Leading Wine Trade Shows and Events in 2020

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On this page, you will find a list of Leading Wine Trade Shows and Events of 2020 like IBWSS UK, Prowein, Millesime Bio, and Wine on the lake.

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USA Trade Tasting 

Every year, the USATT Show brings together small and medium sized importers, distributors, retailers and press professionals of the US wine, spirits and beer industry in New York City for 2 days of learning, buying and selling, networking and fun — all designed to help participants grow their bottom line. Visitor trade registrations are now open. If you are looking to grow your distribution in the US market, USATT is the perfect platform to help you connect with state distributors, importers and retailers of USA.

Date: May 26-27, 2020

Venue: New York

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IBWSS London

The International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show (IBWSS) is one of the leading annual trade show and conference, open to trade professionals only, which takes place in London, UK. IBWSS will give wineries, importers, supermarkets, retailers, restaurants, distilleries and other buyers a premiere international platform to source bulk wine and spirits and meet private label suppliers. Grow Your Bulk Wine, Bulk Spirits and Private Label Business.

Date: March 16-17, 2021

Venue: Royal Horticultural Halls, London, UK

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North Coast Wine Industry Expo

The 8th Annual North Coast Wine Industry Expo (@WINexpo) has become an integral event for the North Coast wine industry bringing Sonoma, Napa, Lake & Mendocino Counties together for an all-inclusive Trade Show & Conference. WIN Expo continues to draw the highest caliber exhibitors and over 3300 attendees making it the second largest wine industry trade show in North America. The event will be held in two buildings, Grace Pavilion and the Hall of Flowers at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, CA, 9:00am - 4:00pm, on Thursday, December 5, 2019.

Date: December 5, 2019

Venue: Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA

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Key Largo Uncorked Food and Wine Festival

Come on down to the Keys and enjoy all of the tasty temptations, and some of your favorite wines, as South Florida’s culinary experts step up to the plate to show you what Key Largo and Islamorada have to offer. Eleven glorious days of wine tasting events, cooking demonstrations, wine dinners, live music, food and wine pairing classes, progressive wine dinners, art, and wine shows, and of course, our fabulous sunsets, scuba diving, fishing, many tourist attractions, shopping, and a great time!

The festival highlight is scheduled for Saturday, January 18, 2020, at the Postcard Inn Beach Resort and Marina in Islamorada. The Grand Tasting is a multi-sensory experience not to be missed. Area restaurants and wine experts will come together to present samples of their finest cuisine and world-class wines. Live music, celebrity chef appearances and cooking demos combine to serve up the recipe for a spectacular afternoon of tasting in the fabulous Florida Keys.

Date: Jan 9-19, 2020

Venue: Postcard Inn Beach Resort and Marina in Islamorada

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Gold Coast Food & Wine Expo

The Food & Wine Expo is an annual 3-Day event dedicated to Celebrity Chefs, Food & Wine, Cheese, Cocktails and everything Gourmet! Taste, sample and learn the appreciation for finer tastes. These FREE classes include wine, cheese, beer, liqueur and cheese classes. With non-stop sessions running throughout the expo, there is definitely something for everyone to indulge. Exhibitions and events are valuable because they allow face-to-face communication and offer opportunities for networking. Exhibitions enable you to meet the people that matter to your business in one place, including existing customers, new prospects, suppliers, advisers, investors and key figures in your industry.

Date: Jan 10-12, 2020

Venue: GOLD COAST CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTRE2684-2690 Gold Coast Highway, Broadbeach Queensland 4218

Read More Here: Gold Coast Food & Wine Expo

Unified Wine & Grape Symposium

Unified Wine & Grape Symposium program features sessions and a two-day trade show. Every January, the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium trade show is home to over 650 suppliers to the wine and grape industry. With more than 13,800 industry professionals attending and 730 booths, the Symposium is the largest wine & grape industry conference and trade show of its kind in North America. By combining a trade show with a broad spectrum of sessions, the Unified Symposium provides attendees with direct access to all the latest information. The Unified Symposium also provides an excellent forum for active networking between registrants and suppliers. Winemakers and grape growers not only have a chance to renew and make new friendships but to actively discuss and debate information and ideas that directly influence their work and success.

