We've put together a list of the main events happening throughout the week at Vinexpo. You can read decanter.com's full Vinexpo coverage here.
Click on the links below to view the events by day. If you are attending Vinexpo and want further details, visit the Vinexpo webpage.
Saturday 20 June 2009
General Assembly of the “Association de la Sommellerie Internationale “(ASI) Location: Amphitheatre C Convention Centre
Evening with 2009 Trophy Ceremony
Location: Casino de Bordeaux
Crus classés de Graves Evening
Location: Château La Mission Haut Brion
Sunday 21 June 2009
“Les Alienor” assocation tasting
Location: Room 211 H2
Official inauguration
Location: Amphitheatre B Convention Centre
Italian sparkling parallel : Prosecco Tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Eiswein Tasting
Location: H1 AB 338
Italians Wines roads : Appia Antica wines (white Campania wines, red Apulia wines)
Location: Room 222 H2
Saint-Emilion “Crus” Challenge
Location: Espace Dégustation 2 H3
Castilla-La Mancha tasting
Location: Room 221 H2
Vino Chianti Classico tasting
Location: Room 231 H2
St Emilion Grands Crus Classés tasting : vintages 2006 and 2008
Location: Espace Dégustation 2 H3
“Assemblages en Bordeaux” tasting
Location: Espace Dégustation 1 Convention Centre
Travelling through Italy… Italian sweet travel : strolling with Goethe tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Sommellerie and contest : The new challenges of the sommelier’s business by the Best Sommeliers of the World (Conference)
Location: Amphitheatre C Convention Centre
Dream Team: Riesling & Pinot Noir tasting
Location: H1 AB 338
Grandes Pagos de Espagna tasting
Location: Room 221 H2
Regions of Italy : Piedmont wines ( Barbera) tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
13th ASI Contest of the Best Sommelier of the World, Chile 2010 (Press Conference)
Location: Amphitheatre C Convention Centre
Conference about countries risks by COFACE (Conference)
Location: Salle H1-H2 Palais des Congrès
1855 Grands Crus Classés Dinner in honour of the International Press at Château Lafite-Rothschild
Location: Château Lafite Rothschild
Monday 22 June 2009
Tasting of AOC Medoc; Vintage 2006, 2007 & 2008
Location: Room 211 H2
“Portraits of Burgundy” Tasting session
Location: Espace Dégustation 1 Convention Centre
55th Congress of Wine Brokers Federation
Location: Amphitheatre C Convention Centre
Challengers of “Rive Droite” : Lalande de Pomerol, Loupiac and St Croix du Mont tasting
Location: Room 223 H2
Italian sparkling parallel: Life in pink – Pink on Pink : comparison of six producers Location: Room 222 H2
New Wines in Rioja Spain, Coming from old unusual native grapes (tasting)
Location: H1 E 60 – 4
Tuscan wines selection tasting
Location: Room 231 H2
How to pass on a winery: Methods and tools presented by SAFER du Sud (Conference)
Location: Salle H1-H2 Convention Center
“Malbec Day” by Union Interprofessionelle des vins de Cahors (tasting)
Location: Room 221 H2
2008 vintage presentation by “Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux” (tasting)
Location: Tasting space 2 H3
Treasure day: aged Riesling wines tasting
Location: H1 AB 338
Porto and Douro wines pairings tasting
Location: H1 BD 329
Italian Wines roads: The via Francigena tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano tasting
Location: Room 231 H2
French Kiss to Turkish wines tasting
Location: Room 223 H2
Official lauching of Bordeaux City Bond (Conference)
Location: Room H1-H2 Convention Centre
Porto and Douro wines pairings tasting
Location: H1 BD 329
Travelling through Italy… Monastery and Pilgrim wines tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Supply or demand marketing: the position of the wine and spirits industry? (Conference)
Location: Amphitheatre B Convention Centre
Treasure day: German Pinot Noir tasting
Location: H1 AB 338
Alsace wines tasting
Location: Room 221 H2
Masters of the press, master class tasting
Location: Room 231 H2
Porto and Douro wine pairings tasting
Location: H1 BD 329
Regions of Italy : Campania wines (Red) tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Tuesday 23 June 2009
Ubifrance’s Meetings
Location: H1 Gate 35
American wine market future (Conference)
Location: Amphitheatre C Convention Centre
Tasting of “Terravitis” association
Location: Room 223 H2
AOC Listrac-Médoc and Haut Médoc Tastings : Vintages 2006, 2007 and 2008 Location: Room 211 H2
Return to Terroir Tasting
Location: Espace Dégustation 1 Convention Centre
“Savoir Boire Savoir Vivre” : Laws, pressures, auto regulation, responsibility, communication, education: the role of each, the responsibility of all (Conference) Location: Amphitheatre B Convention Center
