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| BioFach 2008: Organic Wine In The Limelight  The World Organic Trade Fair BioFach puts organic wine in the limelight in a special way in 2008. Exhibitors and trade visitors experience the world's biggest organic wine exhibition in a new outfit from 21-24 February 2008! The wine exhibition set a record in 2007 with some 300 exhibitors from 13 countries. The 2008 vintage is now preparing to topple this record again with an estimated growth of more than 10 %. The wine hall celebrates the enjoyment of organic wines! Exhibitors and visitors experience the international spectrum of organic wines all in one hall in a feel-good daylight atmosphere. The exhibition duo BioFach and Vivaness 2008 expect altogether 2, 600 exhibitors (2007: 2, 565) and another 45, 000 trade visitors (2007: 45, 520).Winegrowers from the leading organic winegrowing nations of Italy, France and Spain and also from countries like Argentina, Chile, Germany, Greece, Austria, Turkey or Hungary present their wines in the wine hall. Winegrowers from smaller unknown regions are also expected with wines just waiting to be discovered – for example, in the vinotheque, the tasting area of the wine hall manned by wine experts. Here the visitor can obtain a survey of all the organic wines offered at BioFach. Wines can be registered for the vinotheque in the categories "red", "white", "rosé", "dessert wine" or "sparkling wine". The visitor can just inspect the wines or deal with individual wines in more detail during the tasting. It is up to him to decide whether to do this himself or use the expert advice of the staff. The hall restaurant and a tasting course have some surprises in store for the palate with unusual sensory perceptions. The wine hall at BioFach offers some exciting experiences beyond the classic "chocolate & wine". The thirst for knowledge and information about organic wine is also quenched at the forum and on stage. Italy heads the international organic wine statistics with approx. 30, 000 ha of vines. France and Spain with approx. 15, 000 ha each account for about half as much. Organic winegrowing, which experts estimate as barely more than 4 % of wine production in the whole of Europe and 2 % in Germany, has registered two-figure growth rates in Germany for the last few years. About 2, 000 ha of vines are grown using organic methods in Germany. Approx. 80 % of the over 400 winegrowers are members of the national organic associations like Ecovin, Bioland, Naturland or Demeter. 15 organic vineyards with 260 ha are members of the Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP). No organic regulation exists (at the moment) for controlling aging in the cellar, but work is in progress on this. There are to be EU-wide cellar directives for organic wines in 2009. Until now, organic wine is wine from grapes grown by certified organic cultivation. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Exhibition News :: home page |