The International Bulk Wine and Spirits Show in London is the gathering of the world's leading suppliers of bulk wine, bulk spirits, private label, contract distilling, contract brewing, contract winemaking.

Buyers who are looking to buy bulk wine or bulk spirits or develop their own private label brands will be able to connect with the right partners and unlock new channels of growth. Visitors are encouraged to register for the passes in advance online and avoid gate charges.

Over the two-day show they will have the chance to visit and talk to close to 50 exhibitors that are coming from all over the world, as well as attend a conference of leading trade and bulk wine figures.

The full conference programme can be seen here but will involve an impressive line up of keynote talks and industry debates including: 

- Clem Yates MW of Off-Piste Wines who will look at how importers and distributors can use bulk wine to help develop their own private label and branded wine strategy.

- Barry Dick MW, the new head of winemaking at Copestick Murray, the brand, import and development business, will look at the best ways to import bulk wines from different countries and look at the benefits of using different shipping formats, from Flexitanks to ISO tanks.

- Mark Lansley of Broadland Wineries, leading bulk wine bottling, but also wine development business, will look at how you can drive additional revenues by using bulk wine to highlight gaps in the branded wine and private label market.

- Neil Anderson and Paul Braydon of Kingsland Drinks, another leading bottling, but also market insights business, will examine how it has evolved as a business to provide consumer-driven solutions to buyers and customers.

* Mark Roberts of Lanchester Wines , another bulk wine branded and private label solutions provider, will join Robin Copestick , managing director of Copestick Murray, Neil Anderson of Kingsland Drinks and Denys Hornabrook, co-founder of VINEX, in a wide ranging debate looking at the challenges, opportunities and trends within the bulk wine sector.

- Bulk wine can be complicated. Shipping wine vast differences needs to be done right, which is why David Richardson of the Wine & Spirit Trade Association will look at the varying regulatory issues facing importers of bulk products.

- Clive Donaldson at Morrisons will look at bulk wine from the point of view of a major grocery supermarket chain and the options it now gives it to buy and source the most competitive, quality wines.

- Geoff Taylor of Campden BRI will look at the quality factors related to bulk wine and what big steps have been taken to improve the consistency of bulk wine.

* IBWSS London takes place at the Royal Horticultural Halls between February 27 and 28. You can still register to attend the event for free here, or pay to attend the conference at £175 for the two days, or £99 per day. The conference begins at 9am each day and the exhibition opens at 11am to 4pm.