The Vinordic Wine Challenge, Sweden’s only EU-certified wine competition, has selected this year’s best wines. Almost 700 wines competed in 37 classes, within ten different flavour types. Within each category, a gold, silver and bronze winner is then named. These are Sweden’s best-value wines.
GastroNord, 24-27 April, will see the launch of the Chef of the Year restaurant. The menu at this temporary pop-up restaurant will be devised by the Chef of the Year Association, including contributions from Klas Lindberg, Tommy Myllymäki and Markus Aujalay, all winners of the Chef of the Year title.
Next week sees the launch of the Vinordic School (25-27 April), which features a whole host of talks. Visitors can learn about the tasting and re-corking of the bottles of champagne found in a shipwreck in the Åland Archipelago. At the fair, there will also be wine tasting and glass testing with Gaja and Riedel, as well as beer tasting with brewmaster Garrett Oliver.
At Vinordic, 25-27 April, which takes place alongside GastroNord at Stockholm International Fairs, visitors will get the opportunity to find out everything there is to know about rosé and champagne. Experts will be on hand at the Rosé Wine Tasting and Josephine Edelskog’s Champagne Bar to offer advice and tips.
The School Cook of the Year (Årets skolkock), the Electrolux Nordic Challenge (Nordisk kocklandskamp), Sharpest Chef (Vassaste kocken), Sweden’s best value wines and much more will be decided at GastroNord and Vinordic, which will bring together the hotel, restaurant, catering and fast food industries at Stockholm International Fairs week beginning 16 April.
56,745 people visited this year’s Nordbygg, held on the 20-23 March 2012 at Stockholmsmässan in Älvsjö, Sweden. They came to an exhibition center packed to the rafters with around 900 exhibitors from more than 30 countries. There were also some interesting contributions to the energy debate.
Bocuse d´Or Europe is one of Europe’s most prestigious culinary events and it will be held in Stockholm as part of the major GastroNord food fair in May 2014. This event, which is a European championship for chefs, will be a boost for both Stockholm and Stockholmsmässan.
Week 17 sees the main event of the year within the hotel, restaurant and catering industry, when GastroNord (24-27 April) and Vinordic (25-27 April) are held at Stockholmsmässan. This year’s fairs will attract the culinary élite from Sweden, Finland and Norway. There will also be all manner of new features, including the new Chef of the Year area.
Vinordic, Northern Europe’s biggest trade fair for beers, wines, spirits and ciders, will be held on 25-27 April. Visitors will be able to experience the new Vinordic School, a champagne bar made from ice and the Vinordic Rosé Wine Tasting Bar. Alongside Vinordic, GastroNord will also be held at Stockholmsmässan.
“Update your summer dreams” is this year’s Boat Show theme. Visitors will not only get insights into the world of boating but a chance to update their summer dreams as well. These include buying a new boat or new accessories, suggestions for new destinations and a preview of 2012’s marine fashion.
Overseas interest in Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, which ended at the weekend, continues to grow. This year, one in four trade visitors was from overseas and the number of foreign visitors was up 13 % compared with 2011. The exhibition received a total of 38,814 visitors, which is 392 more than last year.
On 7-11 February it will be time for the 61st Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, the world's largest and most important meeting place for Scandinavian furniture and lighting design. Some 740 exhibitors from 31 countries will gather at Stockholmsmässan to display the latest products within furniture, lighting and textiles for both the home and public environments.
