Vinexpo Paris prepares for February show

Trade show organiser Vinexposium has confirmed Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris will take place as planned next month.

Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris will welcome an international audience from 14 to 16 February at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in France. It is the biggest event in Vinexposium’s portfolio.

Next month’s show will be the first to take place in Paris in two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rodolphe Lameyse, CEO of Vinexposium, said: “With six weeks to go before the exhibition opens, we are putting all our energy into delivering the event the industry is expecting.

“We are leveraging all our resources to bring in key international buyers and make Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris an amazing event in every aspect.”

The three-day event will host 2,800 exhibitors from 32 countries, with ‘ramped up’ attendance from every region in France.

“After two years with no exhibitions, it is becoming essential for us to reconnect with our producers and more importantly to meet and be able to list new producers,” commented Sébastien Clément, CEO of Tanium Vins et Spiritueux in Quebec.

“For the sake of our business, the time has come to see each other again. The hosting arrangements guarantee that everything will go as smoothly as possible for us and attending Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris in mid-February was a foregone conclusion for me.”

Attendees will be required to show a Covid pass and face coverings will be mandatory during the show. Digital access badges (e-badges) will be favoured and an enhanced cleaning system will be used in each area throughout the show.

The Be Spirits area will be dedicated to spirits and mixology. Meanwhile, across the French capital a number of on-trade venues have partnered with the trade fair to offer evening events.