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ProWein is and remains the world’s leading trade fair for wine professionals.  Wines of South Africa will be returning to Dusseldorf, Germany in March 2016 to exhibit at ProWein.  According to the Messe Dusseldorf South Africa will remain in Hall 9 at the Northern entrance which is situated close to the Tram line.  In 2015 a total of 82 South African wineries presented their wines on the three Wines of South Africa pavilions, totalling nearly 600 square metres.  In 2015, 52 000 trade visitors travelled to ProWein in Düsseldorf, an increase of 7% compared to last year. Of these, around 47% were international trade visitors from 123 countries. The increase in visitors was mainly due to the increased number of b! uyers from the USA/Canada, and Central and South America.  Please find below the link to a fair profile of the show in 2015;

Fair Profile – ProWein 2015:    

http://www.messe-duesseldorf.de/VIS/PDF/Strukturdaten_ProWein_2015_gb.pdf

Counter-option:

These are adjoined 1 metre counters per producer.  A maximum of 12 wines and one person behind the counter is allowed.   We have an early bird rate of R57 200.00 excl VAT per counter if paid by 23^rd November 2015. Payments made after the 23^rd of November will incur a 10% penalty fee.

6sqm:

These 6sqm booths offer you the opportunity to have individual branding, private meeting area housing a table and two chairs and a 1 metre counter space on the Wines of South Africa Pavilion.  The early bird cost per 6sqm booth is R 123 177.60 excl VAT provided payment is received before 23^rd November 2015. Payments made after the 23^rd of November will incur a 10% penalty fee.

Bookings:

Should you pay by the 23^rd of November 2015 you will have the opportunity to choose your position on the stand in early 2016.  Those who pay after this date will be positioned on the stand at the discretion of Wines of South Africa.   All bookings are subject to availability and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.  Kindly indicate by the 30 September 2015 should you wish to book a 6sqm stand.

WOSA will not be able to accept bookings that are subject to receiving EMIA funding.  This does not mean that you cannot apply for EMIA funding, but simply that we will not take your booking or reserve a stand for you unless you 100% commit. 

To apply for a stand:

• Log into  http://devportal.wosa.co.za/version1/membersLogin.aspx

• Click on “Register for a Trade Event”

• Select PROWEIN, GERMANY 2016 from the drop down menu

• Complete the Contract information with all the requested information

• If you do not receive an e-mail confirmation of receipt of your application, please contact Lesley@wosa.co.za

DTI SSAS FUNDING

Wines of South Africa will coordinate an application to the DTI SSAS Funding for assistance of emerging businesses to participate at ProWein 2016 in Germany.

If you are interested to participate at this show using the SSAS Funding scheme, please contact Lesley@wosa.co.za for a SSAS Funding application form. You are required to complete and submit the form with all supporting documents to the Wines of South Africa office for the attention of Lesley Achilles by no later than Monday 28 September 2015 before 16:00. Please note that the DTI will fund a maximum of 15 companies per show and applications will therefore be handled on first come first serve basis (No late submissions will be accepted and funding thereof will be subject to approval of our application b! y the DTI).

All Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (up to 200 employees with annual turnover of no more than R25million) can apply for this funding.

See: http://www.thedti.gov.za/trade_investment/emia_ssas.jsp

For more information on ProWein 2016 you can visit the official website: http://www.prowein.de/