February 14-15, 2013, at “Kolonist” winery,
Krynychne village, Odessa region, Ukraine
Supported by the Ukrainian Bureau of Vine and Wine

The event is aimed at experience exchange between French and Ukrainian wine-makers and improving national wine-making standards and making the domestic product popular with the wine world society.

The programme includes: 
•    Workshops and master-classes of French wine-makers devoted to growing and pruning the vine, maturing the bulk wine and wines, quality control of the product.
•    Participation in the ethnic fest called “Trifon Zarezan”.
•    Meals with traditional dishes of Bulgarian cuisine and Kolonist wine tasting.

Participants of this event: leading wine-making companies of Ukraine, French companies specialized in wine-making equipment, barriques, nurseries, vineyards, bottling and packaging.

For participation in the event as French representatives the following companies-manufacturers are invited: Costral, Pepinieres Hebinger Sarl, DAMY, G.B.Dist, Le faiseur de vin, Pellenc, Laffort, Ubifrance mission, manufacturers of oak barriques, specialists in vine-saplings and viticulture technologies.

Companies-Participants:

COSTRAL
Schaal Bernard – sales manager

Presentation topic: “Modern butylation and bottling lines”

Located in the heart of the Alsatian vineyard, COSTRAL is an international specialist of bottling lines, with over 40 years of experience. 
Founded in 1975, the CLEMENS Company, later known as COSTRAL in 1993, conquered the French market with its first bottling line: the FIAMAT. This small version of industrial bottling lines, that fills and corks automatically, quickly became a favorite in small to mid-sized wineries. 
Costral entered in the 21th century with the COMET NG and SATURN NG. 
This new generation of machines for which the electronic technology offered new opportunities in terms of performance and quality has permitted to Costral to become one of the leaders of the bottling industry but also of the labelling machine industry in cooperation with a partner. 
Today, the GALAXY monobloc enriches again the product line of Costral. Innovation, Technology, Quality and Services are more than ever the keywords of Costral. Present worldwide, COSTRAL offers its expertise in Wine, Alcohol and Fruit Juice conditioning with bottling lines and labelling lines ranging from 1 000 to 6 000 units per hour. 
In addition to its Manufacturer activities, Costral has a dedicated team who will be your contact if you have a specific project.

PERINIERES HEBINGER SARL
Hebinger Christophe – owner, director

Presentation topic: «Vineyards density, different types of soils and vine saplings»

Located in the heart of the common viticultural history, HEBINGER Nurseries were founded in 1970 by Pierre HEBINGER. 
He has found a place among the most important nursery Alsace. 
In 1986 Christophe HEBINGER took over the company and made him take a new Tournat AN EVOLUTION CONTINUES FOR 40 YEARS. 
Développrment our policy of quality has led us to work rigorously for growing plants environmentally and diversity. 
This has been possible thanks to our continuous adaptation to new demands of Viticulture and partnership with many growers. 
In a world too standardized, we offer you the opportunity to choose the propagating material that best suits your goals.

G.B. DIST/ PELLENC
Grass Bertrand – director of G.B.Dist /Szombath Zoltan – sales manager of PELLENC

Presentation topic: «Equipment for vineyards treatment: pruning and harvesting».

Bertrand Grass is a supplier of agricultural equipment for vineyards and grapes treatment. He cooperates with such companies as Turnesoll, Pellenc, Costral etc. 
This company offers not only the equipment, but also the qualified technicians who can install and teach how to use all the machines. 
Among the available equipment it is worth mentioning pumps, stemmers, machines for pruning and soil treatment.
The company is situated in Alsace, in Bilwisheim. But it has the representatives in Ukraine and in Moldova.

DAMY
Gennadiy Zhigailo – representative in Ukraine, REGATA VIN, Ltd., Commercial Director

Presentation topic: «Barrels and barriques for wine maturing»

Damy Cooperage employs techniques used now over four generations. 
…To fabricate each barrel stamped “Damy”, using top quality oak, naturally air-dried and produced on an artisan level. 
…Which produce some of the most prestigious wines, Damy Cooperage has long used traditionnal, ancestral means of fabrication within the infrastructure of third millenium production advances. 
The quality of its barrels is certified CTB and PEFC. 
Founded in 1946 by M. Roger Damy, Damy Cooperage was passed on to Roger’s son, master cooper Jacques Damy and later to his grandson, Jérôme. 
Damy Cooperage is managed by Jérôme Damy in Meursault 
Damy produces around 22,000 barrels each year, and currently employs a team of 40. 
All coopers are highly qualified.

LAFFORT
Gennadiy Zhigailo – representative in Ukraine, REGATA VIN, Ltd., Commercial Director

Presentation topic: «Primary wine-making and stabilization»

Created in Bordeaux in 1895, LAFFORT has played a fundamental role in the developments in œnology that followed Pasteur and his initial discoveries. LAFFORT’s scientific developments have allowed the company to progress from a curative form of œnology, based essentially on pure chemistry, to a preventative form, founded on biotechnologies. 
LAFFORT has excelled through its high level of dedication to both applied and fundamental research. Embracing the future, the company has demonstrated the pertinence of its research via renowned product performance and quality. LAFFORT research is the origin of a large number of discoveries in modern oenology, affirmed by numerous international patent applications. This energy and total commitment to R&D underpin the company’s international oenological presence. 
LAFFORT is also characterised by its control over production methodologies, allowing it to implement œnologically-specific hi-tech facilities and production know-how. These specialised production units, and the company’s constant commitment to œnology, allow winemakers to optimise and preserve the quality of their wine.

UBIFRANCE Economic Mission
Embassy of France in Ukraine

Alexander Sidorenko – enologist-agronomist, wine and spirits expert
Presentation topic: «Wine-making terroirs estimation»

Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Provision of Ukraine
Henri Barnabot – adviser

Presentation topic: «Viticulture in France and Europe»

KONT, Ltd.
Yuriy Kepkanov – director

Presentation topic: «Tendencies of modern wine-making preparations development»

French supporting preparations for wine-making: yeasts, ferments, tannins, preparations for clearing the must and wine, stabilizers, bentonites, preparations for sparkling wines. Oak chips, oak staves for wines and cognacs.

Group VALENTIN
METAYER Franck – sales manager

Presentation topic: «Equipment for champagne and sparkling wines»

VALENTIN, The Group VALENTIN merges several famous companies of sparkling wine producers and general industry manufacturer who have homogeneous characters and complementary know-how, such as: VALENTIN, THIERION, MAINGUET, SCMG, SCOMAISS and DEKOMAT. With more than 30-year experience in the wine-growing market, VALENTIN is recognized as a company in developing, producing and commercializing the innovative and quality machines.

At the event you will also meet representatives and owners of the following companies: PELLENC (France) – agricultural equipment for grapes and vineyards treatment, Tekhnovitis (Moldova) – agricultural equipment for grapes and vineyards treatment, the company Prydunayskoye, Olivier Dauga & Cathy Socasou (Le faiseur de Vin, France) – enologists-consultants, Youri SOLTYS– French wine journalists-blogger BETTANE & DESSEAUVE.