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\n\n\t\tGABE COOK – THE CIDEROLOGIST\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
Conference topic – UK Cider Update: From pet nat to pints and everything in between<\/p>\n\t
Gabe Cook is The Ciderologist – the undisputed global cider expert. Through world-class award-winning writing, teaching, tasting, training and evaluation, he is changing the way the world thinks and drinks cider.<\/p>\n
He is an independent global cider expert with 15 years of experience working with the fermented apple, from small cider producers on the farm, all the way up to the world’s largest. He worked across a wide range of roles encompassing cider making, new product development, customer liaison, media relations, public affairs, and<\/p>\n
Engagement f\u00fcr die Gemeinschaft.<\/p>\n
During the NICA Conference he will provide an update on cider in the UK and its wide range of products. In addition, he will also be facilitating a Super Final taking place on Friday 11th of November where a final round of judging will be held open to the public, awarding a winner in each of the 9 categories.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.theciderologist.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Konferenzthema: Der Geschmack von norwegischem Apfelwein \/ Entkorken von Wein & Apfelwein-Typizit\u00e4t<\/p>\n Researcher Ingunn \u00d8vsthus\u00a0leads Nibio Ullensvang’s efforts in the project «Uncorking wine & cider typicality», where nine partners from four countries are represented. They have taken cider into the laboratory to get to know it in new ways. Her main focus is to establish a cider centre for analyzing ciders produced in Norway. The present project task is to put together a sensory panel, which in combination with chemical analyses, will ensure quality control of ciders.<\/p>\n NIBIO is one of the largest research institutes in Norway and contributes to food security and safety, sustainable resource management, innovation and value creation through research and knowledge production<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nibio.no\/en<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Mats Carleh\u00f8g, Nofimas tasting expert on beverages, contributes to setting up this sensory cider panel in Hardanger and running sensory analysis with a professional sensory panel at Nofima, characterizing the different ciders from Hardanger and Norway.<\/p>\n Mats Carleh\u00f8g – a former background as an analytical chemists and sensory assessor has been one of the experts evaluating different food products in Swedish Championships of Food Handicraft. And the last three years, he has been one of the experts evaluating apple juice, ciders and fruit wine in the competition Norwegian best apple juice, cider and fruit wine.<\/p>\n Nofima ist ein f\u00fchrendes Lebensmittelforschungsinstitut, das Forschung und Entwicklung f\u00fcr die Aquakulturindustrie, die Fischereiindustrie und die Lebensmittelindustrie durchf\u00fchrt.<\/p>\n https:\/\/nofima.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Conference topic: «How to build a gastronomic nation»<\/p>\n Haritz Rodriguez alias Ciderzale ist ein baskischer Journalist und Cider-Enthusiast, der als Marketing- und Internationalisierungsberater im Tourismus- und Agrarlebensmittelsektor arbeitet. Er f\u00f6rderte den Aufbau des internationalen Cider-Tourismus-Netzwerks Ciderlands und wirkt als Organisator, Dozent und Juror bei mehreren internationalen Cider-Messen und -Wettbewerben wie Sagardo Forum, Cider World Frankfurt, World Cider Awards und CidrExpo mit.<\/p>\n Haritz has become a renowned expert on the world’s cider, the different styles, their design, and their history. He even makes his own homemade cider and tries to give a new touch to the traditional Basque cider. A global view from a local point of view.<\/p>\n W\u00e4hrend seines Vortrags bei NICA wird er \u00fcber die Ciderlands-Initiative sprechen, ein Netzwerk von Reisezielen, die die globale Verbreitung von Kultur und Tourismus rund um Apfelwein und Birnenwein f\u00f6rdern, aber er wird auch seine Erfahrungen dar\u00fcber teilen, wie die Apfelweinkultur zum Aufbau der gastronomischen Marke beigetragen hat des Baskenlandes.<\/p>\n https:\/\/ciderzale.