Date: Feb 4-6, 2020

Venue: Sacramento Convention Center

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Key West Food & Wine Festival

The Key West Food & Wine Festival is going to be happening from January 26 to February 2 in 2020. The countdown is already started. They are organising different events between the dates, including Henry Flagler's Welcome Party 2020, Wine Dinner, Bad Ass Brunch Series, Cooking with Francesca, Neighborhood Strolls” Historic Seaport, Tropical Garden Tour & Tasting, Seminar, Sunset Grand Tasting, Grilled Cheese & Beer Pairing, A French Wine & Caviar Seminar, and many others. 78 Degrees, 30 Events, 1 Tiny Island on this 10th Annual Event.

Date: Jan 26-Feb 2, 2020

Venue: Different Locations as per events

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Millesime Bio

The 2017 Millésime Bio wine fair proved a huge success, attracting 4,850 visitors with a 20 percent rise in the number of foreign visitors. Sudvinbio wishes to extend its heartfelt thanks to the SAFIM team of Parc Chanot in Marseilles for its unfailing support in building this success. To recap: Sudvinbio’s move to Marseilles was motivated by its desire to maintain a trade fair run by organic winegrowers for organic winegrowers. The success of the event in Marseilles once again proved the need for a show geared specifically to organic wines in the trade fair landscape. Millésime Bio is a tool aimed at promoting organic wines and the 300 producer-members of Sudvinbio, all of them winemakers in the Occitanie region.

Date: Jan 27-29, 2020

Venue: Montpellier Exhibition Center

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Washington Winegrowers Convention

The Convention is the premier educational and networking opportunity for the Northwest grape and wine industry with a trade show, sessions, and events for everyone including growers, vintners, viticulturists, enologists, tasting room staff, marketers, and more! This three-day event is the second largest of its kind in the nation featuring a trade show with nearly 200 booths, a poster session showcasing the latest industry research, diverse educational session offerings, an Honor Reception recognizing industry leaders and legends, a Leadership Luncheon, and, of course, networking opportunities galore!

Date: March 2-5, 2020

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Marlborough Wine & Food Festival

Sample Marlborough's world-class wines from over 40 local wineries, gourmet cuisine from 28 food stalls and delicious local produce all in one of Marlborough's most beautiful vineyards - Brancott Vineyard. You'll be entertained by top kiwi acts across two stages, have access to the Culinary Pavilion with top chefs plus be able to attend wine and food Mater Classes. 09th of February 2019 in Marlborough, NZ. More than 40 local wineries, 28 food stalls, two stages, Culinary Pavilion, Master Classes & more!

Date: Feb 08, 2020

Venue: Marlborough, NZ

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Celebrate Wine Fest Edmonton

Winefest invites you to indulge among hundreds of wines in all styles and flavours! One ticket includes a sampling of wines, hors d'oeuvres and a keepsake wine glass.  Guests can enjoy a variety red, white, port, sparkling, and dessert wines from the world's most celebrated wine regions, while tasting a sweet and savoury selection of decadent bites. Winefest is a wonderland of wines, where attendees sample from a delicious array of wines from all over the world and indulge in an array of delectable hors d'oeuvres!

Date: Feb 14-15, 2020

Venue: Shaw Conference Centre, Hall D

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San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Public Tasting

Mark Your Calendar Now for the 2020 Public Tasting. With more than 7,100 entries, this event is the largest competition of American wines in the world. On the day of the grand tasting, thousands of wine lovers experience award-winning wines paired with delicious food, while top professional wine judges have the challenging task of selecting the finest wines from a crowded field of varietals in many categories; last pour at 4:30 p.m. Taste wonderful vintages, learn more about wine and fine food, and enjoy fellowship and celebration on beautiful San Francisco Bay. Raise glasses and cheers to vintners and congratulate the winners in person.

