At this meeting, the Minister confirmed his intention to the President, expressed in January in Berlin during Green Week, to submit the candidacy of his country to the OIV.

« Form_Inscription_Livre_Book_JdP_2017.pdf »: paper printed books and .pdf format (in the 10 categories) [FR / EN]

« Form_Inscription_numeric_JdP_2017.pdf »: interactive digital format only in the first five categories : 1-Viticulture, 2-Œnology, 3-Vitivinicultural Economy and Law, 4-History, Literature and Fine Arts, 5-Wine and Health [FR / EN]

Rubric OIV Awards

This exhibition brought together representatives for 2000 exhibitors (700 of which were foreign) and hosted over 10 000 visitors.

During a conference organised as part of the exhibition, Jean-Marie Aurand gave a panorama of the state of the global vitivinicultural sector, highlighting the major development trends and main issues for the future, as well as the role of the OIV in this context.

At this event, the OIV Director General also partook in several meetings with representatives for the Chinese authorities, namely the Vice-Governor of Guizhou Province and the Chinese Vice-Minister for Commerce, with whom he brought up the prospects for the accession of China to the OIV.

Under the patronage of the OIV, each year this festival recognises the best films and photographs relating to vines. Among the award winners of the 23rd festival, which took place at the end of May in Frontignan, are French, together with Canadian, Georgian and Slovenian productions. On the photographs side, the major winners of the 11th Terroir d'Images exhibition, which took place at the same time as the festival, were presented during this ceremony. See the Terroir d’Images Winners.

The presentation of awards was also the moment for the handover from the town of Frontignan to the Cité du Vin (City of Wine) of Bordeaux, where the next festival will be held in 2017.

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: Thursday 20 October 2016

Time: 11am

Location: International Organisation of Vine and Wine, (OIV), 18 Rue d'Aguesseau, Paris 75008 - Metro station Madeleine or Concorde [see map]