The wine trade has spent years pinning hopes for a consumption rebound on the so-called “Great Wealth Transfer” from Baby Boomers to their heirs. A
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The push to reduce or eliminate artificial food dyes is gaining momentum globally
Food dyes, particularly artificial ones, have been a topic of increasing public and regulatory scrutiny due to concerns about their potential health effects. Here’s a
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Marketing & Communications studies in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands I am following the study HBO marketing & communications at Schouten & Nelissen University of Applied Sciences, Suas. My programme has a
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Highlights: Emissions Gap report 2023
A calling for all nations to accelerate economy-wide, low-carbon development transformations. Global GHG emissions reached a record high of 57.4 GtCO2e in 2022, growing by
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Adaptation Gap report 2023
Studies indicate that US$16 billion invested in agriculture per year would prevent about 78 million people from starving or chronic hunger because of climate change
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Dutch Climate Scenarios
The Koninklijke Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut, KNMI, has recently published four climate scenarios for the Netherlands. Those scenarios are the result of the levels of emissions
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Status of glyphosate in the EU
On Dutch television the news about new studies of the relation between Parkinson disease and use of pesticides such glyphosate are hot topic. The EU
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The European Wine World
Starting in 2022 in The Netherlands is a real relief, as Covid-measures were gradually phasing out. In february, a new wine season kicked off with
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The vegan movement: which wine to drink?
Since the time when the discussion about climate change received much more attention. We hear more and more that substitutes for meat and animal-derived food,
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International perspective for the Wine sector 2021
I am in Europe expecting a second wave of the virus. After months of affected by social distancing, the virus is spreading faster and mutating.
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