05.07.2011 - Exhibition news
China demonstrated its economic muscle and its increasing interest in wine by sending 150% more participants. 2,974 Chinese professionals attended Vinexpo, which placed China at the top of the non-French visitors’ table. And after China, the whole of the rest of Asia followed: Taiwan, up 65% compared to 2009, Singapore, up 71%, India, up 26%, Vietnam, up 116%, Malaysia, up 74%. The major Japanese buyers, such as Toshiyuki Tanaka and Toru Yagi (Suntory Wine International Ltd) as well as Yasuhisa Hirose (Enoteca) also insisted on being present, despite the dreadful earthquake that hit the country last March; 363 Japanese professionals travelled to Vinexpo.