day 2 – Immerse yourself in a different wine experience

PIE Building / Estación Marina de Plentzia

9:00 - 9:15 Accreditations

Online registration required in advance.

9:30 - 10:05
Official inauguration and welcome to the congress

Directed by: Iñaki Saenz de la Fuente, Concejal de Turismo y promoción económica del Ayuntamiento de Plentzia

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9:50 - 10:30 Irantzu Hijazo Muro

Reflection on developing competitive tourism and the need for sustainability.

10:35 - 11:10
The importance of innovative experiences to gain territory.

11:10 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 13:30
Arantza Saez de Okariz

Open space:Impact of underwater enology on the Sustainable Development Goals (ODS) of the ONU 2030 agenda. Special impact on ODS14, underwater life.

13:35 - 13:50
Bodega Crusoe Treasure

Demonstration of how an underwater barrel is extracted.