Date: February 15, 2020

Venue: Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco

Read More Here: San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition Public Tasting

Newport Seafood & Wine Festival

It wouldn’t be winter on the coast without the Newport Seafood & Wine Festival. Showcasing over 150 premier Northwest wines, culinary professionals and regional artisans, the Newport Seafood & Wine Festival draws nearly 25,000 visitors each year. For the last 31 years of the Festival's forty year history, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Best-In-Show awards have been handed out to the most consistent achievers in a Commercial Wine Competition marked by one strong field after another. This early-in-the-year look at Northwest wines offers clear evidence of which wineries are on track and who to watch at other festival showcases around the country throughout the year.

Date: Feb 20-23, 2020

Venue: Newport,Oregon

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Wine on the lake

The region's best wine tasting, food & shopping festival. Wine On The Lake is your opportunity to taste regional wines, sample gourmet cheese and fare from local restaurants and shop for unique gifts and household treasures from a myriad of local, craft businesses. There's plenty of parking and we'll help you get the wine & gifts you buy to your car. They received hundreds of positive reviews from last year's event and almost 94% of you found a new wine to love and take home! 

Date: Feb 22, 2020

Venue: Bayfront Convention Center

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Vancouver International Wine Fest

Vancouver International Wine Fest is a 9-day event being held from 22nd February to the 1sr March 2020 in Vancouver, Canada. The weeklong celebration of wine and food attracts over 25,000 wine fans and connoisseurs from around the world to enjoy wines from a projected 170 international wineries from 15 countries. The Vancouver International Wine Festival, Canada’s premier food & wine event, has three mandates: to provide an informative, educational and entertaining wine experience for public and trade; to be a premier marketing opportunity for the wine industry and festival partners; and to raise funds for the Bard on the Beach Theatre Society.

Venue: Vancouver, Canada

Date: Feb 22-Mar 01, 2020

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Snohomish Wine Festival

Snohomish Wine Festival is a 1 day event being held on 7th March 2020 at the Snohomish Event Center in Snohomish, USA. This event showcases products like Wines, wine products and services, pure local ingredients, wonderful food & much more etc. in the Consumer & Carnivals, Wine & Spirits industries.

Date: Mar 07, 2020

Venue: Snohomish Event Center, Snohomish, USA

Read More Here: Snohomish Wine Festival

Eastern Winery Exposition

The Eastern Winery Exposition is the largest production wine and grape trade show and conference east of the Pacific states. It is designed to provide Eastern U.S. and Canadian wineries and vineyards with an easily accessible, low-cost professional meeting with a variety of winery and vineyard suppliers, at the right time of year. A strong conference program, an exhibit hall featuring suppliers relevant to their region’s business of wine making, networking events, industry association participation, and flexible registration packages are all integral components of EWE.

Date: Mar 10-12, 2020

Venue: Lancaster County Convention Center, Lancaster PA

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Phuket Food & Wine

The inaugural Phuket Food & Wine is the food event of the year and will showcase the very best in gourmet cuisine, wines, premium beers and luxury kitchen products and services. Held at the award-winning Royal Phuket Marina's international exhibition centre (RPMIEC), the three-day Event expects to attract over 80 participants and 3,000 attendees and represents a unique opportunity for industry professionals to come together, promote products and expand their markets in Thailand's most exotic location; Phuket.

Date: Mar 11-13, 2019

Venue: RPMIEC + Royal Phuket Marina

Read More Here:  Phuket Food & Wine

Grands jours de bourgogne

The Grands Jours de Bourgogne : an international trade fair in the heart of the vineyards Created in 1992, the Grands Jours de Bourgogne takes place every two years in March. It unites trade representatives and journalists from across the globe not in a huge impersonal room, but in the heart of the vineyard. For a whole week you are invited to cover Bourgogne for 15 wine-tasting sessions, from Chablis/Grand Auxerrois (Monday) to the Côte de Beaune (Friday), including the Côte de Nuits (Tuesday), the Mâconnais (Wednesday) and the Côte Chalonnaise (Thursday). This system seems to please everyone and provides the possibility of discovering over 10,000 wines and meeting some 1,000 wine-growers.

