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The Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris trade fair was able to increase its visitor numbers this year by around 35 percent compared to 2022. Over three days, 35,000 trade visitors came to the exhibition grounds at the Porte de Versailles. Thus, the wine fair consolidated its international position. The fair company emphasised that the increase in visitors was mainly due to foreign participants. The exhibition space had increased by 20 per cent in 2023, the number of exhibitors by 18 per cent.
A total of 3,387 companies showed their products. Although the majority of exhibitors continue to come from France, two out of six halls are dedicated to wineries from abroad. Italian exhibitors made up the lion's share here, but institutions such as Österreich Wein Marketing (ÖWM), the German Wine Institute (DWI) and Wines of Portugal were also represented. The fair is also becoming increasingly interesting for wine-growing countries from overseas. This year, wineries from California were present for the first time.
"There is international recognition of the growing reach of the fair. We are more than a purely French event," said Rodolphe Lameyse, director of organiser Vinexposium after the fair's great success.
Next year, the fair's management plans to expand Vinexpo and attract more international exhibitors.
(ru / Vitisphere; Photo: 123rf.com)