Today, France is celebrating its expat winemakers with a wine fair and conference that bring together all those who make their wine overseas. The fair, being organised in Paris, will showcase joint and sole ventures from 13 countries, including South Africa, Hungary, Portugal, New Zealand, California and Uruguay, reports Decanter.com.

"I want to show that there are plenty of dynamic winemakers in this country, who are investing abroad and are very much part of the global growth of wine consumption," declared event organiser Sylvain Ouchikh."

Most of the big names in French wine now have successful interests overseas. These names, which include Marnier Lapostelle in Chile, Jacques and Francois Lurton in Argentina, and Moet Hennessey in California, are attracted by the more relaxed vinification rules, good land values and high profit potential in these countries.

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