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Cantina Gigi Rosso (Piemonte) bring wines made with Nebbiolo & Barbera grapes to the Wine Pleasures Workshop Buyer meets Italian Cellar

When Seagrams invested millions in Bersano wines in the late 1960’s, Arturo Bersano hired respected winemaker Luigi ‘Gigi’ Rosso to find him some good vineyards. The opportunity allowed Rosso to look over the entire areas for choice vineyards that were for sale, and gave him a good feeling for where he could look to buy [...]
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Tenuta Grimani (Veneto) to join the Wine Pleasures Workshop Buyer meets Italian Cellar

The 2009 Wine Pleasures Workshop: Buyer meets Italian Cellar will take place in Treviso, Italy, from May 18 – 20, 2009. Bringing together small to medium sized boutique wineries of all regions of Italy including: Veneto, Sicilia, Campania, Lombardia, Abruzzo, and Toscana and wine importers, wholesalers, retailers and HORECA from around the world, this year’s [...]
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Durante (Veneto) organic wines to participate in the Wine Pleasures Workshop Buyer meets Italian Cellar

The great news just keeps coming in for buyers attending the 1st ever Wine Pleasures Workshop Buyer meets Italian Cellar (18 – 20 May2009) Added value is provided by 11 organic and biodyanamic  wineries represented at the workshop. One such winery is the Durante winery located at the foot of Montello in the Piave DOC Venetian region. Michell [...]
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Wine Pleasures organises Italian winery region visit programme: Veneto

Several participating wineries in the Wine Pleasures Workshop Buyer meets Italian Cellar will be opening their doors to receive motivated buyers interested in getting to know the beautiful wine region of Veneto.  Sunday 17 May   Treviso/Venice airport pick up & transfer to Hotel accommodation 19.30 Sfriso Pier winery visit followed by dinner in the winery Monday 18 May  Visit of the [...]
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Wine Pleasures teams up with Bravo Italy Gourmet for the Buyer meets Italian Workshop

Strange as it may seem Wine Pleasures has been struggling to attract Italian wineries to participate in the 1st edition of the Wine Pleasures Workshop Buyer meets Italian Cellar.  With already established and successful Spanish and Organic versions in their 5th and 3rd years respectively, Wine Pleaures saw the need to get some local help. Bravo Italy [...]
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Serious wine importers say “we don’t go to large trade fairs – waste of time!

Recent large trade fairs such as ProWein and Vinitaly are great places to visit if, according to The Tasting Note “you make poor wine or you are a large producer with a fat wallet “There are a lot of big, fancy stands at Vinitaly. Some are there because the wines are crap and they think [...]
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Sfriso Pier (Veneto) to participate in the Wine Pleasures Buyer meets Italian Cellar

Small boutique Venetian producer, Azienda Agricola Sfriso Pier are to participate in the 1st edition of the Wine Pleasures Workshop Buyer meets Italian Cellar (May 18 – 20 May 2009). Pier and Réka run a traditional family business which was created by Grandfather Luciano almost 100 years ago!. That’s three generations back! Pier and Réka’a philosophy on wine making clearly demonstrates [...]
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Buyer meets Italian Cellar – an alternative to VINITALY for passionate producers and serious buyers

There will be, as in previous years a lot of big, fancy stands at Vinitaly (just as there is in Alimentaria and Fenavin). Some are there because the wines are poor and they think that by putting on a big show, people will come to them. Others are big because their wines are brilliant, they have [...]
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65,600 botellas de vino ya vendidas en los Wine Pleasures Workshops 2009 – Utiel Requena, Priorat y Valencia son las zonas afortunadas

Los pasados días 15 al 17  y 17 al 19 de marzo se llevó a cabo en el Hotel Subur Maritim de Sitges los Wine Pleasures Workshops Buyer meets Spanish Cellar y el International Organic Workshop. El día 20 se confirmó las primeras ventas: 40,000 botellas bodegas DO Utiel-Requena, 10,000 botellas bodega DO Priorat, 10,000 botellas [...]
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It's Simply Red for Chris & Jorge at Wine Pleasures

Ex Simply Red drummer, Chris Joyce together with Jorge Chenea participated in the Wine Pleasures Reverse Trade Mission last week. On their last day they were able to visit La LLacuna and sample some of the local cured meats – fuet, butifarra blanca etc aswell as the tasty alberquina olive variety. C & J Fine [...]
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