London
The seat of the Institution and its Register of Standards, housed in a building whose lobby is silent by regulation.
Global Presence
Twelve centres. Five continents. One standard.
The Institution’s regional intelligence centres, research divisions and tasting rooms.
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Regional intelligence centres
Twelve offices of international consequence
Lisbon
The Institution’s first overseas centre, responsible for Atlantic sentiment, Douro terrace intelligence and the Tuesday Dispatch.
Bordeaux
A research annexe dedicated to the study of classification, reputation and the long memory of chateaux.
Zurich
Home of the Index Integrity Working Group and, by tradition, the most precisely calibrated glassware in the Institution.
Dubai
The Bureau monitors luxury positioning, vintage presentation and the sustained confidence of very large wine lists.
Singapore
The Hub tracks sentiment across fourteen markets and the Institution’s fastest-growing dashboard.
Tokyo
A laboratory of micro-assessment, specialising in the measurement of the unmeasurable to two further decimal places.
Sydney
Responsible for southern vintage intelligence and the Institution’s relations with several very large paddocks.
Cape Town
The Observatory studies terroir at altitude and the sentiments of growers who have strong views about their own wind.
Buenos Aires
The Office covers high-altitude vintage intelligence and the long, patient study of mountain conviction.
New York
The Americas Office coordinates executive briefings, panel discussions and a quarterly gathering held at a table of unusual length.
Santiago
The Observatory monitors Pacific-facing vineyard sentiment and the exact quality of morning light on the Andes.
International representatives
The Institution’s envoys
| Representative | Centre | Division |
|---|---|---|
| Hartley Fenwick-Adeyemi | London | Headquarters & Registry |
| Inês Calheiros-Varela | Lisbon | Atlantic Intelligence Centre |
| Étienne Marchetti-Roux | Bordeaux | Classification Annexe |
| Lukas Brandenhof-Ito | Zurich | Index Integrity Office |
| Rashida Al-Montefiore | Dubai | Gulf Positioning Bureau |
| Wei-Ling Hartnoll-Sato | Singapore | Asia-Pacific Sentiment Hub |
| Haruto Ellsworth-Nakagawa | Tokyo | Palate Precision Laboratory |
| Matilda Greaves-Anwar | Sydney | Southern Hemisphere Division |
| Thandiwe Vorster-Lindqvist | Cape Town | Southern African Observatory |
| Mateo Rinaldi-Okoye | Buenos Aires | Andean Intelligence Office |
| Eleanor Whitcombe-Ba | New York | Americas Executive Office |
| Camila Ferrante-Osei | Santiago | Pacific Vine Observatory |
Global tasting locations
Where the Institution convenes
| Venue | City | Programme |
|---|---|---|
| The Long Table Rooms | London | Quarterly Convocation Tastings |
| Salão da Prova Considerada | Lisbon | Atlantic Intelligence Tastings |
| The Sunrise Assessment Terrace | Dubai | Gulf Positioning Evenings |
| The Equator Pour Room | Singapore | Asia-Pacific Sentiment Salons |
| The Harbourside Verification Room | Sydney | Southern Verification Series |
| The Mountain Reading Room | Cape Town | Altitude Evenings |
International partnerships
Working with kindred institutions
Partnerships within the wider community of international opinion.
The Federation of Concerned Sommeliers
Standing partnership on the Reciprocity Framework, signed 2009.
The Allied Cellars Reciprocity Network
Cooperation on grower relations and shared adjectives, since 2011.
The Valmere Institute of Sensory Metrics
Joint programme in sensory measurement, since 2014.
The Bureau of Vintage Reconciliation
Long-running collaboration on matters not yet reconciled.
The Corkwright Advisory Partners
Advisory services on cork diplomacy, since 2017.
The Halvorsen Institute of Sensory Sciences
Academic partnership on olfactory research, since 2010.