The International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV), a kind of UN for wine, held this year’s congress in Dijon in October. The OIV sets the technical and quality standards for most of the wine world and is a vital channel for international collaboration. The congress is an occasion to present some of the latest research.
It is also a forum for (almost) all wine producing countries to agree on frameworks, regulations and standards for wine. (Regretfully, the US has chosen not to take part.)
There were plenty of very interesting reports and research presented during the congress. BKWine Magazine attended several.
For example, on pesticide residues in wine, on wine tourism and how it is different in the new world and the old world, on the evolution of the (French) regulatory system (AOC etc) and its impact on wine quality, on the mineral profiles in wine, on how modern regulations and technology have made wine healthier, benefits and disadvantages of geographical indications, and many more.
We hope to give you more glimpses of these things in the coming months.
