JUNE 2010: PAYS D’OC PGI WINES ON TOUR IN THE U.S.
June 11 – Chicago // June 15 – New York City

Please click the thumbnails below to open high-resolution images. Photo 1: Pay d’Oc PGI logo Photo 2: Vineyards at Carcassonne Photo 3: Winemaker Photo 4: Vineyards at St. Loup

Chicago, May 13, 2010 (word count: 534)
Next month, Pays d’Oc PGI* will be on tour with wine producers, a sommelier, chef and an artist to showcase its vineyard. Pays d’Oc PGI is hitting Chicago and New York City at wine events for professionals in Chicago on June 11 as part of World Wine Meetings America, and as the sole attraction at a tasting in New York City on June 15.

Both events will be an exceptional opportunity to discover the symphony of aromas and flavors from the South of France. More than 30 wine producers will be on-hand to present a range of exceptional wines crafted from a palette of 33 grape varieties with the French Mediterranean accent.

Visitors will step into Pays d’Oc’s world of unique grape varieties where sommelier Ludovic Bigel and chef Benoît Régues will showcase the diversity of the Pays d’Oc through wine and food pairing workshops.

A contemporary art exhibition dedicated to the vineyard’s history, aromas and colors complete the journey. These 12 works of art that revisit classic paintings were created by emerging artist Patrice Palacio exclusively for Pays d’Oc PGI.

The French leader of grape varietals, Pays d’Oc PGI provides a vast palette of wines (varietals and blends) and aromas with an attractive quality-price ratio, making them suitable for every occassion and every consumer.

Program of events:

June 11, 2010 – World Wine Meetings America, Chicago
Click to download the Chicago invite.
Embassy Suites Hotel
600 N. State St.
Chicago, IL
(For more information on this event, please visit www.wwm.fr. )

Wine tastings and Pays d’Oc “wine & art” pairing
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.    Pays d’Oc PGI wine tastings –   over 100 wines
Pays d’Oc aromas reflected through 12 works of art

The Pays d’Oc touch: a world of unique aromas
11:30 a.m. 1st workshop
2:30 p.m. 2nd workshop
3:30 p.m. 3rd workshop

June 15, 2010 – Wine tasting and workshops in NYC
Click to download the NYC invite.
City Winery
155 Varick St.
New York, NY

Doors open for press and VIP
10 a.m. Opening for press and VIP only
10:30 a.m.                Workshop for press and VIP only

Wine tastings and Pays d’Oc “wine & art” pairing
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.     Pays d’Oc PGI wine tastings – over 100 wines
Pays d’Oc aromas reflected through 12 works of contemporary art
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.     Opening for professionals

The Pays d’Oc touch: a world of unique aromas
11:30 a.m. 1st   workshop
3:30 p.m. 2nd workshop
4:30 p.m.                  3rd workshop

Linda Filone (Pays d’Oc PGI), Patrice Palacio (artist), Ludovic Bigel (sommelier) and Benoît Régues (chef), will be present to welcome visitors on the Pays d’Oc route.

Please click here to view the Pays d’Oc PGI press kit and find out more about the workshops showcasing wine and food pairings and the art exhibition.

* Pays d’Oc PGI is an umbrella brand and an official quality certification label recognized by the European Union. It represents 2,700 wine structures. In 2009, 707 million bottles (58 million cases) were sold around the world under this label. Wines marketed and sold under the  Pays d’Oc PGI label must be produced in the Pays d’Oc area, in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France. (* PGI, Protected Geographical Indication)

For more information, please contact:

PAYS D’OC PGI
Linda Filone
Promotion and Communication Manager
Tel.: +33 (0)4 67 13 84 31
Fax: +33 (0)4 67 13 84 29
Mob.: +33 (0)6 17 88 27 62
E-mail: linda-filone@interoc.fr

or:

FRENCH TECHNOLOGY PRESS OFFICE
205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3740
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel.: (312) 327-5260
E-mail: contact.ftpo@ubifrance.fr

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FIRST-EVER VIRTUAL 3-D WINES AND SPIRITS INTERNATIONAL TRADE SHOW JUNE 21 TO 27, 2010

Please click the thumbnails below to open high-resolution images. Photo 1: WineFair virtual floor Photo 2: WineFair logo Photo 3: WineFair “design” booth Photo 4: WineFair “natural” booth Photo 5: WineFair “traditional” booth

Chicago, May 7, 2010 (word count: 432) French company INNOVIN introduces the first-ever virtual trade show within a 3-D environment devoted to wines and spirits: www.WineFair.com. This multilingual, interactive platform will open its doors from June 21 to 27, 2010. To wine-producing professionals, this will represent a unique opportunity to boost dialogue and contacts on a worldwide level, and this without having to travel and at minimal cost.

