With over 4,100 exhibitors on an area of 100 thousand square meters net , over 140 thousand visitors, of which over 50 thousand are foreign operators from 120 different countries , Vinitaly is confirmed once againas the wine broader and most dynamic fair on a global scale.

There is no shortage of style and beauty of stands and pavillons, as usual, as only Italy can do.

boots at vinitaly 2014

And there are interesting news for this edition , 2014

•  So, for the first time this year we find the pavilion of international wines , where French Champagne are in the front row but there are also Australia , Spain , Chile , Argentina , South Africa and New Zealand , as well as lesser-known areas of production: Ukraine , Slovenia, Russia , Azerbaijan , Kosovo and Colombia ! And the “sold out” of all the tastings in the program demonstrates success. I have had the opportunity to participate in the French Grand Cru tasting of including 2 Bordeaux and 1 great Sauternes ” Chateau de Rayne Vigneau ” although too young (vintage 2010). Read more here.

tasting at vinitaly 2014

•  And yet the Vinitalybio , pavilion dedicated to organic wines in line with the current market trend that sees these wines more and more requested. Read more here.

•  Great satisfaction was shown by exhibitors for Vinitaly Buyer’s Lounge, a new area dedicated to business contacts Vinitaly , which included a full calendar of trade matching between foreign operators and wineries.

And now accustomed to the presence of women in a world always imagined as “male” , this year the emphasis was on young people : Young to Young is the new initiative where 3 young producers met the young bloggers, requested to review these ” young ” wines.

Impossible to mention wines and wineries, I prefer instead to provide you with further curiosities: I really like the label of one of the two competitions of Vinitaly “International packaging competition” (see photo) : ” Bardolino Classico DOC 2013″ of the winery Bigagnoli.

The press releases are worded very clearly “Italian wine does not knows crisis” also considering that wine today represents more than 20 % of the all Italian food industry (surpassing pasta , cheese, prosciutto etc ).

But our goal , in Italy , is clear: China “we will be successful as we did in the U.S. market” said Piero Antinori President of the IGM – association of the best Italian producers which celebrated 10 years and which contributes to the promotion of Italian wine in the world.
See you next year, the 49^th edition!

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