Date: March 09-13, 2020

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Prowein

ProWein is the world’s leading trade fair for wines and spirits, the largest industry meeting for professionals from viticulture, production, trade and gastronomy. Every year ProWein provides three days of concentrated business and a highly promising ancillary programme.

Since 25 years, ProWein proves to be the No. 1 event for the industry.  Its success is based on a unique visitor concept and an unbeatably wide range of products and services. Join ProWein in 2020. To another great year!

Date: March 15-17, 2020

Venue: Düsseldorf, Germany

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Hospice du Rhone

Hospice du Rhône® (HdR), located on the Central Coast of California, operates as a non-profit business league with the specific purpose of improving the business conditions of the grape growers and wine producers of Rhône variety wines and grapes throughout the world. They serve as an international vintners association, providing promotional and educational opportunities. Hospice du Rhône is not affiliated with any other charitable organization. Non-profit 501 (c) (6) Business League

Date: April 23-25, 2020

Venue: Paso Robles, California 2018

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Bordeaux Wine Festival

From 18 to 21 June 2020, the world's largest wine tourism attraction! Organised every two years, the Bordeaux Wine Festival, an international event open to the public and dedicated to the wines from the Bordeaux and Aquitaine regions, welcomes wine lovers from the 26 through 29 June 2014. The program includes a wine trail along the Bordeaux quays, guided tours in the vineyards and wine tastings in mythical châteaux; art exhibitions, concerts, firework displays and a sound & light show every night! The event is managed by the Bordeaux Wine Council, proposes workshops to learn all about wine tasting. During the last edition of the festival in 2012, 2300 people attended these original workshops (introduction to wine tasting, wine and food paring, cocktails with Bordeaux wine etc.).

Date: June 18-21, 2020

Venue: Bordeaux

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Bulles Expo

The outcome of the maiden event has spurred Bulles-Expo organisers to invite the sparkling wine industry back in 2019. If you are involved, or quite simply interested in sparkling and semi-sparkling wines, the second Bulles-Expo show takes place on June 18-19, 2019 at Parc Floral in Paris. For the last ten years, consumption of sparkling wines has grown three times faster than that of still wines. Exports of sparkling wines have boosted trade between countries. Two leading consumer countries – the United Kingdom and the United States – have doubled their imports of sparkling wines over the last decade. France, the top producer of sparkling wines, has benefited from market growth, but not to the extent that Italy and Spain have. Both production and consumption of fizz are increasing worldwide.

Date: June 18-19, 2019

Venue: Parc Floral, Paris

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London wine fair

A truly international event, the London Wine Fair offers over 10,000 wines produced in over 40 countries worldwide. 15,000 wine professionals will journey to London to be immersed in the world of wine, to sample across the continents and take part in the many tastings and masterclasses. The London Wine Fair is the largest event of its kind in the UK drinks industry, and one of the world's leading wine trade events. For over 36 years the UK and international wine industry has converged in London to taste the latest vintage, discuss all things wine and join the many masterclasses and tastings on offer.

 Date: May 18-20, 2020

Venue: Olympia London, Grand Hall, Olympia Exhibition Centre,London, W14 8UX

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Vinitaly 

The largest exhibition dedicated to the wine sector. Every year 4 thousand exhibitors from all over the world present their top production. Four days of major events attracting more than 150 thousand sector professionals: technical tastings of wine and spirits, overviews of wine-making realities in various regions of Italy, an impressive convention programme embracing conferences, forums and seminars dealing with topics of major current interest that reveal the challenges and prospects for the future.

Date: April 19-22, 2020

Venue: Verona , Italy

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