Bento Amaral
Portugal
Bento worked at the Institute of Douro and Port Wines (IVDP) for more than 20 years, but following a meeting with the Gérard Basset Foundation in 2022, he was inspired to leave his role as Director of Technical Services and Certification and found Humanwinety, an organisation specifically set up to provide wine-focused courses which incorporate B-learning methods that make education more approachable and accessible for students with physical and intellectual disabilities. Drawing upon his own experiences of living as a quadriplegic, Bento is determined to use Humanwinety as a vehicle of advocacy and meaningful opportunity creation in the wine industry.