In the same way as traditional wine trade show with technology added, WineFair will provide exhibitors with three kinds of booths: natural, traditional or design. Each one features a schedule to make appointments during the trade show, the exhibitor’s business card, as well as videos, brochures and descriptions of the wines and the estate. Depending on the package, companies will have 10 or 30 bottles on sale.

Featuring the latest in 3-D technology, WineFair favors real-time dialogue and helps businesses fully control their timetable thanks to the schedule functionality. Visitors can then browse through the profiles of exhibitors thus identified by hovering the cursor over their name. In order to access the booths, visitors simply enter a password into the search engine, or they select a grape variety, a country/region and/or type of wine. Visitors wishing to speak with an exhibitor may either contact them directly, or make an appointment via their online schedule. Depending on the equipment they have, there are three tools available: video conference, audio conference or instant messaging.

This trade show also offers visitors and exhibitors an opportunity to participate in conferences, the programs and issues of which are to be determined shortly. The first five days of this ecological trade show, June 21 to 25,  are exclusively devoted to meetings between professionals. For their part, the general public are invited to visit online on June 26 and 27.

INNOVIN, a specialist in the development of innovative communication tools intended for wine professionals, is recruiting international exhibitors to take part in this event. To learn more about the trade show and to register as an exhibitor, please visit www.winefair.com. WineFair.com is available in four languages: English, Spanish, French, German and soon in Japanese and Chinese.

About the organizers:

Denis Lengaigne  Consulting sommelier has been managing several wine cellars in Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France that have been in use for three generations.

Jean-Michel Kuzaj  Consulting sommelier has been working in the wine industry for more than 12 years and in 12 different cities in France, teaching wine tastings to private clients and professionals.

For more information, please contact:

INNOVIN

Jean-Michel Kuzaj

Managing Partner

30 rue Bréquerecque

62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer

FRANCE

Tel.: +33 3 21 80 96 30 E-mail: jeank@winefair.com

Web: www.winefair.com

www.facebook.com/3dwinefair

twitter.com/winefair2010

or:

FRENCH TECHNOLOGY PRESS OFFICE

205 North Michigan Avenue,

Suite 3740 Chicago,

IL 60601

Tel.: (312) 327-5260

E-mail: contact.ftpo@ubifrance.fr

Chicago, February 1, 2010 (word count: 309)
Next month, 17 organic wines French producers will be in Montreal to present their products at a wine tasting event, organized by the French Trade Commission UBIFRANCE in Montreal and the Parisian head office of UBIFRANCE. The event will be held on Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Le Crystal Hotel.

Dedicated to professionals, this event is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to discover the French soil and its famous regions such as: Alsace, Bordeaux, Lirac, Vallée de la Loire (Chinon, Touraine), Bourgogne, Champagne, Coteaux du Languedoc, Côtes du Roussillon, Cabardes, Fronton, Corse, Beaujolais, Savoie, Vins de pays d’OC, and more.

More than 150 references will be sampled on Thursday, March 4, 2010, from 1 to 6 p.m., at:

Hôtel Le Crystal
1100, rue de la Montagne
Montreal, QC H3G 0A1, Canada
www.hotellecrystal.com

Please register before March, 1, 2010, by visiting: www.ubifrance-events.com/french-wines-spirits-drinks/usa-canada/register.php
List of French companies:
• BIOVIDIS : www.biovidis.com
• CAVE DE JAILLANCE : www.jaillance.com
• CHAIS MEYRUEIS
• CHAMPAGNE FRANCK PASCAL
• CHAMPAGNE MARIE COURTIN
• CHATEAU DE BRAU
• CHATEAU SAINT LOUIS : www.chateausaintlouis.fr
• CLOS DE LA BRIDERE : www.vincent-girault.com
• DOMAINE DES CARABINIERS
• DOMAINE LA ROUVIOLE : www.larouviole.fr
• ERIC FOREST : www.eric-forest.fr.st
• RED SAP : www.redsap.fr
• TERROIRS VIVANTS : www.terroirsvivants.com
• VALENTIN ZUSSLIN : www.zusslin.com
• VIGNOBLES RAYMOND : www.vignobles-raymond.com
• VINIBEGOOD : www.vinibegood.com
• WINE PARTNERS : www.winepartners.fr

The French participants’ catalogue will be available at the event.

