Wine Pleasures Workshops bring together small to medium sized wine producers who do not usually take part in the large wine & food trade fairs with buyers (importers, wholesalers, agents/brokers and retailers), with the aim of establishing business relationships between them.

Over two and a half days, buyers hold personalised and productive, pre-arranged meetings and tastings with carefully selected wineries in a private meeting environment.

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.

Buyers appreciate the Wine Pleasures Workshops because they can find 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 price-quality.

The Wine Pleasures appointment system offers buyers direct and total control over the types of winery - and designation of origen - they arrange to meet during the event.

1. Leading up to the workshop

Before the workshop buyers are supplied with details and profiles of participating wineries and viceversa. Buyers and cellars then begin to mutually schedule appointments according to the workshop timetable.

2. During the workshop

On the first day of the event there will be a seminar relevant to the workshop title followed by a self-pour, no talking tasting of the wines represented at the workshop without having to exchange vapid pleasantries with producers. After, additional appointments may be scheduled through personal contacts between buyer and cellar.

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

"This kind of "fair" is more focused, less stands and more personally. The prebooked meetings of 45 minutes gives a good structure and the possibility to choose them myself and even opportunity to do spontaneous meetings. The 2-3 day "tasting" gives opportunity to come back to the persons you want to continue discussions with. A very good overview of the Spanish wine regions, interesting to compare same grape from different regions" Arvid Nordquist, Sweden.

"I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the workshop, and I look forward to participating in any future workshops! I know my colleague Domino shared the same sentiment. We believe that your format was one of the best wine tastings/workshops we had ever attended". Soneva Fushi Resort & Sixsenses Spas, Maldives.

"It was a nice workshop to have time to taste wines and meet people in a quite atmosphere, in fact better than on the usual wine-fairs". Kloostra Wijnagenturen, Holland & France.

"Since its first edition comments have been used by the organisers to improve dramatically on the efficiency of the workshop. It is to my opinion the better way to make assessed purchase decisions. Properly organised workshops with screened buyers and producers that are away from the fairs for the masses allow for time to discuss actual business rather then uselessly shaking hands and putting up smiles. A much more competence oriented way of doing business in a relaxed and
convivial but professional atmosphere". Gusto World, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, France

"Nice event from where you can get exactly information you would need and meet the people you exactly looking for. Professional and nice atmosphere and good place to meet connosieurs from different countries". AS Valior, Estonia

"Der katalonische Workshop war gelungen! Neben der excellenten Organisation und dem angehmen Ambiente waren die teilnehmenden Bodegas meist "echte" Entdeckungen. Ich hoffe nur, dass in Zukunnft meine Landsleute das Angebot von Wine Pleasures mehr nutzen werden".

Herzlichen Dank! Manfred Wine Pool, Germany

"Workshops for our medium size structure are the ideal buying conditions for us" Overland Trade, France

"I prefer the workshop method because it's more informative and personal (e.g. the wine seminar at the first evening), especially for people who don't have experiences with Spanish wines.
The workshop method very good, one felt nearly in a "familiar" atmosphere, one had the chance to speak with a lot of people during the meals in a very relaxed atmosphere" CS-ENO, Germany

"I think you have time for tasting and speaking with the Bodegas; it´s more personally. It is better than a normal trade fair!" Bodega Andaluza, Germany

"I never experienced such a personal and efficient possibility to get to know that many wineries in such a short period of time". Fine Spirits, Switzerland

"I have been most pleased to be part of this event. It has reached my expectations and now it is time to follow up to grab the orders". Global Trade Search, USA

"The highlight for me was that there were local rather small wineries that normally couldn't afford a big fair like VinExpo". Cissus Holgros, Denmark

"Just to let you know that on a business point of view, your event was very to PVI.I have found new suppliers and discovered interesting wines and wineries.This should bring for us and for some wineries some good business within the next month" Planete Vins International, France

"Nice selection of small and not so small wineries from different regions of Spain" Vinbio, Japan

"Just a quick line to thank you for another pair of excellent workshops.Both were very interesting and I will be contacting several wineries from each workshop with a view to working with them in the future. I am sure that by the end of the summer we will be importing wines to the UK from several of them. The format of the workshop is good and works well (certainly for me !)". Fraser Crameri Associates, UK

"I very much liked the limited number of producers at the wine pleasures workshop. I would like to have a choice of potentially meeting with five or six producers from each of the wine appelations and regions from around Spain. The Alimentary in Barcelona, VinExpo Bordeaux, VinItaly are too big and too overwhelming." Borvin Beverage, USA

• Buyer meets Spanish Cellar (16 - 18 March) The Hotel Port Resort, Sitges, Spain.
• International Organic Wine Workshop (18 - 20 March) The Hotel Port Resort, Sitges, Spain.
• Buyer meets Italian Cellar (18 - 20 May) Place pending Treviso or Venice, Italy

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 93 897 60 16.

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