Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert 2026

 

EXPO Manger Santé et Vivre Vert 2025

Montreal: 29th Edition

March 20 - 22, 2026

The Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert is a flagship annual event that attracts great crowds of visitors every spring. It is presently once again taking place a the Montreal's Palaise de congres. The same as the last year, the major sponsor of this extremely well attended and a very eagerly awaited Expo is the Quebec organic grain company La Milanaise, that is strongly dedicated to be at the forefront of the organic cereal grain processing. The majority of their all organic grains are already grown in Quebec, and with additional Quebec organic grain suppliers joining this venture.

La Milanaise also provides to all the Expo visitors free shopping bags so they can buy and carry the purchases they make. There is an enormous variety of products presented at the Expo, all geared to support health and well-being. One can also ask many questions to the vendors who also offer tasting or even samples.

The visitors can also consider buying the simple home water purification system and get the professional advise from the vendors.

 

After the doors to the Expo opened at 9:30 am, the exhibition floor had filled rapidly with a great number of visitors all eager to visit all the exhibition booth and find out about new products presented this year.  But some visitors were also looking forward to purchasing their favourite items at a special lower price offered at the Expo. 

 

At this Expo, you can also find out how to grow Kiwi fruit in Canada and Quebec, and even order the hardy Nordic varieties to grow in your back yard.

  

All photos @ Nadia Slejskova

Visit the Expo Manger Santé et Vivre Vert website for more information and opening hours.

Please note that this Expo attracts very large crowds.

Italian Wines 2025

 

A Tasting of Wines from Italy

30th Edition

November 5, 2025

This year's TASTING OF WINES FROM ITALY. an eagerly awaited the Italian Trade Agency's flagship event that connects Italian wine producers and their agents with Canadian wine buyers, celebrates its 30th Edition. This round anniversary represents a tremendous success that Italian wine produces have in Canada. This year, four major venues were presented in Canada: in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal.

The Montreal's Event was a great success, regardless of the fact that the city's transportation was impeded by the City's public transportation strike. 

The master class, the first major event of the day, presented the Slow Wines concept. It was an Italian organization in Italy that introduced this movement. In Montreal, they offered six equitable wines during the master class which they also promote in Italy and world-wide. Those wines were well appreciated by the master class attendees. They were quite unique, and for many (including myself) quite a pleasant and novel experience.

As always,  the event was a great success. Many professionals filled the two very large and spacious halls at the Bonsecours Market premises in Old Montreal, despite the public transportation strike.

This is an annual event that has become a flagship commercial event for the Canadian wine professionals. The Montreal event was well appreciated by wine connoisseurs and professionals who got a chance to talk to a big number of the  Italian wine producers and promoters, ask questions, taste their wines and make professional contacts and deals.

More of the photos from the event:

True to the traditional Italian hospitality, food was also generously provided in great quantity and very much appreciated by al the attendees.

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All Photos @ Nadia Slejskova

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Georgian TBILVINO Wines 2025

 

TBILVINO WINES OF GEORGIA

Wine Tasting Event

June 17, 2025

The TBILVINO vineyard plots are located in the eastern part of Georgia, on a plane next to the Caucasian Mountains, in about two hours car ride from Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. The company is devoted to preserving the ancient wine-making tradition in tandem with modern innovations.

TBILVINO  wines have received a number of prestigious awards and medals at the following international wine completions:

Decanter World Wine Awards, London 2022

IWC 2024 London

The Montreal wine tasting event took place at the au vinhub and was presented by Aleksandre Margvelashvili, the TBILVINO’s Director. He conducted a very comprehensive guided tasting of their 6 exclusive, rare, flagship wines, each crafted with precision and deep respect for nature, reflecting the terroir-land and its authenticity. All were natural wines produced in line with the old wine-making traditions. The presentation was very informative and fascinating.

TBILVINO intends to bring a recognition for the Saperavi wines and will seek to establish for them an Internationally recognized Separavi Appellation, the same as many other wines have, like Bordeaux wines, for instance.

TBILVINO is seeking representatives in Quebec and Ontario for their premium collection. Right now, as a starting point, they are mainly aiming for the hospitality industry.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, visit the TBILVINO website.

This event was a comprehensive introduction to the high quality, unique Georgian wine. Six wines were tasted at the Montreal’s Wine tasting event: one white, one orange, and four red. They were all excellent and rare wines, each with a very unique and distinct personality. Here are each wines’ characteristics, in the order they were presented and tasted. They were all excellent wines! Click on images to enlarge them: 

For more information and to discover TBILVINO's unique approach and their way of life philosophy regarding the wine making, visit the TBILVINO website.