Maria Ribas's guest appearances

Maria Ribas

The Food Blogger Pro Podcast

Cookbook Love Podcast

Climate Changers

XChateau Wine Podcast

Jason Logsdon

Pat Flynn

Dorie Clark

David Allen

Steve Chou

Dan Miller

Phil Rosenthal

Shauna Niequist

Mike Johnson

Sara Bir

Jeff Rose

Chris Hill

Chris Davis

Kate Ahl

Joel Comm

OwlTail

Julien Gervreau

With droughts, floods, hail, wildfires, and more challenging how wine is made, Familia Torres and Jackson Family Wines are leading the way to tackle climate change in the wine industry by founding the International Wineries for Climate Action.  Founded in 2019, the group already has 22 members and continues to expand its reach and impact.  Listen in as Josep Maria Ribas Portella, Climate Change Director for Familia Torres, and Julien Gervreau, VP Sustainability at Jackson Family Wines, tell us about the impacts of climate change, how to measure GHG in the wine industry, and ways wineries are working to improve their emissions.  A mission-critical effort for the entire wine industry, listen in to learn more! Detailed Show Notes: Josep’s &amp; Familia Torres’ backgroundClimate Change Director, an energy engineer, has been with Familia Torres for five yearsTorres - 150-year history, 5th generation running the companyClimate change dept reports directly to Miguel Torres (CEO), who got passionate about the subject after watching An Inconvenient Truth with Al GoreJulien &amp; Jackson Family Wines’ (“JFW”) backgroundVP Sustainability at JFWJFW is a large, family-owned company, best known for Kendall Jackson and La CremaIn the 2nd generation, the company is very passionate about climate change2008 - Torres and JFW came together on climate change and the need to measure greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissionsInternational Wineries for Climate Action (IWCA)Founded by Torres and JFW in 2019~2010 - Miguel Torres tried to start something similar in Spain, but it didn’t work outDeciding to partner w/ JFW and make it international led to the successful launch of the IWCAIWCA tries to standardize emissions measurement and communicationsThe wine industry is not a significant contributor to climate change, but agriculture is an emerging area of opportunity, and wine can represent agriculture more broadlyIWCA is 1st agriculture group to join the UN’s “Race to Zero” initiativeImpact of climate change on the wine industryThe impacts are being felt globally (Torres)Advanced ripening of grapes (leading to higher alcohols)More extreme weather - prolonged droughts in Spain, flooding, late hail, hydric stress (leading to worse wildfires), late-season heat spikesMeasuring GHG emissions - Scope 1-3 definitionScope 1 - direct emissions - e.g., fuel burnt in winery vehicles, gas used in boilers, CO2 usageScope 2 - indirect emissions from purchase of electricityScope 3 - indirect emissions from purchased goods and services - e.g., packaging, logistics, waste disposal of bottles, etc.…Scope 1&amp;2 are ~20-25% of GHG emissions, Scope 3 - 75-80%GHG impact of a bottle of wineUse World Resource Institute’s GHG Protocol and ISO14064 inventory management processFor IWCA members (as of Oct 2021) - the average bottle of wine has a 1.61 CO2e/L of GHG emissionsRange - 0.75 - ~10 =&gt; larger wineries tend to be lower, smaller wineries tend to be higherGHG reduction measuresShipping is ~15% of carbon footprint for Torres =&gt; using railroad when possible, ship in bulk (for every 1 bulk shipper sent, it replaces 4 containers, saving 3 shipments)Electricity - many wineries installing onsite renewable energy, primarily solarHarvest is 2.5 months/year but uses ~50% of electric consumptionPackaging - ~25% of total GHG footprintGlass is ~20% of the total GHG footprintJFW - reduced  the weight of bottles for KJ and La Crema - saved ~3-4% of total GHG emissions and saved moneyReduce weight bottles have more recycled content in the glass, reduce emissions of glass making process (e.g., Furnace of the Future), bloggers starting to weigh bottles before tastingTorres - bottles down to 400g, can’t go much lower, or bottles will break on the bottling line or with consumersPotential future of re-utilizing bottlesRegenerative farming - could potentially lead to carbon sequestration in the soil, science still in progressIWCA Mission &amp; PurposeDecarbonize the wine industry as fast as possible3 membership classes - Gold, Silver, Applicant (committed to joining)RequirementsCommit to Net Zero by 2050 with intermediate reductions by 2030 (all)Submit baseline GHG emissions inventory, verified by 3rd party audit (all)Min 20% onsite renewable energy (Gold)Constant reductions year over year (Gold)Do not recognize purchase of external offsets in reductionsTarget membershipGoal - 20 wineries by Nov 2021Oct 2021 - 22 wineriesMiguel Torres long-term target - 100 wineriesFees - a sliding scale by volumeFlat fee - €4,000 / yearVariable fee - €0.01 / case produced / year, cap of 600,000 casesMax fee = €10,000 / yearMeasurement &amp; verification paid by wineries themselvesReleased a GHG calculator to enable wineries to catalog emissions data on their ownSmaller wineries join (there are members as small as a few thousand cases) to participate in something bigger and to amplify their voiceUpcoming for the IWCAOct 21st - 1st Member Report launch - includes all GHG inventories from all members, which will be made publicThe website will be overhauledFriends of IWCA category to be launchedThe initial stage of working groups launching Get access to library episodes Hosted on Acast. 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With droughts, floods, hail, wildfires, and more challenging how wine is made, Familia Torres and Jackson Family Wines are leading the way to tackle climate change in the wine industry by founding the International Wineries for Climate Action.  Founded in 2019, the group already has 22 members and continues to expand its reach and impact.  Listen in as Josep Maria Ribas Portella, Climate Change Director for Familia Torres, and Julien Gervreau, VP Sustainability at Jackson Family Wines, tell us about the impacts of climate change, how to measure GHG in the wine industry, and ways wineries are working to improve their emissions.  