At the moment I am in the middle of the corona crisis. As a result of the outbreak in China, Europe is following the protocols of the World Health Association (WHO). Italy is one of the main focus of attention due to large number of infected people. Slowly, during March Vinitaly and ProWein postponed their …
Wine Market in Europe: update during corona crisis starting March 2020 Read More »
By Paula Andrea Rook This is my third time visiting Croatie which I found a wonderful stay. This time I pay attention to how they are developing together with European Union. My time on the Island was about four weeks starting 1th july. I went by car passing through Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Slovenia. I …
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By Paula Rook for FlyingWineWriter.com Organic, biodynamical, vegan, sustainable and now circular? Circular is a new concept far away from the vocabulary of many wine producing countries. We can say that Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa, United States and a couples of countries in Europe untill now have shown nul interest. I wonder, why? They are not communicating this themes …
By Paula Rook for FlyingWineWriter Dutch Design Week was held in Eindhoven between 19 and 27 October. The largest design event in Northern Europe presents the work and concepts of 2600 designers to 350,000 visitors in total. This year’s theme is: ” If not now, then when?” I am looking for ideas in the field of: 1. biodiversity, 2. circular economy, 3. climate …
Impressions Dutch Design Week 2019 Eindhoven, The Netherlands Read More »
By Paula Rook for FlyingWineWriter.com The recent year is being great for innovation against food waste. I hear about Real Time Pricing (substitute for stickers) and dry-misting in supermarkets. The first idea is in a pilot fase. The second idea is also in observation. I download the application “to good to go”which gives me the option to …
By Paula Rook for Flyingwinewriter.com Naturalis celebrates in 2020, 200 years from his creation. Nowadays, it has a vision which position them as the most important center for investigating biodiversity in the world. They see biodiversity as the key tool for solving a great number of issues in the world. A large collection of objects and digitalization …
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By Paula Rook for FlyingWineWriter.com In Helmond, The Netherlands is organized by Foodtechbrainport an event; to show the process in which colostrum becomes powder. I meet the owner of Colostrum Processing Joop Nohlmans. He started accidentally the business by working for a Belgian company who later when bankrupt and left him with liters of colostrum. He understands that by …
By Paula Pereira for FlyingWineWriter.com Voedsel 1000 comes from G1000 which is a process where people can talk about different subjects and found out solutions. In this case, the theme is the food system in Brabant in the Netherlands. I attend this event in Den Bosch. We start a simple conversation in a group of four …
By Paula Rook-Pereira for Flyingwinewriter.com The last time visiting Chile I wonder if the smog has disappeared, easy to see from the window of the air plane while landing. I am totally disappointed. Later, after landing we wait for 40 minute a place to stop, the Chilean people reacted irritated after the waiting time, saying that Chile …
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