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Conference topic: US Cider Update – US market overview, common cider styles and market access<\/p>\n Burk grew up in Williamson, New York, where the town’s motto is «The Core of Apple Country.» In high school, he and his friends would ferment fresh-pressed cider into hooch, a skill that would prove to come in handy. Burk made his name as a cider maker at Virtue Cider. Angry Orchard would recruit him to be its head cider maker, leading research, development, and experimentation. Burk was based at Angry Orchard’s cider house in Walden, New York, where he spearheaded ambitious projects like their nationally released natural-fermented cider, Walden<\/p>\n But in April this year, Ryan Burk, head cider maker for Boston Beer and Angry Orchard Hard Cider, has left the company where he worked for more than seven years. He plans to «return to his roots in craft cider». During the conference, Ryan will share his experience of working both in the large-scale cider production environment in the US and his return to making craft cider on a small scale.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Conference topic: US Cider Update – US market overview, common cider styles and market access<\/p>\n \u00a0Cider expert and author of Cider Cocktails – Another Bite of the Apple, Darlene Hayes has traveled throughout the world interviewing cidermakers, growers, and researchers, all the while drinking many fabulous ciders and trying to wrap her head around cider, past and present.<\/p>\n Sie ist eine angesehene internationale Cider-Jurorin und -Lehrerin, Herausgeberin des Ciderzine Malus und schreibt \u00fcber Cider f\u00fcr eine Vielzahl anderer Publikationen, darunter eine regelm\u00e4\u00dfige Kolumne f\u00fcr das Spirited Magazine sowie auf allintocider.com. Sie stellt selbst ein bisschen Apfelwein aus ihrem Obstgarten her, wo sie Forschungen \u00fcber die Auswirkungen des Terroirs auf \u00c4pfel durchf\u00fchrt, die f\u00fcr Apfelwein verwendet werden. Auf der NICA-Konferenz wird Darlene uns zusammen mit Ryan Burke einen Einblick in den US-Cider-Markt geben, g\u00e4ngige Cider-Stile und den Marktzugang hervorheben.<\/p>\n http:\/\/allintocider.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Conference topic: What is a «complete» packaging partner<\/p>\n Mona Berg, Vertriebsleiterin bei Nordic Pac, wird an der Konferenz teilnehmen, um \u00fcber die Bedeutung von Verpackungen in der Getr\u00e4nkeindustrie zu sprechen. Nordic Pack ist Norwegens f\u00fchrender Gro\u00dfh\u00e4ndler f\u00fcr Verpackungsmaterialien aus Glas und Kunststoff<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nordicpack.no\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Konferenzthema: Apfelweinhersteller durch Fachwissen und Erfahrung st\u00e4rken<\/p>\n Brighid ist Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrerin des Cider Institute of North America, einer gemeinn\u00fctzigen Organisation, die sich aus leidenschaftlichen Fachleuten und P\u00e4dagogen der Apfelweinindustrie zusammensetzt, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt haben, durch Bildung und Forschung eine qualit\u00e4tsorientierte und nachhaltige Apfelweinindustrie zu schaffen. Wir arbeiten mit Universit\u00e4ten und Ausbildungseinrichtungen zusammen, um Lehrpl\u00e4ne zu entwickeln und Forschungsmittel zu beschaffen, die der gesamten Branche zugute kommen.<\/p>\n Die Gr\u00fcndung des Cider Institute entstand aus dem schnellen Wachstum der Apfelweinindustrie und der Erkenntnis, wie wenige Bildungsm\u00f6glichkeiten zur Ausbildung neuer Apfelweinhersteller bestehen. Auf der Konferenz wird Brighid die Wachstumsambitionen und Bestrebungen des Cider-Instituts f\u00fcr die Zukunft darlegen.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.ciderinstitute.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Konferenzthema: Die Verwendung von Hefe und verschiedene Techniken<\/p>\n Maryam Ehsani, Ingenieurin f\u00fcr Biotechnologie, spezialisiert auf Fermentationstechnologie und Mikrobiologie (PhD) im Zusammenhang mit fermentierten Getr\u00e4nken. Sie ist fasziniert von Mikroben und begeistert sich f\u00fcr Lebensmitteltechnologie,<\/p>\n During the last ten years she have been travelling all over the different continents, all the way from New Zealand to Norway, from Georgia to Poland, from the United Stated to South Africa, … meeting winemakers, exchanging experiences around wine- and cidermaking, fermenting and distilling fruit wines in Switzerland, making wine in France and South America, fermenting and distilling fruit wines in Switzerland, focusing on product and business development projects and technical consultancy at international level … and so much more. At the conference, she will be addressing the different type of use of yeast and techniques in cider making.