Macedonian Wines promoted in China

Wines produced by eleven Macedonian wineries will be showcased from Thursday to Saturday at the Interwine international wine and spirits exhibition held in Guangzhou, China.

Wines by the wineries Tikves, Stobi, Skovin, Dalvina, Popov, Bovin, Kamnik, Dudin, Ezimit, Imako and Popova Kula will be presented at a joint stand. Wine tasting and a presentation of Macedonia as a tourist and investment destination is also planned at the event for the visitors.

Stobi's Vranec Veritas 2011 and Bovin's Disan 2010 have been awarded at a wine competition out of 130 wines from 20 countries. Macedonia's Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion has been recognised for being the best strategic partners at this year's edition of the exhibition.

The 120 square meter pavilion, where Macedonian wines will be presented, was provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management. The Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion, the Agency for Tourism Support and the "Wines of Macedonia" association together with the Chinese embassy in Macedonia enabled the presentation.

More than 500 exhibitors from 20 countries worldwide are presenting their products at the Interwine international wine and spirits exhibition. It is visited by over 20.000 exporters and wine distributors from all over China.

Macedonia wineries to present their products in Slovenia

Macedonian wineries Tikves, Skovin, Bovin and Kamnik - members of the association "Wines from Macedonia" - will present their products on November 22-23 at the most prestigious Wine & Gastronomy festival in Ljubljana.

This year the event will bring together 130 producers from Slovenia, Austria, Italy, Croatia and Macedonia, the Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion says.

The presentation of Macedonian wineries is organized by the country's embassy in Slovenia and Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion.

"The aim of being present in such events is to bring the Macedonian wine on EU markets in line with the marketing strategy for exporting wine in the Union. The strategy, designed by the wineries, considers the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and Switzerland as top markets for the Macedonian wine," the Agency says.

Macedonian wine to be promoted in Netherlands and Poland

Eleven Macedonian wineries from the association "Wines from Macedonia" will promote their wines in the Hague and Warsaw from October 21 to 24.

Macedonian wineries including Tikvesh, Stobi, Skovin, Dalvina, Bovin, Popov, Dudin, Kamnik, Ezimit, Popova Kula and Filovski will present wines before Dutch and Polish connoisseurs of fine wines, importers and distributors.

According to the marketing strategy for exporting wine in the EU, prepared by the wineries, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia and Switzerland have been assessed as the most perspective markets for the Macedonian wine.

Dutch Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CBI) support the promotions. Macedonian embassies in the two countries and Agency for Foreign Investment and Export Promotion through its economic promoters are also included in the organisation of the promotional events.

So far, Macedonian wine was presented in Helsinki, Chicago, Washington and New York. As a result of wine promotion in China, seven wineries have already signed export contract. The promotions held during this year are supported by international donors - CBI and USAID.

Macedonian wine to be exported in China

Seven Macedonian wineries from the association "Wines from Macedonia" will export wines to the Chinese market. The wineries signed a contract with the Chinese importer and distributor "Tianjin".

Nearly 456 thousand bottles are planned to be exported in the first year. The contract is valued at one and a half million euros in the first year only. The export is planned to be kicked off in coming days.

"China is a destination which is aimed by wineries to achieve good results because traditional economies have been hit by recession and have been implementing austerity measures, whereas China is registering economic growth. At the moment, China is considered as a huge market with potential and this contract probably confirms it," the acting executive director of the "Wines from Macedonia" association, Gjorgi Petrusev told a press conference on Monday.

What lingers on as a challenge for the future, Petrusev said, is to change the perception of foreign consumers that Macedonia has solid cheap wine. "The challenge to promote ourselves and prove that high quality wines are produced in Macedonia still remains," he added.

The director of the Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion, Visar Fida voiced content with the agreement. "The Chinese importer was visited during the government's road show in May in China. We are pleased that already there are results," Fida said.

Thus far, Macedonian wine was promoted in New York, Chicago, Washington and Finland, while presentations are scheduled to take place in Poland and the Netherlands next month.

Promotion of Macedonian wines in New York

Skopje, 6 June 2012 (MIA) - In the framework of the week-long United States promotion of Macedonian wines, eight Macedonian wineries will present Wednesday their products before renowned distributors and wine importers from New York, as well as most influential wine critics in the U.S.

The promotion aims at securing favorable reviews for wineries, as well as direct talks for increased distribution of Macedonian wines at the U.S. market.

The Macedonian wines were presented in Chicago, Washington over the past week. The Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion has said most of U.S. importers and distributors demonstrated interest to include Macedonian wines in their portfolios.

The U.S. promotion of Macedonian wines is organized by the Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion, in cooperation with the Macedonian Embassy in Washington, Consulates in New York and Chicago, and USAID projects AgBiz and IDEAS. Products by eight Macedonian wineries - Bovin, Dudin, Dalvina, Popova Kula, Stobi, Tikves, Kamnik and Ezimit - are presented at the events.

Promotion of Macedonian wines in USA

Starting from Wednesday, products of eight Macedonian cellars will be promoted in Washington, New York and Chicago.

The campaign, organized by the National Agency for Foreign Investments and Export Promotion in cooperation with the USAID AgBiz and IDEAS projects, will present the wines of 'Bovin', 'Dalvina', 'Dudin', 'Ezmit', 'Popova Kula', 'Stobi', 'Tikves' and 'Kamnik'.

The promotion of Macedonian wines is wrapping up in New York on June 5.

In addition, representatives of Macedonian wine producers will hold talks with US market experts, potential importers and distributors, as well as representatives of retail and specialized wine stores, the Agency said in a press release.

Macedonian wine, cheese recommended to Swedish TV viewers

In the framework of the national Eurovision song contest, Swedish daily "Metro" has published an interview with members of popular orchestra Andra Generationen (Second Generation).
Second Generation is an orchestra comprised of Swedish musicians of Macedonian descent, widely popular in the country in recent years. They took part at 2010 national Eurovision song contest "Melodifestivalen".
In the interview, Second Generation members recommend Macedonian specialties for a better mood while following "Melodifestivalen".
"Galicnik cheese from Macedonia's Mavrovo region, tavce-gravce, ajvar, baked paprika in oil, rakija from Macedonian grapes we call 'the yellow devil', as well as wines 'Alexandria', 'T'ga za jug'", recommend Second Generation members.

Skovin's Wine popular in Japan

Macedonian winery Skovin, the only winery in Macedonia that exports wine to Japan, will strengthen its position on the Japanese market. The quality of Skovin’s wine was confirmed by experts from the largest Japanese winery, Santori.
The penetration of Macedonian wines in the Japanese market is even more significant if one takes into account that the Japanese market is very picky when it comes to quality. Export to Japan is expected to increase substantially in the coming period. Last year, 500,000 litres of wine was exported to Japan.Skovin has a good quality of wines and manages the quality control well. For this reason, it has been chosen by Japanese consumers.

Skopje Hosting a Wine Festival

Thursday, 14 October 2010 The fourth international wine promotion festival Vino-Skop 2010 will roll out at Makedonija Square from October 13 to 17.

Zito Vardar Group will make sure that visitors are offered delicious food and baked specialties to be served on a 20-meter-long table.

Zito Vardar CEO Risto Tashev said this year more than 200.000 people are expected to show up at the event. The sales of all products will be made through “wine denars” which can be bought at Vino-Skop stands, The wine will be served in glasses, which can be bought at the entrance.

“Besides Macedonian, there will be French, Spanish and Croatian wine,” organizers said.

The concept of this event is to present the long-standing wine production, cultural inheritance and tradition through wine tasting and sale of quality wine, refreshments and lots of entertainment.