In December 2021, the BECA- the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer -approved its report which stated that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.

Now, the European Parliament will vote on 14th of February the adoption of the report that could recommend to include “health warning labels”. Therefore, wine could be considered as a potential carcinogenic beverage along with other alcohol beverages and as we see today with tobacco.

However, the OIV has always encouraged responsible drinking and has published many works on the research into the effects of moderate wine consumption on health.

Therefore, and given the common objectives with the World Health Organisation in promoting a healthy way of life, cooperation must be crucial between both Organisations and we need to foster a full transparent space for participation.

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Plus de 180 cartons contenant près de 6000 ouvrages et 40 m3 d’archives de l’OIV sont arrivés à la Maison des Sciences de l’Homme à Dijon aux fins de traitement numérique dans le cadre du programme de transformation digitale adopté par les Etats membres de l’OIV.

Le directeur générale s'est réjoui de renouveler avec l’Université de Bourgogne et le Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique la collaboration qui a déjà permis en 2016 la numérisation complète du Bulletin de l'OIV (1927-2014). Les 1000 numéros numérisés et indexés sont accessibles sur la plateforme numérique de la MSH.

Cette nouvelle étape, planifiée sur trois ans, devrait permettre le dépouillement, le classement et la cotation du fonds d’archives et du fonds d’ouvrages de l’OIV, constitutifs d’un patrimoine scientifique et historique exceptionnel.

Après un inventaire descriptif et bibliographique, la numérisation des archives et d’ouvrages anciens permettra de mettre à la dispositions des experts, des délégués, des chercheurs et aussi du grand public, un fonds unique spécialisé dans le domaine de la vigne et du vin, témoin du premier centenaire de l’OIV.

Le Président de l’Université a souligné l’importance de cet accord qui renforce la reconnaissance du pôle spécialisé de traitement documentaire de la plateforme « Humanités Numériques » de la MSH. Cette nouvelle étape de coopération permettra de valoriser la création d’un centre mondial de documentation vitivinicole. Vincent Thomas s’est également félicité que ce projet associe la Chaire UNESCO « Culture et Tradition du Vin », renforçant ainsi le positionnement international de ce partenariat.

A l’occasion de cette visite, le Directeur général de l’OIV a également poursuivi avec le maire de Dijon, François Rebsamen, les échanges sur le processus de mise à disposition de l’Hôtel Bouchu d’Esterno dans lequel l’OIV installera son siège en 2024 pour le centenaire de l’Organisation. Pau Roca a également visité les locaux de la Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin qui accueilleront le secrétariat de l’OIV à partir du mois d’aout 2022.

On 2 December 2021, OIV Director General Mr Pau Roca visited the Montpellier region for a day dedicated to the theme of “Sustainable viticulture: the role of agroecology and soil management”. This visit was also about deepening relations between the OIV and the “4 per 1000” initiative, thanks to the attendance of its Executive Secretary, Mr Paul Luu.

It was held at the Notre Dame du Quatourze estate owned by Mr Georges Ortola, who presented the agroecological practices that are implemented on his estates: inter-row cover cropping, tillage reduction, return of pruned canes to the soil, grazing, etc. The importance of good pruning practice has also been emphasised by Mr Alain Canet, President of France’s Centre National d’Agroécologie, who pointed out that pruning problems were recurrent in vineyards and had negative impacts on vine health. Florence Jard, from the “Pour une Agriculture du Vivant” association which works for the transformation of the agri-food sector to agroecology, gave a presentation of the Regeneration Index applied to vines – this makes it possible to evaluate holdings’ agroecological level.

“There was a shared vision of the importance of disseminating these practices to the sector as a whole.”

This day allowed for a rich exchange of ideas between stakeholders practising agroecology on a daily basis and institutional stakeholders. There was a shared vision of the importance of disseminating these practices to the sector as a whole. The OIV, via the “Viticulture” Unit led by Mr Alejandro Fuentes Espinoza, who is also a member of the “4 per 1000” initiative's Scientific and Technical Committee, takes this topic very seriously.

On 19 January 2022, another meeting was held between the executive bodies of the OIV and the “4 per 1000” initiative to contemplate the details of this collaboration. On this occasion, Ms Anne Reutin, a researcher at the OIV, presented her work on carbon issues in the vitivinicultural sector and the importance of taking these issues in hand in political, technical and scientific terms. Both institutions envisage working together and developing key areas of work as well as discussions to achieve progress at the international level on this major topic of soil health and safety.

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