Bordeaux wine fair fights off newcomers
Bordeaux, France
EARLIER this month was Vinexpo week, a five-day trade fair held every odd-numbered year since 1981 in a cavernous exhibition hall along a manufactured lake on the northern outskirts of this historic city, once the centre of the world wine trade. More than 2,300 wineries, international wine companies, importers, negociants and national trade associations vied for the attention of 48,000 attendees of 120 nationalities: importers, retailers, brokers and journalists looking to pad their wine lists and article portfolios.
Yet while any trade fair strives to project energy and a positive vibe, Vinexpo 2015 is fighting a tide of competition from other fairs and other markets. Globalisat…
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