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GENEVA – Last week, the Wine Origins Alliance (WOA) returned to Geneva, Switzerland, to co-host a panel session at the World Trade Organization Public Forum examining how global services impact the wine industry – particularly the micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) that make up more than 90% of the global wine value chain. The session, “Beyond the Bottle: How Services Make or Break Wine Exports,” examined how access to logistics, distribution, retail, e-commer

GENEVA – The Wine Origins Alliance (WOA), a global coalition dedicated to protecting wine place names and eliminating barriers to wine trade, today announced that it has been granted an observer status at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This status will allow the Alliance to actively engage with WIPO General Assemblies, the annual governing bodies, as well as relevant committee and working group meetings. It will also allow the Alliance to continue to str

Meetings with global Internet stakeholders in conjunction with ICANN86 Policy Forum build on coalition's advocacy efforts, share perspectives of global wine industry. SEVILLA, Spain – Members of the Wine Origins Alliance (WOA) today held a series of meetings with high-level internet governance stakeholders from around the world in conjunction with the ICANN86 Policy Forum in Sevilla, Spain. Hosted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Policy