WINE TASTING SHOWCASES TWELVE CALIFORNIA WINERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEOUL, KOREA
Released on: January 15, 2008, 3:49 am
Press Release Author: Jeena CHo
Industry: Agriculture
Press Release Summary: WINE TASTING SHOWCASES TWELVE CALIFORNIA WINERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEOUL, KOREA
Press Release Body: European-Korea Foundation in Seoul hosted a wine tasting for twelve California wineries on January 14, 2008. There was over 40 different bottles of wine available for tasting. Stan Phillips from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service was there to start the program. This was the first time these wines were introduced into the Korean market. Over 75 people attended the event, including importers, distributors, members of the European-Korea Foundation was a joint effort with JJC Wine Co., a wine brokerage firm out of United States and European-Korea Foundation. The goal of the event was to promote and help export wines produced by small to medium sized wineries.
According to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service’s annual report, wine imports in the first half of 2007 grew 75 percent overall. Import from United States grew 33 percent during the same period. With the pending Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the growth of import of wines produced in the United States is expected to continue to rise.
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