The CNIFFI is, among other things, the public organisation in charge of drawing up technical standards for fermented beverages.
Dr Ruf, who had already met with representatives of this body in September 2012, presented the missions and activities of the OIV in the field of oenological practices and methods of analysis to the CNIFFI delegation led by the Director, Dr Deliang Wang.
The discussions were particularly focused on the OIV's activities and the impact of its standards on global vitiviniculture, especially with regard to methods of analysis. The members of the CNIFFI emphasised the importance of OIV standards and recalled the involvement of their Institute with the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center (IQTC) in translating the OIV Compendium of Methods of Analysis into Chinese. Likewise, the heads of the CNIFFI indicated that, very recently, OIV methods of analysis relating to the determination of the isotope ratio of carbon and oxygen had been included in Chinese analytical standards.
The CNIFFI representatives finally stressed the importance of the work of the OIV and the interest in continuing to exchange information between the two organisations.
