Organised by the College of Enology of Northwest A&F University, presided by Professor Li Hua and Professor Hua Wang, this symposium brought together several hundred participants: experts, academics, professionals in the vitivinicultural sector, students, etc.

The College of Enology is one of the biggest and most renowned in China. Each year, it trains nearly 500 experts at different levels in viticulture and oenology.

Aside from technical presentations on vitivinicultural activities, the work also gave rise to presentations on the situation and perspectives of the sector in the main Chinese wine regions.

On this occasion, the Director General of the OIV summarised the major trends in global vitiviniculture, highlighting the main issues for the sector in the years ahead and the role of the OIV in this context.

China affirmed its ambitions to be a major player in the sector. With the second largest vineyard surface area for the last 2 years with 830,000 hectares (table grapes and wine grapes), after Spain and before France, China is the eighth biggest wine-producing country globally with 11 million hectolitres in 2015. After two years of stagnation, consumption recorded a recovery in 2015 and China is fifth in the world in terms of consumption.

Jean-Marie Aurand extended his visit to have various meetings with the Chinese authorities and representatives of the China Alcoholic Drinks Association, in order to strengthen ties between China and the OIV with a view to future accession.

The 2016 event was a vintage year in terms of the quality of the competing works.

27 countries were represented during registrations: a record since the OIV Awards were created.

Furthermore, as an exceptional measure, the OIV Grand Prix award went to both Pierre Galet as well as Jancis Robinson for their contribution to the dissemination of knowledge of the wine sector and in acknowledgement of their internationally recognised work.

The 2016 OIV Grand Prix

To Pierre Galet for all of his work and the book representing his career as an author:

Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages et de leurs synonymes

Author: Pierre Galet
Publisher: Libre & Solidaire
Country: France
Language: French
1200 pages
Format: 21 x 24 cm

To Jancis Robinson for all of her work and the book representing her career as an author:

The Oxford Companion to Wine

Author: Jancis Robinson assisted by Julia Harding
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
908 pages
Format: 27.6 x 21.9 cm

The 2016 OIV Awards

Category 1: Viticulture

Vitigni Italiani. Loro caratterizzazione e valorizzazione - Italian wine grape varieties. Their viticultural characterization

Authors and coordinators of the group of 50 authors:
Luigi Bavaresco and Massimo Gardiman
Publisher: Gianni Sartori Editore
Country: Italy
Languages: Italian and English
231 pages
Format: 21 x 30 cm

Category 2: Oenology

Química Enológica - métodos analíticos. Avanços recentes no controlo da qualidade dos vinhos e de outros produtos vitivinícolas

Scientific Director of the group of 31 authors: António Sérgio Curvelo-Garcia
Scientific Co-Director of the group of 31 authors: Paulo Barros
Publisher: Agrobook – editorial team: AGROTEC / Antonio Sergio Curvelo-Garcia and Paulo Barros
Country: Portugal
Language: Portuguese
823 pages
Format: 24 x 19 cm

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Technologie des Weines

Author: Jochen Hamatschek
Publisher: Verlag Eugen Ulmer
Country: Germany
Language: German
478 pages
Format: 17 x 23.5 cm

Category 3: Economy and Law

Appellation Napa Valley: Building and Protecting an American Treasure

Author: Richard Mendelson
Publisher: Val de Grace Books & Film, INC.
Country: United States
Language: English
261 pages
Format: 30.5 x 22.9 cm

Category 3: Law

はじめてのワイン法 (Hajimete-no-wain-ho)

Author: Kensuké Ebihara
Publisher: Kohyusha. co., Ltd.
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese + PDF
368 pages
Format: 12.7 x 18.8 cm

Category 4: Literature

Le vin snob

Author: Jacques Orhon
Publisher: Les Editions de l'HOMME
Country: Canada
Language: French
264 pages
Format: 15 x 23 cm

Category 4: History

Le pinard des Poilus. Une histoire du vin en France durant la grande Guerre (1914-1918)

Author: Christophe Lucand
Publisher: EUD - Editions Universitaires de Dijon
Country: France
Language: French
170 pages
Format: 15 x 23 cm

Category 6: Discovering and Presenting Wines

Atlas de la vigne et du vin - Un nouveau défi de la mondialisation

Coordinator of the group of authors: François Legouy and Sylvaine Boulanger
Publisher: Armand Colin
Country: France
Language: French
176 pages
Format: 21 X 29.7 cm

Category 7: Wines and Territories

Vins insolites - Unusual wines - Vinos insolitos - Vini insoliti

Author: Pierrick Bourgault
Publisher: Editions JonGlez
Country: France
Language: Published in French, Italian, Spanish and English
256 pages
Format: 17.5 x 28.4 cm

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The Wines of India - A Concise Guide

Author: Peter Csizmadia-Honigh
Publisher: The Press Publishing Ltd
Country: India
Language: English
452 pages
Format: 18.9 x 24.6 cm

Category 9: Monographs

VINOGRADARSKI ATLAS

Authors: Dragoslav Ivanišević, Darko Jakšić and Nada Korać
Publisher: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia
Country: Serbia
Language: Serbian
413 pages
Format: 21 X 29.5 cm

Category 10: Symposia proceedings

Droit du vin et santé publique - Wine law and public health

Director of the group of authors: Théodore Georgopoulos
Publisher: Les Éditions Mare & Martin
Country: France
Language: French and English
277 pages
Format: 21 x 15 cm

