New York – Driven by record-breaking exports that in 2015 reached €5.4 billion, of which an estimated €1.4 billion in the US alone, on January 17 kick off the foreign activities of Vinitaly International (www.vinitalyinternational.com), with stops in San Francisco (Jan. 17-19) at the Winter Fancy Food Show, in New York (February 7-9) and Miami (February 10). And again in New York in May, after Canada and China in February and March, and then in June at FMI Connect Chicago (June 20-23) and in New York with the participation at the Summer Fancy Food (June 26 -28). Such a strong focus on the US market is the result of a long-term strategic view set by Veronafiere, which brought Vinitaly International to become the operational arm of the Ministry of Economic Development and the Italian Trade Agency for the promotion abroad and the internationalization of Italian companies for the Special Plan USA for the promotion of consumer and food goods launched in 2015. (9Colonne)