On 5 July in Paris, the international OIV Award Jury gave out 14 Awards and 10 Special Mentions among 51 competing works representing 19 countries: a very good 2018 vintage for the OIV Awards!
On 18 September at the prestigious OIV Awards Ceremony – which was attended by numerous representatives from the Diplomatic Corps, the new OIV President Ms Regina Vanderlinde, OIV Director General Mr Jean-Marie Aurand, President of the OIV Award Jury Mr František Lipka, and Scientific Secretary of the Award Jury Mr Jean-Luc Berger – the 2018 winners were presented with their awards.
Scientific and technical works, in addition to works intended for the general public, were honoured by the Jury.
At the request of the scientific community of the OIV, the members of the OIV Award Jury, who met in Paris on 5 July 2018, decided unanimously to create a new Awards category: “Sustainable vitiviniculture”.
This 11th category will take into account a topic that is a major concern for OIV experts.
It responds to a growing number of works addressing sustainable development in the field of vitiviniculture – which is something the OIV Jury thus wishes to strongly encourage.
For the next OIV Awards, which will be open for submissions from 1 September 2018 to 28 February 2019, works covering the 3 pillars of sustainable development (environment, society and economy) will be able to compete in this new category.
*Submission forms available on the OIV website from 1 September 2018 here
Contact: jurydesprix@oiv.int
