07.10
Journée du vendredi 07 Octobre
08h00
Registration
09h00
Welcome speeches
09h30
Session 1
Labelling, allusions and confusion
A look at the various ways in which labels can mislead or confuse consumers when using the names of other GIs such as Cognac, Scotch and the like.
Chair: Rein-Jan Prins
Speakers:
- Lionel Lalagüe
- Paul Carlyle
10h30
Coffee break
11h00
Session 2
Judges' session
Decision-making: how do judges make decisions, e.g. in cases such as Champagner Sorbet: how do they determine the asserted Champagne characteristics of another product (a sorbet): eg “taste”, “confusion”, “similarity”? Through gut feeling, surveys, court-appointed experts?
Chair: Steve Stern
Speakers:
- Judge Peter Tochterman
- Justice John Middleton
- Judge Camille Lignieres
- Justice Mike Manson
13h00
Lunch - Hotel VidaMar
14h15
Session 3
Traditional expressions
Traditional expressions in and outside of the EU: Principles and recent developments
Chair: Jean-Baptiste Thial de Bordenave
Speakers:
- Ronan Raffray
- Scott Gerien
- Stephan Martin
15h45
Coffee break
16h15
Session 4
Porto/madeira tasting session:
Issues in selling museum (extremely rare and old) Portos and Madeiras. Traceability, no longer consistent with current cahier des charges, the changing nature of the wines as they age. Should the cahier des charges be adapted. “Typicité”, what does a GI do, what are its raisons d’être?
Chair: Gonçalo Moreira Rato
Speaker: Dominic Farnsworth MW
17h45
Madeira of Honor offered by the Madeira Wine Institute in the Lobby and on the Terrace of the Convention Center
19h30
Bus departure
20h00
Dinner at the Fortress of São Tiago (offered by the Regional Government of Madeira and by the Madeira Wine Institute – IVBAM)
Accompanying Persons program
09h00
Funchal & Monte
(HALF-DAY TOUR 09H00 – 13H00) We start with a visit of the Market, very famous for its colorful atmosphere, where farmers come from the different parts of the island, to sell their local produce, followed by a visit to an embroidery factory. Then up to the village of Monte, (possible by an optional cable car route) where the public gardens and church where the tomb of the last Austrian Emperor, Charles I are located. From here you can take the famous « Toboggan » pulled by men down to Livramento. (optional).