Full details on the days events, including sign up for the focus tastings, will follow but, in brief, the following activities are planned:

Seminars - On-Trade and Off-Trade briefings led by key trade figures
Focus Tasting - Chilean Award Winners – the best of the best from Chile in 2010.

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Venue and time TBA

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Join us for Chile’s Bicentenary celebrations and our biggest Annual tastings ever!

There will be two trade briefings, including an on-trade discussion led by Gerard Basset MW, the 2010 ASI World Sommelier of the Year, as well as three focus tastings:

Focus Tastings

2010 Award Winners:

Taste a line up of Chile’s gold- and trophy-winning wines from the following 2010 competitions: International Wine Challenge, Decanter World Wine Awards, Sommelier Wine Awards, and the Annual Wines of Chile Awards.

Regional Chile:

This is Chile’s Bicentenary,  so it seems appropriate to put the entire country in the spotlight and not just one region or grape variety.
The tasting will therefore look at each of Chile’s premium wine regions using up to 10 wines that show true regional character from each of the following valleys: Elqui, Limarí & Choapa, Aconcagua, Maipo, Casablanca, San Antonio/Leyda, Cachapoal, Colchagua, Curicó, Maule ,and Bío Bío.

Carmenere Made for Curry:

Following the success of our Carmenere Made for Curry tasting at Benares Restaurant in June, we are bringing the concept to our Annual Tasting. Test out the Carmenere and Curry match for yourself with sauces specially created for us by Benares.

Matt Wilson Photographic Exhibition

In addition to all the wine activity, we have also set aside a space to exhibit some of Matt Wilson’s extraordinary photographs that document the aftermath of the earthquake that struck Chile earlier this year. We will also be raising money for the Levantando Chile Fund in this area - this is a fund which was set up to specifically help those people in the wine regions whose lives were devastated by the earthquake. To help raise money visitors to the Wines of Chile Annual Trade Tasting will have the opportunity to win a portrait made by Matt Wilson (to be taken on the day).

Where: Lawrence Hall, Royal Horticultural Halls, Greycoat Street, London SW1P 2QD

When: Wednesday 8^th September 2010

Time: 10am - 6pm

Download the 2010 Catalogue

For further information, please contact Wines of Chile UK

01344 872229

info@winesofchile.org.uk

Michael Cox - Michael@winesofchile.org.uk

Anita Jackson - Anita@winesofchile.org.uk

Karen Sutton - Karen@winesofchile.org.uk

IMPORTANTE: SE INCLUYEN PRINCIPALES RESULTADOS DE UN ESTUDIO DE CONSUMIDORES EN UK

Tendencias en Consumo, Preferencias y Posicionamiento Actual de Chile en estos Mercados Prioritarios

3 SEPTIEMBRE 2010,

Hotel Intercontinental (Av. Vitacura 2885, Las Condes)

PROGRAMA:

08:30-9:00 Inscripciones

09:00-10:00 Resultados Estudio Consumidores Mercado Coreano

Juan Park - Wine Intelligence

10-00-10:30 Cafe

10:30-11:30 Resultados Estudio Consumidores Mercado Coreano

Barbara Insel - Stone Bridge Research Group

11:30-12:00 Resultados Estudio Consumidores Mercado Británico

Por definir - WoC

RSVP: cpacheco@winesofchile.org / 2180600 anexo 202

The Irish economy has emerged from recession and there are some clear signs of recovery.  Reports indicate that GDPexpanded by 2.7% in the first three months of 2010 compared to the final three months of 2009.    The wine market has recovered slightly with sales  by volume growing  by 4% to April 2010, though value decreased by 1.4%.

Now more then ever as Ireland slowly comes out of recession we need to start selling to the trade, press and consumer.  Brands are a crucial part of the equation.  We need to create greater visibility and awareness and start sending strong message to the consumer via the press.

The Theme of this year’s tasting will be the Chilean Bi-Centenary.  This will help to create a “bond” with the Irish consumer, many of whom are unaware that a man of Irish descent, Bernardo O’Higgins was one of Chile’s founding fathers.

We will highlight wines in the “mid-priced” range and also new styles of wine, new grape varieties  and new wine regions.

Details are as follows:

Date:Wednesday 15th September, 2010

Time:11.30 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.

Venue:Hilton (Dublin) Hotel, Charlemont Place, Dublin 2.

The format of the tasting will be as follows:

Wines will be lined up by price point and will be broken into red and white

No wineries or Agents will be present, allowing the press to taste uninterrupted in a “Silent Tasting” format.

Information pack on the Chilean Wine Valleys will be available.

Tasting Catalogue listing RSP and stockists will be provided

Wines of Chile USA will be operating its own pavilion at this year’s fair, which will serve a means of introducing wineries in need of representation.  The MIWF Buyers Program makes this opportunity particularly appealing for wineries without US importers as 10 pre-determined and pre-qualified buyers, all searching for new Chilean wines to add to their portfolios are guaranteed to visit the Wines of Chile Pavilion at this year’s show.