At the end of April, the VDP.- Verband deutscher Prädikatsweingüter- association of around 200 top German producers held its first fair - the Mainz Weinbörse - since 2019, offering professionals the chance to taste the most recent vintages. Anja Zimmer reports.
Interesting master classes, exciting awards and varied topics - Meininger Verlag has published its trade show program.
And, of course, in 2022 MUNDUS VINI award-winning wines from the MUNDUS VINI Spring Tasting will be presented again, this time directly opposite in hall 4.
The 54th Vinitaly closed with a significant drop in visitors, but still marked a new record. Of a total of 88,000 registered visitors, 25,000 were international buyers - 28% of the total. This was the highest ever share, ahead of the 26.3% at the last event, in 2019. In that year, however, all the numbers were bigger. The fair attracted 125,000 attendees, of whom 33,000 came from outside Italy.
More than 650 wineries gathered in Fira Barcelona this April to take part in the second annual Barcelona Wine Week (BWW). Meininger’s met up with exhibitors and experts to talk about what's new in the world of Spanish wine and what trends became apparent at this exhibition.
Despite Brexit and the growth in the number and importance of other wine trade fairs, the one held in the UK capital since 1981 remains a favourite with the industry. Robert Joseph asked its organiser, Hannah Tovey to outline what the 2022 show, which opens on June 7th, has to offer – both to those who visit in person and online.
The 54th edition of Vinitaly will be a celebration of reunion. For the first time the world of mixology is integrated. Rare autochthonous grape varieties from small producers get their own platform. Veronika Crecelius reports.
Among the growing number of organic and natural wine fairs that are popping up throughout the world, Bologna’s new Sana Slow Wine event (27-29 March) is notable is having a manifesto.
Historically, rival publications in the same sector and country rarely even mention each other if they can avoid it, and almost never allow their journalists to collaborate. So, the announcement that Monica Larner of the Wine Advocate and Alison Napjus of the Wine Spectator will be sharing a stage at Vinitaly will surprise many in the wine industry.
On March 9th, a few weeks after its well-received Paris event, Vinexpo returned to New York.
With over 380 exhibitors from 30 countries, and visitors from 42 states, Mexico and Canada, the trade fair was considered to have been more successful than its pre-pandemic predecessors.
Hot on the heels of a successful Wine Paris / Vinexpo, came Millésime Bio in Montpelier. Describing itself as the ‘Number One Fair for Organically-Produced Wines and Other Alcoholic Drinks’, after a one-month postponement, the 2022 show was transformed into a ‘phygical’ event that was both physical and digital.
At the 13th edition of the Biofach, Grand International Organic Wine Awards in mid-January, an international jury of nearly 30 experts judged almost 500 organic wines from 13 countries.
Following the tasting, the results confirmed the growing qualities of organic wines that had been entered in the competition.
One Grand Gold, 85 Gold and 108 Silver medals were awarded to the best wines, and nine top-rated wines were named ‘Best Organic Wine’ in their categories.
To host an exhibition in a pandemic, in a city with a newly-imposed 8.pm curfew and alongside street protests against vaccinations, is not simple, but the World Bulk Wine Exhibition seems to have succeeded.
Niederösterreich, Austria’s largest wine-growing area, consists of eight independent quality regions designated as DACs, or Districtus Austriae Controllatus. They stretch in close proximity to one another, often taking their names from their own distinctive landscapes.
