Al Gore concluded the Climate Change and Wine Conference 2008 in Barcelona this weekend (February 16) by calling on the industry to act.
Speaking via a live video link-up he told attendees the “wine industry must respond to this crisis”.
He began by thanking conference organiser Pancho Campo, the president of the Wine Academy of Spain, for his efforts in bringing the issue of climate change to the forefront of the wine industry’s consciousness. Gore stated that while there was still work to be done in convincing some industry members of the seriousness of the issue, the wine trade could be proud of the lead it had taken.

“I wish every industry was doing what the wine industry is doing today,” he said.