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About the Wine Fair:We have three aims with the fair: to present to wine professionals and wine lovers in Paris these ‘Scandinavian’ products; secondly, to give a means to the wine producers to inform an international market, restaurants, sommeliers and journalists, about their wines; and also to give the exhibitors a forum to meet amongst themselves – a meeting point for the Scandinavians involved in wine. Britt Karlsson of WineTastings Britt Karlsson, the main organiser of the event, explains the background to the wine fair: “I work in the wine business since almost fifteen years: wine consulting, wine courses, and organising wine tours and I used to hear now and then about Scandinavians making wine or trading wine. A year ago I started to collect these names to make a list. Now, I have found around 100 Scandinavians making wine or in some other way involved with wine internationally, many in France but also spread out across the world, even in California and Australia. We have more than a third of all these present at the Scandinavian Wine Fair in Paris!” About WineTastings Britt Karlsson:51, rue du Chevalier de la Barre Contact: Britt Karlsson & Per Karlsson WineTastings Britt Karlsson is managed by Britt Karlsson, a Swede living in Paris. She is one of the few Swedish consultants working internationally with wine education and wine journalism and is also a very experienced organiser of wine tours. She started her business in the early 1990s and focuses on France. Since 1995 she publishes a private newsletter called “VinNytt” (“WineNews” in Swedish) with articles on wine. The same year she launched one of the first Scandinavian wine web sites: www.bkwine.com, which is now fully bilingual (English-Swedish). She also publishes an email newsletter – the BKWine Brief – which in a short time has grown to become one of the largest newsletters in Scandinavia and among expatriates in Paris. Britt is completely independent of wine producers and the wine trade. She is a member of the British Circle of Wine Writers, the International Wine and Food Society and numerous other wine and gastronomic organisations. (NB: “WineTastings” in WineTastings Britt Karlsson is written without a space between “Wine” and “Tasting”). More info...
About The Swedish Club – ”Le Cercle Suédois” – in ParisCercle Suédois Contact: Pia Nordstrom, director. The Cercle Suédois was founded in 1891 and is a meeting point for Swedes living in Paris. The Club is housed in a prestigious building overlooking the Louvre and the Tuileries gardens. The Club organises cultural and business events, debates on current issues, as well as more social gatherings. The Club created in 2003 the “Alfred Prize” (named after Alfred Nobel) to honour the most deserving Scandinavian in Paris. The desk where Alfred signed his will to create the Nobel Prize is today housed in the Swedish Club in Paris. The Swedish Club has a close collaboration with the Norwegian Club and shares the same facilities. The Club also has a restaurant managed by the Swedish chef Sara Wicklin. She serves both Scandinavian specialities and Franco-Scandinavian creations, with wines chosen in collaboration with WineTastings Britt Karlsson. More info...
About Marie Claire FauveauRelations Presse / Relations Publiques Indépendante. Spécialiste de la promotion en France des vins etrangers. Press Relations / Public Relations. Specialised in promoting foreign wines in France. Marie Claire Fauveau
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