Members of the media are invited to attend the opening session of the Russia Wine Inward Buying Mission in Cape Town where the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Bulelani Magwanishe will deliver a keynote address.
Date: Monday, 2 October 2017
Time: 12h00
Venue: Invest South Africa Western Cape One Stop Shop (Wesgro), 60 St Georges Mall, Cape Town
The session marks the first day of the visit by a delegation from Russia’s leading wine importing company, Marine Express. Black and women-owned winemakers and brand owners from the Western Cape belonging to the Treasure Chest will participate in the session. The group comprises of fourteen black wine owners, 90% of whom are women. A wine co-operative from the Eastern Cape, as well as other stakeholders in the wine industry will also be part of the session.
The Russia Inward Buying is a result of the meeting that Deputy Minster Magwanishe held with the Chief Executive Officer of Marine Express, Mr Andre Kuzmin on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum which took place in Russia in June.
Their engagement centred around increasing SA’s exports of wines into the Russia market. Deputy Minister Magwanishe Mr Kuzmin to come to South Africa with the specific transformational objective of creating access to market for black-owned wine companies to enable them to export their wines to Russia.
RSVPs should be forwarded to Bongani Lukhele via telephone on 012 394 1643/079 5083 457 or e-mail: BLukhele@thedti.gov.za
Enquiries:
Sidwell Medupe-Departmental Spokesperson
Tel: 012 394 1650
Cell: 079 492 1774
E-mail: MSMedupe@thedti.gov.za
