Hosted
by Wines of South Africa, the three-day event is being sponsored for the first
time by the world’s leading express logistics company, DHL Express. It will
take place at the start of the Southern Hemisphere's 2015
spring season, running from September 15 to 17 in Cape Town at the city's
International Convention Centre.
Wines
of South Africa’s chief operating officer Siobhan Thompson said DHL's backing
of Cape Wine would take the event to an exciting new level, reflecting the
dynamism of the industry. "Delegates will have the opportunity to
experience the range and depth of South Africa's vinous dexterity, strengthened
by new approaches to wine-growing and winemaking that have resulted in bold,
unique and unmistakably local wines. As Tim Atkin MW remarked in his South Africa 2014 Special Report:
'There’s never been a better time to write about, taste or buy South African
wine.' "
She
said Cape Wine 2015, now staged as a triennial exhibition for international
wine buyers and industry observers, would give visitors a taste of the broad
stylistic and price spectrum of wines currently being produced. "They will
also have a chance to engage with winemakers and attend a series of seminars
highlighting key current trends in South African wine."
Hennie
Heymans, managing director, for DHL Express South Africa said, “Our role is to
'deliver' Cape Wine to the international wine community through this
sponsorship. We see our support as part
of a long-term partnership with South Africa's thriving wine industry,
increasingly acknowledged for excellence around the world. Ours is a close and
symbiotic relationship that continues to strengthen as the country's wine
producers expand their global footprint."
Many
of the exhibitors will also be arranging satellite tastings, dinners, wine
experiences and other events of their own for trade and media delegates
attending.
Programme
details will be announced early next year but for preliminary information you
can visit www.capewine2015.com.
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