Ep. 1231 Latvian Wine Market | wine2wine Business Forum 2021
Welcome to episode 1231, The Latvian Wine Market.\nWine2Wine Business Forum 2021 Series. The sessions are recorded and uploaded on Italian Wine Podcast. wine2wine is an international wine business forum, held annually in Verona Italy since 2014. The event is a key reference point for wine producers and a diverse variety of wine professionals eager to develop and grow their wine business worldwide.\nAbout this Session\nLatvia is very young as an independent country and as a wine market. Distance from the former republic of the Soviet Union in 1991 when the city of Riga \u2013 the capital of Latvia with a population of about 1 million people was a city with a dozen restaurants and bars, to today\u2019s hundreds of wine sales and consumption points and the Latvian sommelier Raymond Tomsons who won the title of the Best Sommelier in Europe in 2017 and took the 3rd place at the World\u2019s Best Sommelier in 2019. Italian Wine Ambassador Andrejs Batkilins living in Latvia and Valdis Lucis \u2013 owner of Latvian wine importing company will make introduction and the spotlight on the wine market in Latvia. Who are local major players in this business sector, how to work small/medium size importers and retailers of Italian wines? Distribution channels and the difficulties that Latvian importers have working with Italian wine sector. Short overview of Latvian customer\u2019s habits and behaviour.\nAbout the Speaker:\nAndrejs Batkilins IWA is a wine writer and journalist and the owner and scholar of \u201cProsecco & Lambrusco\u201d wine club in Latvia. In 2018 he obtained the WSET Level II certification. He became Italian Wine Scholar at Wine Scholar Guild in 2019 and Italian Wine Ambassador of Vinitaly International Academy in 2021.\nConnect:\nInstagram: andreabatkilin\nAbout the Speaker:\nValdis Lusis is the Owner and CEO of the wine and spirits importing company VINEA MEA sia. The main clients of company are HoReCa and private clients. Company works mainly with leading restaurants and hotels. 25 years experience in the business.\nLet's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels:\nInstagram @italianwinepodcast\nFacebook @ItalianWinePodcast\nTwitter @itawinepodast\nTiktok @MammaJumboShrimp\nLinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast\nIf you feel like helping us, donate here\xa0www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/\nUntil next time, cin cin!