They gathered in Budapest on 29 and 30 April 2026 for the third Transnational Project Meeting, hosted by Hungarian partner Union of Hungarian Women.
The first conclusion of the meeting is that a year of country research and field work is now turning into something visible. The Grapes of Change Observatory, the first sector-specific data platform on gender-based violence in European wine, goes live in alpha this May. It will host country profiles, desk analysis findings and good practices from the seven implementation countries: Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Germany, Hungary and Croatia. During the meeting, partners spent refined the country reports that will populate the platform, in many cases pulling together evidence that until now had been scattered or simply absent.
The Grapes of Change Manifesto was the second focus. It successfully launched during SiciliaWine, where the first eight wine producers committed to concrete actions. The consortium worked on how to scale uptake to wine companies, business support organisations, women’s organisations and policy actors across the EU.
The agenda also covered the training programme and the serious game now in development, national awareness workshops planned for late 2026, and other communication actions including a coordinated initiative for 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
The first day closed with a Hungarian wine producer joining the consortium for a long conversation about her experience in the sector.
Next stop: Greece, autumn 2026. And before that, stay tuned for the second issue of the Grapes of Change Bulletin!