Organic wine is a niche market in Quebec, which has grown in recent years whether for products marketed by the Company of Alcohols of Quebec (SAQ) or sold via private importers. Growth rates have been in the double-digits. Sustainable agricultural development is among the priorities of the SAQ, which sets up an active policy of communication about “green” products. Organic wines completely fall within this realm, as they promote sustainable farming practices that maintain biological diversity.

In collaboration with:

Partners for this event:

UBIFRANCE is the French Agency for International Business Development, and is part of France’s export-support framework. As the partner of reference for French companies wishing to export, UBIFRANCE offers a complete range of services based on the provision of information on export markets, legal issues and regulations, international finance and tenders, while also supplying sectorial data. UBIFRANCE also offers export advice and targeted support to companies’ commercial activities, such as exploratory visits, partnership meetings, foreign exhibitions and international press communication. Finally, UBIFRANCE runs the International Postgraduate Programme (VIE) for deploying qualified personnel and young graduates outside France.

For more information, please contact:

UBIFRANCE
Brice Faravel
Project Manager, Wines and Spirits
77 boulevard Saint Jacques
75014 Paris FRANCE
Tel.: +33 1 40 73 31 60
Fax: +33 1 40 73 35 82
E-mail: brice.faravel@ubifrance.fr

or:

FRENCH TECHNOLOGY PRESS OFFICE
205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3740
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel.: (312) 327-5260
E-mail: contact.ftpo@ubifrance.fr

Chicago, September 2, 2009 (word count: 236)
Millésime Bio is an international trade show dedicated to the organic wines industry. For its 17th edition, the show will take place in Montpellier, France, from Jan. 25 to 27, 2010. Building on the success of the 2009 edition, which gave the show a global audience, Millésime Bio 2010 will host more than 400 exhibitors (winegrowers and wine merchants) at the Exhibition Center in Montpellier.

For the third year, the show will also include the Challenge Millésime Bio, an international contest of organic wines. Preliminary tasting of samples for the contest will take place on November 16, 2009.
For more information, please contact:

Millésime Bio (pronounced “meal-ay-zeem”) was established by the Inter-professional Association of Organic Wines from Languedoc-Roussillon (AIVB-LR). Tailored to wine professionals’ needs, the show is a focal point for the organic wines from all wine-making regions and countries. It serves as a presentation platform for the year’s new vintages and a market barometer. Millésime Bio’s concept is unique: ready-made, identical stands, the wine alone makes the difference.

In 2009, the Professional World Trade Show for Wines made from Organically grown Grapes hosted:
- 354 exhibitors: winegrowers and merchants (annual increase of 27%) coming from South Africa, Germany, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania
- 1,700 professional visitors, mostly from Europe, Northern America and Japan, representing 700 wine buying companies (annual increase of 50%). In total, 31 countries (other than France) were represented, including 14 non-EU countries.

AIVB-LR
Cendrine Vimont
Press Relations
Arcades Jacques Coeur, bat. C
Route de Boirargues
34970 Lattes FRANCE
Tel.: +33 4 99 13 30 43
E-mail: vimont.aivb@orange.fr
Web: www.millesime-bio.com

or:

FRENCH TECHNOLOGY PRESS OFFICE
205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3740
Chicago, IL 60601
Fax: (312) 327-5261
E-mail: contact.ftpo@ubifrance.fr

Cadman Fine Wines is part of the Venulum Group and is operated by a group of individuals who are passionate about wines and share a combined wealth of knowledge and experience spanning several decades.

Buying wine should be fun and easy and the website is designed to offer the ability to buy wine in what ever quantity desired, whether it’s one or one hundred bottles. It also provides clear relevant information and guidance allowing the user, you, to make an informed choice. The site has already been short-listed by Decanter Magazine, for online wine merchant of the year.

Giles Cadman, founder of Cadman Fine Wines (www.cadmanfinewines.co.uk) and also the Chairman of wealth management group Venulum ( www.venulum.com), a multinational alternative investment company, is passionate about wine and its investment potential. Bringing this fervour to his business, through Venulum’s Bloomberg listed mutual funds, Venulum En-Primeur and Wine investments, offers accredited investors and private pension funds the opportunity to invest in the world’s finest wines.