A mission-critical effort for the entire wine industry, listen in to learn more! Detailed Show Notes: <ul><li>Josep’s &amp; <a href="https://www.torres.es/en/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Familia Torres</a>’ background<ul><li>Climate Change Director, an energy engineer, has been with Familia Torres for five years</li><li>Torres - 150-year history, 5th generation running the company</li><li>Climate change dept reports directly to Miguel Torres (CEO), who got passionate about the subject after watching <a href="https://www.algore.com/library/an-inconvenient-truth-dvd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Inconvenient Truth</a> with Al Gore</li></ul></li><li>Julien &amp; <a href="https://www.jacksonfamilywines.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jackson Family Wines</a>’ (“JFW”) background<ul><li>VP Sustainability at JFW</li><li>JFW is a large, family-owned company, best known for <a href="https://www.kj.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kendall Jackson</a> and<a href="https://www.lacrema.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> La Crema</a></li><li>In the 2nd generation, the company is very passionate about climate change</li><li>2008 - Torres and JFW came together on climate change and the need to measure greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions</li></ul></li><li><a href="https://www.iwcawine.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">International Wineries for Climate Action</a> (IWCA)<ul><li>Founded by Torres and JFW in 2019</li><li>~2010 - Miguel Torres tried to start something similar in Spain, but it didn’t work out</li><li>Deciding to partner w/ JFW and make it international led to the successful launch of the IWCA</li><li>IWCA tries to standardize emissions measurement and communications</li><li>The wine industry is not a significant contributor to climate change, but agriculture is an emerging area of opportunity, and wine can represent agriculture more broadly</li><li>IWCA is 1st agriculture group to join the <a href="https://unfccc.int/climate-action/race-to-zero-campaign" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UN’s “Race to Zero”</a> initiative</li></ul></li><li>Impact of climate change on the wine industry<ul><li>The impacts are being felt globally (Torres)</li><li>Advanced ripening of grapes (leading to higher alcohols)</li><li>More extreme weather - prolonged droughts in Spain, flooding, late hail, hydric stress (leading to worse wildfires), late-season heat spikes</li></ul></li><li>Measuring GHG emissions - Scope 1-3 definition<ul><li>Scope 1 - direct emissions - e.g., fuel burnt in winery vehicles, gas used in boilers, CO2 usage</li><li>Scope 2 - indirect emissions from purchase of electricity</li><li>Scope 3 - indirect emissions from purchased goods and services - e.g., packaging, logistics, waste disposal of bottles, etc.…</li><li>Scope 1&amp;2 are ~20-25% of GHG emissions, Scope 3 - 75-80%</li></ul></li><li>GHG impact of a bottle of wine<ul><li>Use <a href="https://ghgprotocol.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">World Resource Institute’s GHG Protocol </a>and <a href="https://www.iso.org/standard/66453.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ISO14064</a> inventory management process</li><li>For IWCA members (as of Oct 2021) - the average bottle of wine has a 1.61 CO2e/L of GHG emissions</li><li>Range - 0.75 - ~10 =&gt; larger wineries tend to be lower, smaller wineries tend to be higher</li></ul></li><li>GHG reduction measures<ul><li>Shipping is ~15% of carbon footprint for Torres =&gt; using railroad when possible, ship in bulk (for every 1 bulk shipper sent, it replaces 4 containers, saving 3 shipments)</li><li>Electricity - many wineries installing onsite renewable energy, primarily solar<ul><li>Harvest is 2.5 months/year but uses ~50% of electric consumption</li></ul></li><li>Packaging - ~25% of total GHG footprint<ul><li>Glass is ~20% of the total GHG footprint</li><li>JFW - reduced  the weight of bottles for KJ and La Crema - saved ~3-4% of total GHG emissions and saved money</li><li>Reduce weight bottles have more recycled content in the glass, reduce emissions of glass making process (e.g., Furnace of the Future), bloggers starting to weigh bottles before tasting</li><li>Torres - bottles down to 400g, can’t go much lower, or bottles will break on the bottling line or with consumers</li><li>Potential future of re-utilizing bottles</li></ul></li><li>Regenerative farming - could potentially lead to carbon sequestration in the soil, science still in progress</li></ul></li><li>IWCA Mission &amp; Purpose<ul><li>Decarbonize the wine industry as fast as possible</li><li>3 membership classes - Gold, Silver, Applicant (committed to joining)</li><li>Requirements<ul><li>Commit to Net Zero by 2050 with intermediate reductions by 2030 (all)</li><li>Submit baseline GHG emissions inventory, verified by 3rd party audit (all)</li><li>Min 20% onsite renewable energy (Gold)</li><li>Constant reductions year over year (Gold)</li></ul></li><li>Do not recognize purchase of external offsets in reductions</li><li>Target membership<ul><li>Goal - 20 wineries by Nov 2021</li><li>Oct 2021 - 22 wineries</li><li>Miguel Torres long-term target - 100 wineries</li></ul></li><li>Fees - a sliding scale by volume<ul><li>Flat fee - €4,000 / year</li><li>Variable fee - €0.01 / case produced / year, cap of 600,000 cases</li><li>Max fee = €10,000 / year</li><li>Measurement &amp; verification paid by wineries themselves</li></ul></li></ul></li><li>Released a GHG calculator to enable wineries to catalog emissions data on their own</li><li>Smaller wineries join (there are members as small as a few thousand cases) to participate in something bigger and to amplify their voice</li><li>Upcoming for the IWCA<ul><li>Oct 21st - 1st Member Report launch - includes all GHG inventories from all members, which will be made public</li><li>The website will be overhauled</li><li>Friends of IWCA category to be launched</li><li>The initial stage of working groups launching</li></ul></li></ul> <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/7472761" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Get access to library episodes</a> Hosted on Acast. 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Tackling Climate Change w/ Josep Maria Ribas & Julien Gervreau, IWCA

Welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast, today I am excited to share an interview with Maria Ribas. Maria is a true cookbook lover. She not only collects cookbooks, and uses cookbooks at home when she cooks, but she also works as a literary agent at Stonesong Literary Agency. At Stonesong, Maria represents authors to publishers, including her favorite genre, cookbook authors. Today on the podcast we discuss the process of acquiring cookbook titles: first, where publishers scout for authors on a particular topic VS authors sending in proposals for their cookbook ideas. We also discuss what’s on the horizon for cookbook trends, and her view of just how large a food writer’s platform needs to be for consideration of publication at a large publishing house. At home, and due to space limitations, Maria carefully curates her cookbook collection. She loves books that “take [her] away”  with beautiful photography and writing, and equally as many cookbooks that offer time in the kitchen as a time to relax, or quiet yourself, rather than seeing cooking as one more chore to get done.   Things We Mention In This Episode:  Stonesong Literary Agency Maria's Blog Cooks Plus Books Kinokuniya Books Eat at Home Tonight by Tiffany King Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat  Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen  Unplugged Kitchen by Viana La Place   Register for the cookbook writing masterclass Join the waitlist for the next opening of the Cookbook Writers Academy Download checklist “Are You Ready to Write a Cookbook” Please join our Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group Instagram @cookbooklovepodcast or @greenapron 

