Highlights from Vinexpo 2014

Vinexpo Asia 2014 Inside the Vinexpo Asia-Pacific international wine and spirits exhibition taking place in Hong Kong from 27-29 May 2014 Vinexpo Asia 2014 Opening Ceremony New Vinexpo CEO Guillamue Deglise introduced the fair's guests of honour Vinexpo Asia 2014 Opening Ceremony At the opening press conference (from right to left) Vinexpo Chairman Xavier de Eizaguirre, Arnaud BarthÃ©lÃ©my, Consul general of France in Hong Kong and Macau, Gregory So Kam-leung, the current Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of Hong Kong, Chinese actress and film director Zhao Wei and Vinexpo CEO Guillamue Deglise Vinexpo Asia 2014 Opening Ceremony Chinese actress and film director Zhao Wei was presented with a bottle of Laurent Perrier Rose Champagne at the official Vinexpo Asia-Pacific opening ceremony Vinexpo Asia 2014 Decanter workshop with Steven Spurrier The Decanter stand at this year's Vinexpo Asia-Pacific in Hong Kong Vinexpo Asia 2014 Steven Spurrier Steven Spurrier presenting a Decanter Asia Wine Awards tasting masterclass at the Decanter stand inside Vinexpo Asia-Pacific Vinexpo Asia 2014 Decanter workshop with Steven Spurrier The Decanter Asia Wine Awards stand showcasing a host of wining wines from the 2013 competition inside Vinexpo Asia-Pacific Vinexpo Asia 2014 Decanter workshop with Steven Spurrier Visitors to this year's Vinexpo Asia-Pacific attending a special Decanter Asia Wine Awards tasting masterclass of award-winning wines presented by Steven Spurrier vinexpo 2014 Entries were also open for the 2014 Decanter Asia Wine Awards Vinexpo Asia 2014 Decanter workshop with Steven Spurrier The Decanter Asia Wine Awards stand showcasing a host of wining wines from the 2013 competition inside Vinexpo Asia-Pacific Vinexpo Asia 2014 Decanter workshop with Steven Spurrier A variety of award-winning wines from the 2013 Decanter Asia Wine Awards were available to taste during this year's Vinexpo Asia-Pacific Vinexpo Asia 2014 DAWA stand A visitor to this year's Vinexpo Asia-Pacific tasting award-winning wines at the Decanter Asia Wine Awards stand Vinexpo Asia 2014 Decanter workshop with Steven Spurrier A variety of award-winning wines from the 2013 Decanter Asia Wine Awards were available to taste during this year's Vinexpo Asia-Pacific Vinexpo Asia 2014 Decanter Shanghai Posters advertising Decanter's Shanghai Fine Wine Encounter taking place in November. Find more details, including some of the world's top producers attending Decanter's first event in China here Vinexpo Asia 2014 Buying a Bordeaux vineyard Inside the 'Buying a Bordeaux vineyard' conference at this year's Vinexpo Asia-Pacific fair in Hong Kong Vinexpo Asia 2014 Buying a Bordeaux vineyard Karin Maxwell from MSB said that there were a number of affordable Bordeaux properties currently on the market Vinexpo Asia 2014 Future of Chinese market conference Guillaume Deglise said that Vinexpo had introduced its 'China Wine Forum' as one of a number of new initiatives for the 2014 fair Vinexpo Asia 2014 Future of Chinese market conference The 'Future of the Chines wine market' conference featured speakers Simon Tam, Christie's head of wine sales in Hong Kong, Don St Pierre Jr, co-founder and board member of premium importer ASC Fine Wines and Yuan Jing, chief executive of Yesmywine. Vinexpo Asia 2014 Future of Chinese market conference ASC co-founder Don St Pierre Jr told the conference that the Chinese market 'right in the middle of a major structural change'. Vinexpo Asia 2014 Future of Chinese market conference A house full for the China Wine Forum. Vinexpo Asia 2014 Chateau Angelus Stephanie and Hubert de Bouard of Chateau Angelus at a conference announcing that they will be packaging their 2012 vintage in one-off gold-emblazoned bottles celebrating their promotion to Premier Grand Cru Class 'A' status Vinexpo Asia 2014 Chateau Angelus Bottles of Chateau Angelus, St Emilion Grand Cru Classe 'A', were on show during the conference presented by Stephanie and Hubert de Bouard Vinexpo Asia 2014 There was a special screening of Warwick Ross's film Red Obsession Vinexpo Asia 2014 Li Demei Chinese wine workshop Li Demei presented a workshop on 'Better understanding of Chinese wine' Vinexpo Asia 2014 Li Demei Chinese wine workshop Li Demei presented a workshop on 'Better understanding of Chinese wine' Vinexpo 2014 second DAWA tasting Steven Spurrier led a tasting masterclass of award-winning wines from the 2013 Decanter Asia Wine Awards Vinexpo 2014 second DAWA tasting Jeannie Cho Lee MW co-hosed the tasting Vinexpo 2014 second DAWA tasting Visitors to the Decanter stand could taste award-wininng wines from the 2013 Decanter Asia Wine Awards vinexpo 2014 DAWA co-chair Jeannie Cho Lee MW led the tasting of winning wines from the 2013 Decanter Asia Wine Awards vinexpo 2014 vinexpo 2014 Summergate general manager Ian Ford introduced his session on long term vs short term routes to market in China vinexpo 2014 Charles Wu, founder of WineKee, spoke at a session on E-Commernce in China vinexpo 2014 Inside a seminar entitled; 'The Great Debate: Revolutions in the route-to-market' moderated by Simon Tam, Christies Head of Wine for China with presentations from Christian Lopez, Corporate Export Director of Concha Y Toro, Asia, Ian Ford, General Manager of Summergate Fine Wines & Spirits, Paul Henry, Director of Winehero, Australia and Thomas Percillier, Export Director, CVBG Dourthe Kressman, Asia Pacific vinexpo 2014 Vinexpo CEO Guillaume Deglise at the closing press conference vinexpo 2014 Vinexpo CEO Guillamue Deglise and Chairman Xavier de Eizaguirre at the closing press conference

Highlights from Vinexpo 2014

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