The British city of London hosted yesterday, the edition of ‘Wines from Spain Trade Fair ‘, a fair organized by ICEX Spain Export and Investments and by the Economic Office and Commercial of Spain in London which this year celebrates its twenty-fifth edition and with which it is intended to show the wealth winery from Spanish wineries to the British professional public.
‘Wines from Spain Trade Fair’ was presented as a unavoidable appointment for standards of wine sector interested in the Spanish wine. Attending this event is a great step towards differentiating the quality of the Spanish wine offer from other wines to consumers and other professional audiences. Thus, in this year’s edition, the products offered by some thirty Spanish wineries have been exclusively presented in the capital of the United Kingdom.
This event was complemented by the so-called dinner of the Grand Order of Knights of Wine, a traditional evening that has the purpose of recognizing the work carried out by two professionals in the wine sector who are finally appointed as new members of this brotherhood. This dinner, which celebrates its thirtieth edition, brought together more than 300 of the standards most important and in the United Kingdom.
Participating Spanish wineries
The representation of the Spanish offer en ‘Wines from Spain Trade Fair’ se resume en thirty wineries participants. Alicante participate with 4 wineries; Albacete, Girona, Tarragona y Valladolid us 3 each one; Burgos y Madrid us a pair per head; while the provinces of Badajoz, Guipúzcoa, La Rioja, León, Navarra, Ourense, Pontevedra, Toledo, Valencia y Zamora contribute with awinery each.
British importing companies also had an important presence at this fair; specifically they will be 54 the British firms who will attend the event.
Nowadays United Kingdom constitutes the second market most important for exports of wine and other Spanish alcoholic beverages. The first continues to be Germany with a turnover of around 472 million euros in 2013. Tras el United Kingdom the neighbor is located Francia, us 342 millones de euros during that same exercise.