Chief of global wine body to attend Yantai expo

(chinadaily.com.cn)| Updated : 2019-06-06

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Regina Vanderlinde, president of a Paris-based international wine authority called the OIV, is scheduled to attend the 12th Yantai International Wine Expo which will be held in Yantai on June 26-30, local media reported.

Vanderlinde heads up the International Organization of Vine and Wine -- the OIV -- headquartered in the capital of France. It is an intergovernmental organization committed to solving problems concerning vines, wine, wine-based beverages, table grapes, raisins and other vine-based products.

Hosted by Yantai government, the wine expo will be China's first wine exposition themed with "famous production areas + renowned brands + whole industrial chain". To data, it has attracted more than 500 exhibitors from 22 countries.

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Regina Vanderlinde, president of the OIV, is set to attend the 12th Yantai International Wine expo. [Photo/yantai.iqilu.com]

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Foreign visitors choose wine at the 11th Yantai International Wine Expo in Yantai, East China’s Shandong province, on Sept 13, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]