The dynamic participation of 190 exhibitors, made Oenotelia 2024, which took place in parallel with the FOOD EXPO exhibition, a key wine trade show!
Thousands of visitors crossed the exhibition gates to experience first-hand the richness of the Greek vineyards, the wines and spirits of domestic winemaking and to close advantageous business deals. The tourism, food service, wholesale and organized retail professionals had the opportunity to find everything about wine and spirits among 190 unique exhibitors. Featuring Greek producers from every region of Greece, OENOTELIA covered most of the Greek vineyard, while hosting exhibitors with an extensive range of wine equipment, bottling machines, winemaking systems, packages, labels and wine accessories, vine nurseries and consulting services.
International interest in Greek wines
Since its very first event, Oenotelia has been recognized as the preeminent meeting point for Greek winemakers with leading international wine buyers. Foreign buyers again visited the fair, including 170 selected wine buyers who joined the fair’s Hosted Buyers program. The countries of origin of the Hosted buyers – Wine Importers were from USA, Germany, China, Canada, Brazil and during the three days of the exhibition they held b2b meetings with its exhibitors. Finally, through their visit, they formed a comprehensive view of the whole of the Greek vineyard but discovered the very wide range of fine spirits and of course found labels that suit their business and the public they address.
More than 400 labels at the Wine Tasting Area
The visitors also had the opportunity to get acquainted with the Greek vineyard, the domestic varieties, and the modern identity of the eponymous Greek wines through the wine tasting that took place at the exhibition’s Wine Tasting Area. In particular, signature wines from every winemaking region, from a wide range of varieties and from the entire price spectrum were available for tasting at the special designed area which had been set up in Hall 1 of the Metropolitan Expo. Visitors were given useful information on every wine sampled, which enabled them to compare the organoleptic properties of more than 400 wine labels from all over Greece.