Real Italian Wine & Food Experience - memories from the show at Excel in London and plans
After the Real Italian Wine & Food Experience at Excel, I have been looking back at their website and catalogue and what I discovered and enjoyed at this new style trade show. Why Sunday and Monday? Firstly, the date of the show was a Sunday and a Monday. The day of the week chosen was not an accident, nor simply due to the availability or price of the exhibition hall. The organizers, wineexperience.com, chose a Sunday and Monday because that is when many restaurants and food and wine businesses are closed or have fewer customers, consumers, and can afford the time to go to an exhibition for business to business meetings. They even had a children's area. So families could come along. But children were kept out of the way, whilst adults were tasting wine. Looking Back At What I Learned and Missed I missed out on the blind tasting area. I like an attractive bottle and label. If I had more time, next time I would do the taste test without the distraction of the...