Puglia at the International Wine Tourism Conference in Barcelona

From 5th to 7th April, the Movimento del Vino Puglia meets the world's wine tourism sector in Barcelona at the Hotel Barcelona Golf, for the 8th International Wine Tourism Conference, Exhibtion & Workshop, the world's most important wine tourism conference.
Brainchild of the specialised agency Wine Pleasure, the fair comes to Spain after the last editions in Italy, Croatia, Georgia and France. This exceptional setting will attract the world's top buyers, over 300 wine and travel professionals including tour operators, companies, journalists, bloggers and wine tourism players from more than 100 countries.
The Movimento Turismo del Vino Puglia will be protagonist at IWINETC presenting the wine tourism offers and making B2B meetings with selected operators.

     'For the fifth year we will take part to this important convention, ready again to present our marketable wine tourism packages to increase the visits to our wneries - states the President of Consortium MTV Puglia Sebastiano de Corato. - With our twenty-years strong and qualified experience we are able to offer to winelovers targeted and exclusive tourist solutions to live our Puglia at best: wine, agro-food culture, landscape, historical and cultural attractions.'

     The IWINETC programme includes two days of conferences, wine-tasting sessions and case histories from all over the world and a day for B2B meetings. In Italy alone wine tourism involves 3 million people a year, generating a turnover estimated between 4 and 5 billion euros.
The Movimento Turismo del Vino Puglia will promote many packages in thematic routes: three economy or deluxe itineraries in the territories of major indigenous grape varietals -Negroamaro, Primitivo, Nero di Troia; the wine bus for the day of the Cantine Apert-29th May- the most important event of the Moviemento Turismo del Vino in all Italy; the 'Eco&Eno'itineraries, bike and walking routes through the landscape and the nature of vineyards and olive tree groves.
To find out more and customise trips the website puglia.topwinedestination.it is available online.

Further info and updates are available on www.iwinetc.com, www.mtvpuglia.it and mtvpuglia social network