Over the past four years Buyers who have attended the Wine Pleasures Workshop: Buyer meets Spanish Cellar have expressed an interest in making comercial contacts with wine producers from specific regions within the framework of the workshop concept.

Likewise many wineries have also suggested that Wine Pleasures should organise a workshop event exclusively for wine producers from specific regions and/or Designations of Origen.

Given this situation, Wine Pleasures has created an annual workshop event bringing together wine importers and distributors and Italian wine producers, providing a cost and time effective opportunity to discuss business face to face.

At the workshop, international wine buyers hold pre -scheduled business meetings and tastings with Italian wineries of potential interest. These meetings have the dual objectives of discovering and selecting new limited production wines and of cultivating new professional relationships.

Both buyers and cellars are carefully selected by Wine Pleasures in order to ensure that both parties will find what they are looking for.

The Wine Pleasures Workshop Buyer meets Italian Cellar gives buyers the opportunity to discover new wine suppliers not normally present in the large trade fairs, meet the winemaker in a highly personalised setting, taste the latest vintages, discuss imports, prices and timescales, discover new products and attractive labelling and packaging, and appreciate the excellence in quality - price. All this in a cost-effective, one stop opportunity to do so by meeting face to face in Italy with a wide range of quality wine makers concentrated in one convenient and enchanting venue for just two and a half days.

The Wine Pleasures Workshop: Buyer meets Italian Cellar will take place in the Villa Pace Park Hotel Bolognese, Treviso

The Villa Pace Park Hotel Bolognese**** is a land mark villa of the 1800's which has been transformed into an elegant and refined 4 star hotel keeping its original historical flavour but adding all the modern comforts.

The hotel is located along the Terraglio, a Napoleonic road of Venetian Villas that connects Venice to Treviso, in a strategic position since it is only 2 kms from the enchanting medieval Treviso and only 20 minutes from Venice and all its attractions.

The Villa's park with its secular trees creates a pleasant atmosphere which is ideal for this unique workshop event.

Among the hotel's facilities there is a complete wellness centre with sauna, steam room, resting area, indoor swimming pool and Jacuzzi, outdoor swimming pool, and natural solarium. The hotel also has a private parking spaces.

Monday, 18 May, 2009
15.00 - 17.30 Registration of participants
17.30 - 19.00 Seminar: Wines from Italy
19.00 - 20.30 Wine tasting & time for scheduling extra appointments
21.00 Dinner in the hotel

Tuesday, 19 May, 2009
09.00 - 10.00 Workshop opens - time for tasting and/or scheduling extra appointments
10.00 - 13.00 One to one meetings with wineries
13.00 - 15.00 Lunch
15.00 - 15.30 Free time
15.30 - 18.30 One to one meetings with wineries
21.00 Dinner in the hotel

Wednesday, 20 May, 2009
09.00 - 10.00 Workshop opens - time for tasting and/or scheduling extra appointments
10.00 - 13.30 One to one meetings with wineries
14.00 - 15.30 Lunch & end of workshop

Each participating winery will have exclusive use of a meeting table where the scheduled appointments with buyers take place. The tried and tested appointment system offers buyers direct and total control over the types of wineries - type of wine, price range and designation of origen - they arrange to meet during the two days:

1) Leading up to the workshop

Invited Buyers are supplied with details and profiles of participating wineries. This gives the buyer ample time to correspond with the winery directly and to evaluate if the wines would be of potential interest to the buyer's target market. Buyers should pre-schedule a minimum of 12 appointments prior to the workshop taking place.

2) During the workshop

On both mornings of the event, additional appointments may be scheduled through personal contacts between buyers and wineries.

Further contacts between buyers and wineries are also possible during lunch and breaks as well as in the evening.

Important: buyers registering an accompanying person from the same organisation are able to schedule parallel appointments simultaneously throughout the event, thereby doubling the effectiveness of their participation.

1. Before the workshop:

Details of participating wineries (.xls and .pdf format):

2. During the workshop:

• Transport to and from Treviso/Venice Airport on Monday 18 May and again on Wednesday 20
• A copy of the "Buyers Handbook", with comprehensive details of all participating wineries and represented designations of origen.
• Attendance and participation in the Seminar "Wines from Italy"
• Participation in the wine tasting for the duration of the workshop
• Participation in the one to one workshop meetings
• 2 nights accommodation in the hotel - place pending
• Breakfasts, luncheons and dinners throughout the event
• Linguistic assistance if required

3. After the workshop

• Hotel reservation forms, offering preferential rates for Wine Pleasures Workshop participants who wish to extend their stay in Italy.
• A Venice map.
• Details of optional leisure and/or professional programmes. During the event, our hospitality desk can assist.

• Buyers Brochure (PDF, 547 K).

Buyers are hosted at Wine Pleausres Workshops according to their geographical location (only 4-6 Buyers from any one country) and providing they meet our selection criteria.

If you would like apply for a place at any of our 2009 workshop events, please complete our online application form or download the pdf versión and fax to +34 93 8976016.

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