The “centrale de réservation” is available for visitors and exhibitors to reserve hotel rooms or bed & breakfast with a minimum of comfort guaranteed.

All the lodgings that have been visited and inspected have a description sheet with photos. These information sheets are sent out in response to all requests that are addressed to the “centrale de réservation”. Tel. + 33 556 119 950 - E-mail: hotel@bordeaux-expo.com (Source: Vinexpo)

For 12 years now, Vinexpo has commissioned a forward-looking study on the production and consumption of wines and spirits in the world.

Entrusted to British consultants The IWSR for the 7^th consecutive year, this study analyses changes in production in 28 countries and in consumption patterns in 114 countries. (Source: Vinexpo)

In June 2008, airline Air France-KLM reported a 4.1% decrease compared to 2007 in its overall air traffic and cited the reason that there were no Vinexpo or le Bourget exhibitions that year. Vinexpo 2009 will soon be here and it will be June in no time, so remember to book your tickets right away. (Source: Vinexpo – AFP – Air France)

A calamitous earthquake hit Sichuan province some time before the exhibition opened. Vinexpo had asked all the exhibitors of Vinexpo Asia-pacific to donate bottles in aid of the many victims. In total, 1,912 bottles including around a hundred bottles of spirits were collected. The proceeds from the sale of these donations organised by Watson’s Wine Cellar were handed to the Salvation Army in aid of the Sichuan victims.

Vinexpo hereby thanks all the exhibitors for their generosity. (Source: Vinexpo)

With its 2009 promotional campaign, Vinexpo reasserts its position as a leading business force for industry professionals.

The Vinexpo 2009 graphic signature is based on a pen, characterising the business world. The slogan “The Signature Business Event” highlights two major aspects of Vinexpo: its ability to gather the largest number of industry decision-makers in one venue and its role of creating value in a booming market. (Source: Vinexpo)

Every year, Robert Beynat, General Manager of Vinexpo, meets the leading industry Directors of each major producing country. He has just met the CEOs of the largest Californian companies as well as the Directors of the Wine Institute and the Napa Valley Vintners’ Association.

These players, who will take part in Vinexpo next June, have confirmed their confidence in the growth of the international markets and especially that of North America. (Source: Vinexpo)

The Vinexpo Overseas Supervisory Board unanimously adopted the motion to organise the next Asia-Pacific exhibition in Hong Kong again on 25, 26 and 27 May 2010.The 2008 exhibition was unanimously recognised to be a success by exhibitors and visitors alike.
Participants’ satisfaction was not however the only criterion taken into account by the Supervisory Board, chaired by Ms. Dominique Hériard Dubreuil. The latest business indicators all show that Asia is one of the most promising markets in the world and that the industry has confidence in its growth. (Source: Vinexpo)

While ten years ago, there were very few women in the wine world, today they have clearly conquered it.

As seasoned consumers, they assert their tastes and are no longer shy about buying wine or ordering it in a restaurant. As professionals, they head up high profile companies, direct winegrowers’ associations and are experienced “sommeliers”.

All the press - national, specialised, general and women’s - is full of it: wine is also a feminine domain. Without doubt, women are passionate about wine and the world is interested in what enflames them so.

Vinexpo already commissioned the first international study on “Women and Wine” in 2000, and is now preparing a new study with 5 partners in Japan, UK, USA, Germany and France to gauge how much has changed in this quiet revolution.

Perhaps this new study will show that women are the future of wine … (Source: Vinexpo)

Vinexpo SAS has just reorganised itself and introduced a Supervisory Board and an Executive Board. As a result, Xavier de Eizaguirre was appointed as President of the Supervisory Board of Vinexpo Bordeaux, the international wine and spirits exhibition.

The executive director remains General Manager Robert Beynat, who is also member of the 4-man Executive Board chaired by the President of the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Laurent Courbu.

The same Executive Board was set up for the subsidiary Vinexpo Overseas and Ms. Dominique Hériard Dubreuil continues to preside over the exhibitions organised outside France. (Source: Vinexpo)