Structure
“The essence of wine tourism is getting to know a region through its wine-making and oenology while admiring its landscape, its architectural jewels and obviously, its gastronomy. Wine tourism acquires a fundamental importance as an element of dynamization of the cultural and environmental heritage where the winemaking tradition is located".
Rafael Ansón, President of Honor
Honorary Body
PRESIDENCY BOARD
Founder & President
José Antonio Vidal
Founder President & CEO, EnoTourism Spain (Association AEE & Institute IEE)
President of Honor
Rafael Ansón
President of Honor, International Academy of Gastronomy
Dr Honoris Causa and Director Gastronomy Chair, Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio
Ambassador for Sustainable Tourism, UNWTO
PRESIDENCY ADVISORY BOARD
Senior Advisors
LATIN AMERICA
Adolfo Favieres
Ambassador for Iberoamerica, WTTC
Former Secretary General’s Advisor, UNWTO
José Carlos de Santiago
Vice-President, Iberoamerican Academy of Gastronomy
Founder President, Grupo Excelencias Comunicación
Tomás Poveda
Executive Vice President EMEA, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL)
Former Gral. Mngr., Casa de América (based in Madrid)
Former Gral. Mngr. of Media and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain
ARGENTINA
Javier Espina
Director of the Federal Council of Tourism, Ministry of Tourism and Sports
Former Minister of Tourism of Mendoza
BRASIL
Márcio Favilla
Former Executive Dir. for Operational Programs and Institutional Relations, UNWTO
Former Vice Minister of Tourism
CHINA
Margaret Chen
Former Director for China, Telefónica Movistar
FRANCE
Hervé Novelli
President, Conseil Superieur de l’Oenotourisme
GEORGIA
Ilia Giorgadze
Ambassador (Diplomatic Body, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
GREECE
Polykarpos Efstathiou
Former Countries’ Director, Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO)
SOUTH AFRICA
Monika Iuels
Acting Chief Marketing Officer, Official Tourism, Trade and Investment Promotion, Agency for Cape Town and the Western Cape (WESGRO)
SPAIN
Germán Porras
Former General Director of Tourism and National Tourism Office Director (Tourspain), Ministry of Tourism
Isabel Mijares, In Memoriam Feb 10, 2024
‘The Wine Woman’
Chemist and Oenologist
Winemaking advisor
URUGUAY
Arnaldo Nardone
Minister of Tourism’s Assistant
Former World President, ICCA
Management Body
President & CEO
José Antonio Vidal
Founder, President & CEO, EnoTourism Spain (Association AEE & Institute IEE)
2018 Spanish National EnoTourism Award
Vice-Presidents
LatAm
Pablo Singerman
Director Economic Observatory Wine Tourism and MICE, Ministry of Tourism of Argentina
EurAsia
Leonid Gelibterman
President CEO, International Center of Wine and Gastronomy
Country Managers
Argentina
Rodrigo Lemos
Wine tourism advisor, Corporación Vitivinícola de Argentina (COVIAR)
Director, Academic Program International (Government of Mendoza)
Romanella Paggi
Owner, Ketek Eventos & Turismo
Moderator ‘Mendoza en Una Copa’, Ministry Tourism of Mendoza
Brasil
Milton Zuanazzi
National Secretary for Tourism Planning, Competitiveness and Sustainability, Ministry of Tourism
Co-founder & CEO, Hotel Sustentável consulting
Chile
Miloš Mišković
Former Director, SERNATUR Valparaíso
Judith Ramírez
Partner, La Recova Wines
China
Jiawei Jiang
Assistant Director, Monitoring Center for UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Observatories in China
Ruylene Gao
Director Government Relations for China
Italy
Nicola D’Auria
President, Italian Enoturism Association (MTV)
Mexico
Marisa Ramos
Professor and Researcher, Faculty of Tourism and Gastronomy, Univ. Anáhuac
Peru
Alan Watkin
President, Wine Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ica
Manager, Tourism and Economic Development of Nasca
Portugal
Maria João de Almeida
President, Portuguese Enotourism Association (APENO)
Russia
Leonid Popovitch
Former President, Union of Winegrovers and Winemakers of Russia
Spain
Mercedes Sánchez
Secretary General, Spanish EnoTourism Association
Turkey
Fatma Bilge
President, Urla Viticulture and Winery Association (UVWA)
Uruguay
Javier Ascurra
General Manager, Enjoy Hotel Punta del Este
Uzbekistan
Sergei Danilov
Co-owner & Chief Adviser, Delicious Uzbekistan and Silk Road
Comunications:
Central EurAsia
Julia Smirnova
Travel advisor, Komsomolskaya Pravda
Press advisor, Cervantes Institute Moscow
Latin America
Daniel Baroni
Director, Turismo 530 Comunicación
MICE Managers:
Congresses and Exhibitions
Arnaldo Nardone
Director, MICE International Consulting
Former World President, ICCA
Incentives and Events
Charo Trabado
Director, MITM Events
Administration and Treasury Head:
Mercedes Sánchez
Secretary General & Treasurer, Spanish EnoTourism Association
Legal Head:
Maurizio Di Ubaldo
President, Di Ubaldo Advocats
