Events

Meininger's International Wine Conference: Different Concepts of Sustainability

Organic viticulture? Or a zero-carbon footprint? Biodiversity or social sustainability? These crucial topics and the best ways to combine them with economic sustainability, will be addressed at Meininger's International Wine Conference on Sustainability to be held on 18 March 2023.in Dusseldorf.

Wine Paris: Not Yet International, But Certainly a Success…

Wine Paris, the first major international wine fair of 2023 was a success. A total of 36,324 people from 150 different countries attended, with a large majority from France.

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End-consumer Event at Vinexpo in Asia and the US

Vinexposium, one of the world's leading trade fair organisers for wine and spirits, and Bettane+Desseauve, known for one of the largest French wine guides and founder of the consumer tasting event "Le Grand Tasting" in Paris, will be working together in future.

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More Diversity and the Search For More Profits — Inside Barcelona Wine Week 2023

Barcelona Wine Week is a three-day event that offers wine lovers and members of the trade the chance to get to grips with Spanish wine. Sergey Panov reports on what’s happening in Spain in 2023.

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Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris on Track for Growth

From 13 to 15 February 2023, Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris will once again open its doors as the first major wine and spirits fair of the year. While the exhibition is dominated by French exhibitors and visitors, international participation is growing. Iris Trenkner-Panwitz reports.

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ProWein Wants to go Back to the Future

More than 6,000 exhibitors so far. 2019 is our benchmark," said Michael Degen at the ProWein Media Summit, where the ProWein Business Report was presented. 

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Organic Wine Fair Bounces Back

France’s leading organic fair, Millésime Bio celebrated a 30th edition in Montpellier this week that was as successful as the 2019 one before the interruption of the pandemic.

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Comeback 2024: Finest Spirits 2.0 

Finest Spirits, the successful annual spirits fair hosted by Meininger Verlag is taking a break in 2023 but plans for 2024 are in full swing.

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Sustainability from A to Z

What is the first image that comes to mind when you think of wine and sustainability? Healthy vineyards with lots of cover crops, flowers, bees, chirping birds. Is that all? By Alexandra Wrann.

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World's Biggest Natural Wine Fair

Natural wine is no longer seen as a fad. As the quality has improved a growing number of restaurants and retailers are now listing at least a few orange wines, Pet Nats and zero-SO2 examples. The la Dive Bouteille fair in Saumur in the Loire claims to be the biggest natural wine event in the world, and showcases wines from France and elsewhere.

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Don’t Miss Out on World of Zero

Meininger Verlag, in cooperation with Messe Düsseldorf, will, for the first time, offer the opportunity to present de-alcoholised still and sparkling wines in the central tasting zone in Hall 1 of ProWein 2023. 

New ProWein Boss

The long-standing head of Messe Düsseldorf's international contract business, Peter Schmitz, is to become the new Director of ProWein. This was announced by Messe Düsseldorf.

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Which Wineries Made It Into the Meininger’s Top 100?

The sixth edition of Meininger's Finest 100 drew 100 of the world's best wine producers with their top-class wines to Neustadt/Weinstrasse in Germany.

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SIMEI and WBWE Wrap Up a Very Different Year of Wine Fairs

After two years of pandemic, 2022 will be remembered as the year when, like other sectors, the wine industry had to come to terms with a very different world.

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Meininger's at ProWein 2023: Just Like Old Times...

What's happening at ProWein 2023? From Meininger's International Wine Conference to the Meininger Awards and the World of Zero - Meininger Verlag will be there with an extensive and attractive program.

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