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.gladvin.com\/more-about-me<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Conference topic: Labelling in the cider industry<\/p>\n Kjetil Hovland lived in Oslo and was a supplier to the printing industry, including label printing. He saw that digitization was coming, but no one took a chance on this new thing as the machines were expensive and advanced, and only produced small volumes. Hovland nevertheless found that this had to be a way of life – and today he manages Digital Etiket from the green valley of his childhood in Gaupne in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane county.<\/p>\n Kjetil Hovland, Gr\u00fcnder und Eigent\u00fcmer von Digital Etikett, wird die entscheidende Bedeutung der Etikettierung in der Apfelweinindustrie hervorheben.<\/p>\n https:\/\/digitaletikett.no\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Konferenzthema: Filtrationstechnologien f\u00fcr die Apfelweinherstellung<\/p>\n David Bellussi\u00a0is both engineer and marketeer from Italy. He works at BARED in the Veneto region in Italy, who were among the first companies to specialize in membrane technology applications and cross flow filtration separation process using porous membranes. Since 1988, they have applied these technologies in a wide range of industries fields, mainly beverages and winemaking. Davide will be talking about the use and importance of filtration in production of cider.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t He will be assisted during his presentation by\u00a0Olav Bleie\u00a0from Alde Sider in Hardanger Norway. Olav started Alde Sider in 2014. At the family farm, they have a long history of cider production stretching back several hundred years. Olav carries on old traditions and conveys a history and culture that has deep roots in Hardanger.<\/p>\n Das Interesse an Fermentation und Apfelweinproduktion war immer stark pr\u00e4sent und mit einem wissenschaftlichen Ansatz entwickelte er seinen eigenen Stil und legte den Grundstein f\u00fcr die Herstellung und den Verkauf von hochwertigem Apfelwein.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.bared.it\/en<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.aldesider.no\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Konferenzthema: Wie kann die Wertsch\u00f6pfung im Apfelwein- und Tourismustourismus erleichtert werden?<\/p>\n Meet Anna, general manager at Siderklynga Hardanger. She has a solid background as a state-authorised auditor and management experience from business.. She has a master’s degree in both accounting and auditing and in finance and administration.<\/p>\n The Siderklynga Hardanger (Cider Cluster Hardanger) was initiated by the Hardanger Cider Producers’ Association, Innovation Norway, Hordaland County Municipality, the County Governor of Hordaland and local businesses. At the conference, Anna will share her thoughts on how to to facilitate value creation in cider & tourism tourism based on her experience in the Hardanger region.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.siderklynga.no\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Conference topic: Nordic Cider Update – Swedish cider<\/p>\n Johan Sj\u00f6stedt from Pomologik – trained sommelier and chef who became a cider producer – is one of the leading manufacturers in Sweden. The idea of a dry Swedish cider that could measure up with an international level had existed in Johan Sj\u00f6stedt’s consciousness since 2007, but that it was only in 2016, after years of experimentation at home, that he started working with Oskar Palm. In 2017 they took gold in the SM in Craft Cider and since then the medal harvest has only increased. In 2018, it was no less than 8 medals and in 2019 it was topped with an incredible 9 pieces and gold in all categories. Johan is an ambassador of NICA and will contribute to the conference with a short presentation on the current state of Swedish cider.<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/www.pomologik.se\/\n\t\t\t\t Conference topic: Nordic Cider Update – Danish cider<\/p>\n Ein Traum, Weltklasse-Obstweine produzieren zu k\u00f6nnen, veranlasste Jens Skovgaard Pedersen 2010, das Weingut Cold Hand zu gr\u00fcnden. Nach Jahren des Experimentierens als Hobby k\u00fcndigte Jens seinen Job als Schulleiter, um Vollzeit-Winzer zu werden. Sein Engagement f\u00fcr eine nordische Herangehensweise an die Weinherstellung bedeutet, dass Jens st\u00e4ndig auf der Suche nach den besten d\u00e4nischen Zutaten ist.