Cadman also believes that the only wines that can be classified as fine wines are those that come from the Old World and have worldwide recognition. “Fine wines are those that are built on tradition and centuries of history and winemaking knowledge past on from family generations in touch with their soil,” he says, “Wines with a sense of place and standing that have evolved alongside local produce.” He adds that according to Financial Times in an article published in May 2008 “Since 2001, fine wine has significantly out performed the leading equity indices in western markets. Not only has it recorded attractive average annual returns, but price volatility is low compared with most investments”.

At a time where the market has become unstable Venulum has recognised that investors commonly turn to hard assets in market downturns, with the idea that by investing in something real, it won’t disappear although its value may decline modestly, hence the increased interest in the company’s wine investment portfolio

About Venulum:

The Venulum Group is a multinational private wealth management firm headquartered in the British Virgin Islands. The Group manages the wealth of high net worth individuals, and specializes in alternative investments often not available to the general public. Venulum helps high net worth individuals balance their portfolios.

The Venulum Group was formed in 2002, and has expanded to include offices in four countries. Since 2002 Venulum’s client base has grown steadily, and now has a substantial number of United States based clients.

PR Contact Details:

Chris Pattison

CJP Intelligent Marketing

53 54 Brooks Mews

London

W1K 4EG

UK

www.letscreate.it

+44 (0) 207 491 4443

Cadman Fine Wines’ recent November tasting and auction at the prestigious Pewterers’ Hall in London was a great success.

Dec, 2008 – Cadman Fine Wines’ tasting held at the Pewterers’ Hall in The City of London on Wednesday 5^th November proved to be hugely enjoyable as well as boasting an 83% success rate at its wine auction.

The on-line retailer Cadman Fine Wines (www.cadmanfinewines.co.uk) was set up in 2004 as a natural expansion of parent company Venulum’s (www.venulum.com) wine investment business (Venulum invests in fine wine on behalf of its American clients).

Cadman Fine Wines champions producers who really care about the contents of the bottle: unique wines of authenticity and distinction; these sit alongside a carefully chosen range of the famous names and labels of the wine world. Giles Cadman, Chairman of Venulum, believes that what really sets Cadman Fine Wines apart from other fine wine merchants is the ability to order fine and rare wines by the bottle.

To achieve a Cadman Fine Wines listing, a wine must score at least 88 points on either their quality rating system or from the world’s most authoritative wine critics. This high quality was demonstrated by the wide selection of wines picked for the tasting, from Champagne and a mouth-watering array of whites, through to spicy and sophisticated reds and the best of Bordeaux, finishing in style on a vintage port.

The auction offered buyers the chance to bid for mixed cases carefully put together by the Cadman Fine Wines’ team, featuring many wines that had been available for tasting during the evening. Lots included 1^st Growths from Mouton-Rothschild and Haut-Brion, Burgundies from Louis Jadot, Henri Perrot-Minot and Jean Grivot, through to some of the biggest names in Spanish and Italian wine as well as showcasing some delicious discoveries from New Zealand. 83% of lots attracted successful bids and buyers took advantage of the fact that their bids did not attract additional fees, commission or VAT (delivery at £6.99 per consignment the only add-on).

Paul Trimming, General Manager of Cadman Fine Wines, suggested that the success of the auction could also be partly down to the timing and proximity to Christmas. “Several bidders I spoke to were buying for drinking over the Christmas period, or were planning to give wine as a gift,” he explained. Other guests attended for a chance to taste some delicious wines in order to help in their wine buying decisions. “I felt it was a great event with a quality selection of wines,” one guest commented, continuing “I will not hesitate in the future to buy your wines or recommend them to friends and I look forward to attending more of your wine tastings and learning about the wines you have available”.

Another guest commented “Absolutely delightful! Knowledgeable team, excellent venue and what a delicious collection.” Other praise received included “Thank you so much for an extremely well run and informative evening – it was a great success.”

About Venulum:

The Venulum Group is a multinational private wealth management firm headquartered in the British Virgin Islands. The Group manages the wealth of high net worth individuals, and specializes in alternative investments often not available to the general public. Venulum helps high net worth individuals balance their portfolios.

The Venulum Group was formed in 2002, and has expanded to include offices in four countries. Since 2002 Venulum’s client base has grown steadily, and now has a substantial number of United States based clients.

PR Contact Details:

Chris Pattison

CJP Intelligent Marketing

53 54 Brooks Mews

London

W1K 4EG

UK

www.letscreate.it

+44 (0) 207 491 4443