SIDIM 2019

SIDIM - Salon du Design
31st Edition

September 12 - 13, 2019

The annual Montreal International Design Show (SIDIM), held for years in the spring, has been moved this year to September. It is a gathering place intended to showcase the new design innovations by Quebec designers and artists, a place for them to present their latest products and to share their ideas with other creative artists and the public. This show offers a reference framework for the design lovers, those who are ready to renovate and refurbish their living spaces and offices, and for those who simply wish to get a better overview of new design directions and possibilities.

The show addresses such areas of design as architecture, renovation items, decoration, works of art, illumination, accessories, landscaping, furniture, stationery, and various other local products.

The art area at the show features works by the local Quebec artists.

Chairs and armchairs designs will also catch visitors' attention.

A special place at the show is devoted to smaller artisanat creations that could be purchased at the spot and carried home.

A food and beverages area will also offers innovative products.

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All Photos in this article © Nadia Slejskova

For more information, visit SIDIM website.

View all SIDIM previous posts here and also here. 

  

CHFA 2019 - Quebec

Canadian Health Food Association
Montreal Trade Show

May 3 - 5, 2019

Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA) is the largest Canadian Health Food Association and the largest trade association dedicated to natural health and organic products that directly supports the best healthy eating and living practices.

  

CHFA created this dynamic event just for Quebec retailers. In addition to the opportunity to meet with more than 300 exhibiting companies, it offers plenty of opportunities to expand business networks, at the same time greatly enjoying the social setting of the show. 

The exhibitors at the show are leading Canadian and US suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and brokers of natural health products and organic products.

And their products attest to the excellence of their endevours. The food items at the show are a delight to taste and to discover. Both foods and their packaging are also visually appealing.

The body care products are well represented at the show, and are especially of great interest to female attendees. 

This excellent event enjoys a great attendance and a vivid interest in the products on display. The attendees are given many samples, their questions are answered, and the contact information exchanged. The deals are discussed, and the Quebec consumers will be ultimately the direct benefactors of the business exchanges that take place at the show. Expect new and exciting products to soon appear in Montreal's stores, and especially local health stores.

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For more information, visit the CHFA website.

Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Show 2019

Montreal Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Show

May 3 - 5, 2019

This show allows visitors to discover all the new tendencies in motorized electric vehicles transportation and leisure. It offers an opportunity to see, try, analyze and compare the newest electric vehicles on the market, as well as the newest technological innovations in the electric mobility industry. It allows the public to discover the new technologies of clean energy and transport and is a moving force for transportation and electric mobility.

Montreal Electrical vehicle Show is a meeting place for all enthusiasts of electric automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, boats, ATV’s, as well as all other means of electric mobility. The show’s mandate is to allow attendees the discovery of today’s and tomorrow’s eco-friendly EV’s industry manufactures and retailers.

Find a time this weekend to visit the show and to acquaint yourself with the lattes electrical vehicle models, the latest sustainable technologies and the advancement in the electrical vehicle private and commercial use. You will even be able to test drive a multitude of EV’s at the show’s, using an interior test track, or even test drive outside of the exhibition hall in the city streets.

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All photos by Nadia Slejskova

This year, the show is held at Place Bonaventure.
For more information, visit the Montreal Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Show website.

California Wine - Montreal 2019

California Wines Festival - 2019 Canadian Tour
California Wine Institute

April 23, 2019

This year, the California Wines Canadian Tour scheduled 5 venues.

Montreal:  Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Quebec City:  Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Ottawa:  Friday, April 26, 2019
Toronto:  Monday, April 29, 2019
Calgary:  Wednesday, May 1, 2019

The Montreal event was quite impressive. It was held in Old Montreal, at the historic Marché Bonsecours. 58 California wine producers participated, each presenting a number of different types of wines and vintages, a truly impressive selection of wines to taste and to discover by the Quebec wine professionals.

As last year, it was great to taste such excellent wines, and often quite difficult to choose which were the best ones. Additionally, it was also great to see original and artistic wine bottle labels' designs. Many had vivid colours, geometrically pleasing designs, or unusual bold writing to attract attention to their bottles. Though a welcomed tendency, nevertheless, at the end, what really counts is the quality and the excellence of wine inside the bottles.

Many deals were made as the Montreal and Quebec wine distributors and other professionals tasted various wines, took pictures of the bottles' etiquette of those they liked, and graded them in their notebooks according to their private taste, specifying individual wine characteristics, and discussing them with the California Wine representatives.

Cheese and cold cuts were also generously provided at the event.

I talked to several Canadian professionals who attended the event. They were all very pleased with their experience and the new knowledge they acquired about California wine producers and their vineyards, as well as the wines and vintages that were new to them.

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Visit the Discover California Wines website to learn more about the California wine production, the variety of wines grown, and special events organized by them.

Read about the previous California Wine events in Montreal here.