Gold Medal Vintage are proud to support the 2011 NZ Wine Exporters Forum
15 June 2011
Gold Medal Vintage - Official Sponsors of the 2011 NZ Wine Exporters Forum
Next week over 250 members of the New Zealand wine industry will be immersed in the latest trends, insights and opportunities in key export markets at the 2011 New Zealand Wine Exporters' Forum. Will YOU be there?
From 13-15 July the Marlborough Convention will host an impressive array of significant international and local wine industry speakers as the biannual Forum gets underway. It is a one-stop-shop for expert market advice and a rare opportunity to access commercial insight on trends in the challenging and changing global wine market.
The 2011 Exporters' Forum has a comprehensive programme which will cover a range of themes including; growing business in profitable markets, increasing profitability in established markets, consumer data, and sustainability. A series of engaging workshops will also be available and following the main sessions there will be a wealth of networking opportunities.
The line-up of speakers and topical themes has attracted record registrations and, for the first time ever, the Forum has sold out!
Speakers include:
Angela Clifford, Greystone Wines, NZ
Angie Bradbury, Managing Director of Melbourne-based Dig Marketing Group, Australia
Chuck Hayward, New Zealand & Australian wine buyer – JJ Buckley, US
Daniel Parrott, Senior Wine Buyer – Laithwaites Wine Group, Australia
Fongyee Walker, Co-founder of Dragon Phoenix Fine Wine Consulting, Beijing
Gerard Basset MW OBE 'Best Sommelier in The World', UK
Janet Pouchot, Complexity Campaign Manager, US
Jeff Clark, Jeff Clark Consulting Limited & Clemenger BBDO, NZ
John Gillespie, founding partner – Wine Colleagues, US
Michael Walton, Executive Director Consumer & Business Intelligence Nielsen Pacific
Misha Wilkinson, Misha’s Vineyard, NZ
Richard Halstead, co-founder & chief of operations for Wine Intelligence, UK
Simon Zhou, founder of Ruby Red Fine Wine, Shanghai
Stuart Devine, Pacific Prime Wines (PPW), NZ
If you are not attending the New Zealand Wine Exporters' Forum you can keep track on what's happening by following the nzwine hashtag (#nzwine) on twitter.
New Zealand Winegrowers extends thanks to O-I New Zealand, the principal sponsor of the Forum and market sponsors JF Hillebrand New Zealand, Gold Medal Vintage Insurance and NZForex.
Article courtesy of Sarah Thornton at NZ Wine.
