One of the most important international wine fairs for producers, retailers, journalists and trade visitors. The event was first held in Bordeaux in 1981. Among the prominent participants at the first edition were winegrowing icons Robert Mondavi (1913-2008) and Baron Philippe de Rothschild (1902-1988).
Originally, Vinexpo took place every two years in June in Bordeaux (France). Since 1997, it has been held in a specially created exhibition centre in the north of Bordeaux on Bordeaux Le Lac. The site covered around 90,000 square metres with exhibition halls, gardens, conference and tasting rooms as well as catering and service facilities. In the 2020s, the event was fundamentally reorganised and transferred to the umbrella brand Vinexposium, which was created from the merger of Vinexpo and Comexposium. Since then, the original, independent trade fair in Bordeaux has no longer been held in this form; instead, it is held as part of several international formats under this umbrella organisation.
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