I had the opportunity this year to visit ExpoVin Moldova 2009 held at the National Exhibition Centre between 18-21 Feb. ExpoVin Moldova is an annual event for the wine industry that is attended by everyone who has or wants to have anything to do with Moldavian wine industry - winemakers, cork producers, packaging and labeling companies etc.

As every other exhibition, ExpoVin Moldova this year didn’t enjoy the usual demand even though the Moldavian politicians strongly argue (elections soon will change that) that Moldova hasn’t been affected by the credit crunch. The real life situation is that the winemakers struggle - a few key players weren’t present, so the show was not what it used to be. Still, the companies that could make it, had beautiful stands as well as a few nice looking … girls… Well, a picture does a thousand words, so enjoy them below:

A similar situation I guess will be observed this year at the VinExpo 2009 in France, as Decanter magazine reports a few major players pulling out from the event - http://www.decanter.com/news/news.php?id=278002 . LIWF (London International Wine Fair) this year also will not see a few players including the Moldavian Wine Guild that had 30 Sq.M stands for the past few years. So sumarising the current situation in a few words - everyone wants to save money and ExpoVin Moldova 2009 was no exception.