Italian sparkling parallel : Alta Langa – Oltrepo Pavese tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Rioja Wines in Vinexpo: Taste of history and vanguard tasting
Location: Room 221 H2
Tuscan wines selection tasting
Location: Room 231 H2
2008 vintage presentation by “Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux” (tasting)
Location: Espace Dégustation 2 H3
Riesling on the Beach: fresh, crisp,dry (tasting)
Location: H1 AB 338
The urgent issue of biodynamic agriculture by Nicolas Joly (Conference)
Location: Room H1-H2 Convention Centre
Porto and Douro wines pairings tasting
Location: H1 BD 329
Italian wines road : Antica Aurelia wines tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Rioja Wines in Vinexpo: Taste of history and vanguard (tasting)
Location: Room 221 H2
Vernaccia di San Gimignano tasting
Location: Room 231 H2
The French owners of foreign vines tasting
Location: Room 223 H2
Importance of sustainable development (Conference)
Location: Amphitheatre B Convention Center
Travelling through Italy… Volcanic wines tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Noble sweet wines from Germany & Austria tasting
Location: H1 AB 338
Organics wines at JeanJean Winery tasting
Location: Room 231 H2
Alsace wines tasting
Location: Room 221 H2
The urgent issue of organic agriculture by Nicolas Joly (Conference in english)
Location: Room H1-H2 Convention Centre
Regions of Italy : Marches wines tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Porto and Douro wines pairings tasting
Location: H1 BD 329
Inauguration of the Wine and Vine Sciences Institute Bordeaux Aquitaine (Conference)
Location: ISVV Bordeaux Aquitaine
Wednesday 24 June 2009
Ubifrance’s Meetings
Location: H1 Gate 35
Economic crisis: Solutions and prospectives for the wine industry (Conference) Location: Amphitheatre C Convention Centre
International awards of the best web sites for wine sales: e-Performance Barometer study (Conference)
Location: Amphitheatre C Convention Centre
The BRIC (Brasil, Russia, India and China): will they be the key of wine market growth? (Conference)
Location: Amphitheatre B Convention Centre
The Merlot expression on the right bank of Bordeaux tasting
Location: Espace Dégustation 2 H3
Vintages for connoisseurs of “Crus Classés” of Sauternes and Barsac tasting
Location: Room 223 H2
What prospects for french wines in today’s global economic climate ? View point from industry professionals, live from export markets (Conference )
Location: Room H1-H2 Convention Centre
Rioja Wines in Vinexpo: Taste of history and vanguard tasting
Location: Room 221 H2
New Wines in Rioja Spain, Coming from old unusual native grapes (tasting)
Location: H1 E 60 – 4
2007 Vintage of “Union des Grands Crus de Chablis” tasting
Location: Espace Dégustation 1 Convention Centre
Napa-Valley, a modern perspective tasting
Location: Room 231 H2
Italian sparkling parallel: Franciacorta – Trento tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Riesling in three dimensions: Alsace, Austria, Germany tasting
Location: H1 AB 338
Porto and Douro wines pairings tasting
Location: H1 BD 329
Italians wine roads: Ulysses’ sea route wines tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Vino Brunello di Montalcino tasting
Location: Room 231 H2
Press Lunch Invitation
Location: CIVB Pavilion
Pomerol Tasting
Location: Room 211 H2
Travelling through Italy… Etruscan heritage : on the footsteps of Tarquinio Prisco tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Wine tourism new trends, benefits and challenges for wineries (Conference)
Location: Amphitheatre C Convention Centre
Globalisation: Chances of french wines (Conference)
Location: Amphitheatre B Convention Centre
The business of sparkling wines by “FranceAgriMer” (Conference)
Location: Room H1-H2 Convention Centre
Porto and Douro wines pairings tasting
Location: H1 BD 329
The German “Pinot Trio”: Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir tasting
Location: H1 AB 338
Wine&Perfume Experience tasting
Location: Room 231 H2
Masseto – storia di un Cru di Merlot a Bolgheri tasting
Location: Room 221 H2
Vintage port – The decade so far (2000, 2003, 2007) tasting
Location: Espace Cocktail F1-F2 Convention Centre
Regions of Italy: Veneto Amarone tasting
Location: Room 222 H2
Thursday 25 June 2009
Ubifrance’s Meetings
Location: H1 Gate 35
Tasting of “Alliance des crus Bourgeois du Médoc”
Location: Espace Dégustation 2 H3
General assembly C 10
Location: Amphitheatre C Convention Centre
Final press conference
Location: Room 221 H2
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