<\/p>\n Cold Hand Winery stellt einen neuen Obstwein im nordischen Stil her. Aus den besten d\u00e4nischen Fr\u00fcchten stellt Cold Hand Winery exklusive Fruchtweine in einem Stil her, der eher mit Wein als mit Cidre vergleichbar ist. Es war bisher ein gro\u00dfer Erfolg. Der Wein ist in vielen der besten d\u00e4nischen Restaurants.<\/p>\n Cold Hand Winery has won gold medals in Denmark, England, Spain, Germany and China. Winning such prestige awards indicates that there is plenty of potential and that the winery is well on the way to becoming world-class. At the conference, Jens will be shortly touching upon the status of Danish cider and the road ahead.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.coldhandwinery.dk\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Conference topic: Nordic Cider Update – Finnish cider<\/p>\n Emmi Brownie is an experienced Marketing and Product Manager with a long history of working in the food & beverages industry. Together with her husband Aaron, she runs Lepola Drinks in Finland as well as the Finnish association of real cider producers. Lepola’s cider is handmade in Yl\u00f6nkyl\u00e4, Salo. The cider is made from apples from local apple orchards at their own production facilities. They place special emphasis on taste and product development, locality, and sustainability, as well as openness throughout production. Emmi and Aaron from Lepola Drinks are one of the founders behind the Finnish association of real cider producers. The main goal for the manufacturer’s own organization is lobbying and marketing cooperation. Cider producers who use Finnish apple juice and accept and use the definition of Finnish real cider are members.<\/p>\n https:\/\/lepoladrinks.fi\/<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t Konferenzthema: Die Rolle geografischer Angaben und wie das System zur L\u00f6sung von Problemen beitragen kann, mit denen Erzeuger, Verbraucher und die Gesellschaft insgesamt konfrontiert sind.<\/p>\n «Nina W. Hegdahl, an experienced lawyer, has been deeply involved in Geographical Indications since it was established in Norway.\u00a0 Norway have 32 Geographical Indications and Nina has been in charge of handling all the applications, guiding the applicants and giving legal advice in the process.<\/p>\n 10 Jahre nach der Einf\u00fchrung geografischer Angaben in der Europ\u00e4ischen Union wurde 2002 in Norwegen ein identisches System eingef\u00fchrt.\u00a0\u00a0Sider fr\u00e5 Hardanger\u00a0<\/em>erhielt seinen Schutz als geografische Angabe im Jahr 2009 und mehrere andere Apfelweinhersteller sind dabei, eine g. A. zu beantragen.<\/p>\n Nina will talk about the role of Geographical Indications and how the scheme can contribute to solve issues facing producers, consumeres and the society as a whole.»<\/p>\n![\"Gabe](\"https:\/\/www.siderlandet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/GabeCook-150x150.jpg\" "\\"Gab")
\n\n\t\tINGUNN \u00d8VSTHUS – NIBIO & MATS CARLEH\u00d8G – NOFIMA\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\n\t\tHARITZ RODRIGUEZ – CIDERZALE & CIDERLANDS\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
![\"HARITZ](\"https:\/\/www.siderlandet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-12-150x150.png\" "\\"HARITZ")
\n\n\t\tRYAN BURKE – CIDER MAKER US\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
![\"Ryan](\"https:\/\/www.siderlandet.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ryan-Burke-150x150.jpeg\" "\\"Ryan")
\n\n\t\tDARLENE HAYES – CIDER EXPERT & JOURNALIST\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\n\t\tMONA BERG – NORDIC PACK\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\n\t\tBRIGHID O\u00b4KEANE – THE CIDER INSTITUTE OF NORTH AMERICA\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\n\t\tMARYAM EHSANI – FERMENTIS\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\n\t\tKJETIL HOVLAND – DIGITAL ETIKETT \n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\n\t\tDAVIDE BELLUSSI – SALES EXECUTIVE AT BARED & OLAV BLEIE\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\n\t\tANNA GURSLI LANGES\u00c6TER – SIDERKLYNGA HARDANGER\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\n\t\tJOHAN SJ\u00d6STEDT – POMOLOGIK\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\n\t\tJENS SKOVGAARD – COLD HAND WINERY\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\n\t\tEMMI BROWNIE – LEPOLA DRINKS FINLAND\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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\n\n\t\tNINA HEGDAHL – STIFTELSEN NORSK MAT\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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