ボルドー最高評議会
the Grand conseil du vin de bordeaux
CommanderIES, wine brotherhoods

Maître Juha Berglund

Our fair was a success and we had a record number of visitors during the four days of the exhibition.

A total of almost 105.000 visitors came to the Helsinki Exhibition Centre and we assume that 2/3 of all of the visitors came to the Wine show.

Also the Bordeaux wine bar was a success and we sold a good amount of the wines. Everything went very smoothly and the wines which we showed, were enjoyed by all.

We had most of the time 4 persons on the stand, knowledgeable persons (one Master of Wine – Pasi Ketolainen - as well as the winner of the Finnish Sommelier Competition from several years ago – Antero Niemiaho).

We held two Bordeaux tastings with 70 and 80 people attending – they were sold out - and the feeback was good.

We also put the Commanderie logo on the stand, as you can see from the pictures, and the flyers were distributed on the stand. Of course we also had our own leaflets for the Bordeaux Wine Bar.

As you can see, the wines were sold on the stand as on every stand in the fair - according to the Finnish law - but of course there were many professionals etc. who were not asked to pay for their samples and they tasted all of our the range.