Welcome back to another episode of the Cookbook Love Podcast, today I am excited to share an interview with Maria Ribas. Maria is a true cookbook lover. She not only collects cookbooks, and uses cookbooks at home when she cooks, but she also works as a literary agent at Stonesong Literary Agency. At Stonesong, Maria represents authors to publishers, including her favorite genre, cookbook authors. Today on the podcast we discuss the process of acquiring cookbook titles: first, where publishers scout for authors on a particular topic VS authors sending in proposals for their cookbook ideas. We also discuss what’s on the horizon for cookbook trends, and her view of just how large a food writer’s platform needs to be for consideration of publication at a large publishing house. At home, and due to space limitations, Maria carefully curates her cookbook collection. She loves books that “take [her] away”  with beautiful photography and writing, and equally as many cookbooks that offer time in the kitchen as a time to relax, or quiet yourself, rather than seeing cooking as one more chore to get done. Things We Mention In This Episode: <ul> <li><a href="http://stonesong.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stonesong Literary Agency</a></li> <li><a href="http://cooksplusbooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maria's Blog Cooks Plus Books</a></li> <li><a href="https://usa.kinokuniya.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kinokuniya Books</a></li> <li><a href="https://eatathomecooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eat at Home Tonight by Tiffany King</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.saltfatacidheat.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat by Samin Nosrat</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Moosewood-Cookbook-40th-Anniversary/dp/1607747391" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Moosewood Cookbook by Mollie Katzen</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unplugged-Kitchen-Return-Authentic-Cooking/dp/0688113133" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Unplugged Kitchen by Viana La Place  </a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cookbookcamp.com/insidertips" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Register for the cookbook writing masterclass</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.greenapron.com/cwa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the waitlist for the next opening of the Cookbook Writers Academy</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.cookbookcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download checklist “Are You Ready to Write a Cookbook”</a></li> <li>Please join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/196699010965023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cookbook Love Podcast Facebook Group</a></li> <li>Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cookbooklovepodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@cookbooklovepodcast</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/greenapron/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@greenapron</a></li> </ul>

Episode 33: Interview with Cookbook Collector and Literary Agent Maria Ribas

What publishers look for when they're signing an author and how you get paid as an author with Maria Ribas. ----- Welcome to episode 127 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork talks with Maria Ribas from Cooks &amp; Books about what you could be doing today to set you up for a future book deal. How to Land a Book Deal Maria is a literary agent, which means that she represents the interest of authors in the book publishing process. She has a lot of experience working with cookbook authors, and she started a blog, Cooks &amp; Books, to teach others what she’s learned. This episode is perfect for the bloggers who are interested in publishing a cookbook. Maria and Bjork cover the whole book publishing process in detail, from understanding who your true fans are to figuring out how to pitch to a publisher. In this episode, Maria shares:  What a literary agent does How to analyze your book idea What to consider when pitching your idea How long a typical cookbook publishing process will last The difference between an advance and royalties  Resources:  Cooks &amp; Books Peas &amp; Thank You  If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com. Be sure to review us on iTunes!

What publishers look for when they're signing an author and how you get paid as an author with Maria Ribas. ----- Welcome to episode 127 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork talks with Maria Ribas from Cooks &amp; Books about what you could be doing today to set you up for a future book deal. How to Land a Book Deal Maria is a literary agent, which means that she represents the interest of authors in the book publishing process. She has a lot of experience working with cookbook authors, and she started a blog, Cooks &amp; Books, to teach others what she’s learned. This episode is perfect for the bloggers who are interested in publishing a cookbook. Maria and Bjork cover the whole book publishing process in detail, from understanding who your true fans are to figuring out how to pitch to a publisher. In this episode, Maria shares: <ul> <li>What a literary agent does</li> <li>How to analyze your book idea</li> <li>What to consider when pitching your idea</li> <li>How long a typical cookbook publishing process will last</li> <li>The difference between an advance and royalties</li> </ul> Resources: <ul> <li><a href="http://cooksplusbooks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cooks &amp; Books</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.peasandthankyou.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peas &amp; Thank You</a></li> </ul> If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to <a href="mailto:podcast@foodbloggerpro.com" rel="noopener">podcast@foodbloggerpro.com</a>. Be sure to <a href="https://www.foodbloggerpro.com/itunes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">review us</a> on iTunes!

127: How to Land a Book Deal with Maria Ribas