VinExpo Meltdown?

[malcolmjolley]

Is something up with this year's VinExpo? I have receive two notices today that exhibitors are pulling out: 1) ICE (the main Italian trade body), and 2) Inniskillin (a large Canadian producer).

Could be completely unrelated. Decanter.com article suggests Italian producers will still be there. Just curious.

[Daniel Rogov]

Personal hypothesis - too many wine exhibitions these days and it is too expensive and time-consuming for wineries to appear at all of them. To add insult to injury, with Vin Expo now taking place in New York, Hong Kong, Mexico City and probably Hohokus, New Jersey in the near future, one wonders just how much time, effort and cash wineries are willing to lay out in order to present their wines.

Apologies to those who may live in and love Hohokus, New Jersey, but it sounds like such a nice name to play with...... For all I know it's the garden spot of the garden state.

[StevenC]

I've heard from people in the Italian wine industry that much the same phenomenon has been happening to Vinitaly in Verona...

[Craig Camp]

Considering the general effectiveness of ICE at marketing Italian wines, perhaps this will be a more successful than usual Vinexpo for Italian producers.