20 Oct 2015
From 55 competing works and 17 countries represented, the OIV Award Jury, which met on 8 July in Mainz in Germany, under the Presidency of Ms Claudia Quini, gave out 9 Awards and 10 Special Mentions from the OIV. Hosted by Mr Oleg Ungureanu, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Romanian Embassy, the Awards Presentation Ceremony took place in the suites of the Hôtel de Béhague. It was attended by numerous representatives from the Diplomatic Corps; President of the OIV Award Jury, diplomat, poet and writer Mr František Lipka; OIV President Ms Monika Christmann; OIV Vice-President Ms Claudia Quini; OIV Director General Mr Jean-Marie Aurand and Scientific Secretary of the Award Jury Mr Jean-Luc Berger.
The 2015 Ceremony received the highest number of applications on record since the OIV Awards were created, confirming the renown and prestige of this international recognition.The rigorous work of many specialised readers who evaluated all of these works gave the International Jury the necessary information to make their decisions, faced with the significant number of works submitted. The authors and publishers were wholeheartedly thanked for their cultural, technical and scientific – or even hedonistic – contributions, each and every one of whose diverse approaches seeks to share a common passion for the vine and wine world.2015 Awards
Prize: Jury awardCategory: Viticulture« La vigne vol. 1 maladies fongiques »Olivier Viret and Katia GindroSwitzerlandAMTRA editionsCategory: Oenology« Le bois & le vin - Les mystères de leur mariage »Roger-Paul DubrionFranceGFA Editions France AgricoleCategory: Literature« Σαν κρασι - san krasi »Maria TzitziGreeceAnubis EditionsCategory: Wine and Health« The Physician, the Drinker, and the Drunk - Wine’s Uses and Abuses in Late Medieval Natural Philosophy »Azelina Jaboulet-VercherreBelgiumBrepols Publishers EditionsCategory: Discovery and presentation of wines« Vins de feu »Charles FrankelFranceDunod EditionsCategory: Wines and Terroir « Vinlandet Frankrike »Britt Karlsson textes und Per Karlsson photographiesSwedenCarlssons Bokförlag EditionsCategory: Specialised studies« Les parfums du vin »Richard PfisterSwitzerlandDelachaux and Niestlé EditionsCategory: Acts of Symposia« La economía del vino en españa y en el mundo »Raoul Compés López and J. Sebastián Castillo ValeroSpainCajamar Caja Rural, servicio de publicaciones EditionsCategory: Encyclopedias« Wine Science - Principles and Applications »Ronald S. JacksonUnited States of AmericaElsevier Editions
Award: Special MentionCategory: Viticulture« Biologischer Weinbau »Uwe HofmannGermanyUlmer Editions« Changement climatique et terroirs viticoles »Coordinator Hervé QuénolFranceLavoisier EditionsCategory: Oenology« Le SO2 en œnologie »Jacques BlouinFranceDunod EditionsCategory: Vitivinicultural Economy« Economie et management du vin - Wine Business Management »Jérôme Gallo und Steve ChartersFrancePearson France EditionsCategory: History and Fine Arts« La Revolución Vitivinícola en Mendoza, 1885-1910. Las transformaciones en el territorio, la arquitectura y el paisaje »Liliana GiriniArgentinaUniversidad de Mendoza Editions« Il vino nella storia di Venezia »Carlo Favero, Coordinateur du collectifItalyBiblos EditionsCategory: Discovery and Presentation of Wines« Une année en CORTON - Rencontres en haut lieu »Jon Wyand photography, François Perroy textsFranceGlénat EditionsCategory: Wine and Food« 50 Vini di Romania incontrano 50 piatti italiani d’eccellenza - Vinuri românesti întâlnesc 50 preparate culinare italiene »Marinela Vasilica ArdeleanItalyTerra Ferma EditionsCategory: Monograpies« Bordeaux et ses Vins – 19e édition »Authors represented by Bruno BoidronFranceFéret EditionsCategory: Encyclopedias« Encyclopédie des Caves de Champagne »
14 Oct 2015
A country with a long-standing viticultural tradition, this Balkan State has successfully managed the privatisation of the sector, which has enabled new operators to offer quality wines that express its specific characteristics.Jean-Marie Aurand was delighted to host this first wine presentation and expressed the desire to strengthen cooperation with the country through greater involvement of their experts and professionals.
13 Oct 2015
The 2015 edition awarded Trophies to the 14 best films selected from among 130 competing films from 16 countries. The 2015 awards confirm the international character of the Festival and go to productions from Australia, America, Belgium, Spain, France, Georgia, Mexico and Switzerland. Consult the complete 2015 list of award winners for the best films on vines and wine Consult the 2015 award for Terroirs d’ImagesYann Juban, Assistant to the Director General of the OIV, Henri Laurent Arnould, Director of the Revue des Oenologues, Monika Christmann, President of the OIV and Jacques Fansten, scriptwriter and Chairman of the Oenovidéo 2015 Grand Jury.Photo: Samir Bahri
12 Oct 2015
To attend this press conference, journalists are kindly asked to send an email with their name and their professional contact details to press@oiv.int.Date: Wednesday 28 May 2015Time: 11amLocation: International Organisation of Vine and Wine, (OIV), 18 Rue d'Aguesseau, Paris 75008 - Metro station Madeleine or Concorde [see map]
09 Oct 2015
Following an introduction to the OIV and its activities by the various heads of unit, they were received by Director General Jean-Marie Aurand who stressed the original character of this training and the openings to which it gives rise, thanks to the network of universities and companies associated with it. This diploma is unique in that its field of study is at one and the same time single-sector, multidisciplinary, itinerant, international and experimental, while drawing on one of today’s most highly developed networks in the wine world. Since 1987, more than 500 “movers and shakers” in the wine world have received this training.Before the members of this class left OIV headquarters, Jean-Marie Aurand insisted on the international dimension of a course which every year enables students to discover more than 20 key countries in Planet Wine, situated on 5 continents.
