On October 30, 2022, Ukraine again became a member of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine, OIV. The country was previously a member between 1997 and 2008. With Ukraine’s re-entry, the number of members in the organization is 49.
You may not think of Ukraine as a wine country, but it actually has a vineyard surface of 41,800 hectares, ranking the 31st country in the world. In 2021, Ukraine produced 660,000 hectolitres of wine. Wine consumption was on the rise when the war broke out in early 2022.
Through its membership in the OIV, Ukraine will benefit from information from and cooperation with a network of more than 1,000 experts around the world. “The cooperation of member states within the OIV is a key factor for better communication, more effective legislation and therefore more transparent and fruitful trade in the vitivinicultural sector”, says OIV in its press relapse.
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