Rounding out a busy week of travel and presentations to promote Chilean wine, Wines of Chile’s Managing Director Claudio Cilveti and European Manager Álvaro Arriagada journeyed to the Embassy of Chile in the Russian Federation in Moscow on September 7.
Amid Moscow’s iconic charm and classic beauty, Cilveti and Arriagada conducted key meetings with ProChile Trade Commission Director Sebastian Pillado, and with Pablo Barahona of the embassy’s Agricultural Attache.
Cilveti, Arriagada, Pillado and Barahona discussed the potential of Russia’s wine market and possibilities for future collaboration.

Claudio Cilveti and Sebastian Pillado, Director of Trade Commission in Russian Federation (photo by Álvaro Arriagada)
With 142 million inhabitants and a moderate Gross Domestic Product of 17,000 USD per capita, Wines of Chile is investigating and planning activities for 2013 that would facilitate promotion and sale of Chilean wine in Russia.