09 Oct 2015
In the course of a working meeting attended by, inter alia, Ms Chrysoula Papadimitriou, Director for Rural Development and Food, Ms Evangelina Komenta, delegate to the OIV, Mr Yannis Voyatzis, President of the National Inter-Professional Organisation for Vines and Wine and Mr Theodore Georgopoulos, Director of the Greek Wine Federation, the Secretary-General spoke of Greece’s contribution to the work of the OIV (of which Greece has been a member since 1929) and confirmed the country’s unstinting support for the Organisation. He went on to speak of Greece’s firm intention to develop its viticulture by upgrading wines produced from native varieties, which are part of Greece’s historical heritage. Mr Jean-Marie Aurand gave a presentation of the OIV’s Strategic Plan and expressed his pleasure at the active presence of Greek experts in the organisation and the delegation’s contribution to the decision-making process. He drew attention to the importance the OIV attaches to maintaining the diversity of vine and wine production and improving and upgrading native varietal wines by means of the research and development programmes now being carried out in many countries.
With 110 000 hectares planted to vines, Greece produces some 3 million hectolitres of wine under highly varied soil and climatic conditions.A land with a millenary wine tradition, Greece has succeeded in building up a modern viticulture sector with international vine varieties while at the same time continuing, from among nearly 300 local varieties, to produce unique wines based on Assyrtiko, Moschofilero, Agiorgitiko or Xinomavro grapes. It is also the land of the Cretan diet, based on cereals, olive oil, vegetables and world-renowned wines.
03 Oct 2015
This speech in the context of a panel devoted to the harmonisation, mutual recognition and impact of the various bodies of international regulation governing the wine market outlined developments in wine law over the past thirty years. This international meeting gathering brought together in Santorini, Greece, a hundred or so jurists from 20 countries, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the A.I.D.V – I.W.L.A ., to discuss legal topics connected with the introduction of new technologies, the protection of geographical indications, the protection of vine varieties, international trade conflicts, counterfeiting and Internet, planting authorisations and the law governing successions. At this meeting, the President of the A.I.D.V – I.W.L.A ., Rein-Jan Prins presented members with the results of an international survey among the membership, which showed the vitality of the Association and the importance of this network with its 300 jurists in some thirty countries. A special role to which Jean-Marie Aurand drew attention, while expressing pleasure at the activity of this organisation with observer status in the OIV and stressing that the vine and wine sector was unique in benefiting from a worldwide network of specialised jurists.
29 Sep 2015
This presentation was organised by the wine company Jul Plantaze and the National Wine Growers’ Association, and involved eleven wine-producing companies.
Montenegro produces high-quality wines from native grape varieties such as Vranac (red) and Krstac (white).With the Plantaze company, the country possesses the largest wine estate in Europe with more than 2300 ha of vines and 17 million bottles produced per year, of which much is exported worldwide. A Member of the OIV since 2007, one year after the country’s independence, Montenegro is carrying out a proactive policy of modernisation and promotion of the vine and wine sector, involving in particular the development of wine tourism, the upgrading of its vine and wine heritage and the promotion of its terroirs.
14 Sep 2015
The work that brought together international marketing and communication experts alongside producers and wineries from Porto was followed by tasting sessions. A symposium on the role of Port wine and Douro wines in the local economy extended the discussions to 11 September.
On this occasion, the OIV Director General, Jean-Marie Aurand, spoke up about the place of science and innovation in the wine sector and the role of the OIV in this context.With nearly 24,000 producers, the Porto region makes the most renowned liqueur wines in the word, shaping the countryside with the characteristic terraces that were recognised on the World Heritage of Humanity list by UNESCO in 2001 as evolving, living cultural landscapes.The Douro region is spread across 250,000 ha of schist soils, with 44,000 ha of vines producing the Port and Douro designations of origin.Douro is the oldest delimited and regulated wine region in the world, dating back to 1756. Port wine may be tasted in around 120 countries on all 5 continents. It represents a significant part of the Portuguese vitivinicultural economy.
07 Sep 2015
Former president of the International Federation of Wines and Spirits (FIVS) for almost 17 years, Finkle boosted the Federation to impose its place in the vitivinicole’s industry, particular as an active observer to the OIV and the Codex Alimentarius. The OIV wishes to pay tribute to the memory of a passionate man who has been entirely devoted to the improvement of the world’s vitivinicole industry and would like to extend its deepest sympathies to his family. James FinkleJames P. Finkle served as the Chairman of the Board of Managers of FIVS-Abridge, a comprehensive interactive online database of regulations and international agreements for the wine industry. He retired as Senior Vice President, External Affairs, for Constellation Brands, Inc. and was a member of the Executive Committee of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. Additionally, Mr. Finkle was on the Board of Directors of the Wine Institute, Wine America, and the Associated New York State Food Processors and assisted the US Department of Agriculture’s Technical Advisory Committee for Trade. He received both his Bachelor of Science Degree and his Master of Science Degree from Cornell University, both degrees in Viticulture and Agricultural Economics.