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

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