The 2016 OIV Special Mentions

Category 1: Viticulture

Traité de la vigne

Coordinator of the group of eight authors: Alain Carbonneau
Publisher: Editions Dunod
Country: France
Language: French
592 pages
Format: 17 x 24 cm

Category 2: Oenology

Brettanomyces et phénols volatils - Outils pratiques pour prévenir et limiter les altérations dans les vins

Author: Vincent Renouf
Publisher: Lavoisier
Country: France
Language: French
264 pages
Format: 15 x 24 cm

Category 3: Economy

Successful social media and ecommerce strategies in the wine industry

Authors: Gergely Szolnoki, Liz Thach and Dani Kolb
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Country: United States
Language: English
146 pages
Format: 14 x 22 cm

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Entreprendre dans le vin

Author: Martin Cubertafond
Publisher: Editions Eyrolles
Country: France
Language: French
290 pages
Format: 17 x 24 cm

Category 4: History

La vid y el vino en España. Edades antigua y media

Author: Juan Piqueras Haba
Publisher: PUV (Publicacions Universitat Valencia)
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
466 pages
Format: 17 x 24 cm

Category 6: Discovering and Presenting Wines

Wine behind the label - 9^th edition

Authors: David Moore and Neville Blech
Publisher: Wine Behind The Label
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
936 pages
Format: 28 x 21.6 cm

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La fée de la vigne

Author of the texts: Christian Fellmann
Watercolour Illustrator: Marianne Schneeberger-Baehler
Publisher: Association Aquarelle à la carte
Country: Switzerland
Language: French
50 pages
Format: 25 x 21 cm

Category 7: Wines and Territories

Skalické búdy - príbehy o vinohradníkoch a víne

Author: Pavol Dinka
Publisher: Vydavateľstvo Spolku slovenských spisovateľov Bratislava
Country: Slovakia
Language: Slovak
567 pages
Format: 31 x 28 cm

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Hungarian Wine: a Tasting Trip to the New Old World

Author: Robert Smyth
Publisher: Blueguides
Country: Hungary
Language: English
351 pages
Format: 14.8 x 21 cm

Category 8: Wines and Gastronomy

Božská Réva - Kniha plná vína

Author: Barbara Myšičková
Publisher: Divinemenu
Country: Czech Republic
Language: Czech
370 pages
Format: 23 x 23 cm

Category 9: Monographs

Oltenia mica Românie viticolă

Authors: Aurel Popa, Nicolae Giugea and Traian Cătălin Genoiu
Publisher: AIUS
Country: Romania
Language: Romanian
343 pages
Format: 24.5 x 17.5 cm

Category 9: Monographs and Specialised Studies

Les outils de la vigne et du vin - Voyage à travers l'histoire du vin et de ses métiers

Author: Stéphane Bernoud
Publisher: Dunod
Country: France
Language: French
252 pages
Format: 24 x 32 cm

Category 10: Encyclopaedias

Manuel de sommellerie professionnelle

Authors: Pascal Patron, Kathleen McNeil and Jean-Luc Jault
Publisher: Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec
Country: Canada
Language: French
754 pages
Format: 21.2 X 27.5 cm

The Professor dedicated his professional life to oenology.

He served as Director of the Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences (ISVV) in Bordeaux (France). He was also the author of over 200 national and international works, publications and communications of a scientific and technical nature, and co-produced a Traité d'œnologie (Handbook of Enology), published by Dunod – which is a major reference today.

Professor Dubourdieu was considered one of the top experts in winemaking and the maturing of white wines, and he will remain one of the greatest specialists in the science of wine and winemaking in the world.

His passing is a great loss for the global vitivinicultural sector.

The OIV pays tribute to the memory of this great oenologist and would like to extend its deepest sympathies to his family and friends.

On 24 September 1716, the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo de' Medici issued an edict legally defining the boundaries of the Chianti region for the first time. In Tuscany, 3 centuries later, over 150 specialists in wine law from 5 continents participated in the 34th international conference of the International Wine Law Association (AIDV) on the theme of 'Legal tools for the protection of local wineries in a global market'.

From the opening of these two days of discussions and debates, the Director General of the OIV recalled the figures indicative of the globalisation of the wine world, in which over 2 bottles of wine out of 5 have crossed a border before being consumed – which equates to more than 100 million hectolitres out of 270 million hectolitres of products in the world. Jean-Marie Aurand praised the activity and network of the AIDV in 30 or so countries, which provides a major intellectual contribution to the work of the OIV through its observer status. Among the participants in the Conference, Mr Aurand expressed his appreciation to three law professors, the winners of 3 OIV Awards in 2016: Richard Mendelson, Kensuké Ebihara and Théodore Georgopoulos.

Various sessions dealt with the 'big regional agreements' and their impact on the wine trade; restrictions on trade in the wine market; buying and selling wine businesses: unexpected barriers and hurdles; public and private dispute settlement in the wine sector; the funding, makeup and role of various producer groups; geographical indications and the 'average consumer'; or even hardly-known tools in the wine sector such as plant breeders' rights or the protection of oenological practices. During these sessions, the lawyers, magistrates, professors and professionals present repeatedly insisted on the specific characteristics linked to the territoriality of wine, which makes it possible to maintain, even develop the local approach in a globalised world.

From Vienna, Austria – where he was elected – to Siena, Italy – where he finished his term – the AIDV President and Dutch lawyer Rein-Jan Prins dynamised the AIDV, which, with almost 350 legal experts, is the largest forum for comparative studies and debates in the field of vitivinicultural law. The grand surroundings of the city of Siena and its University set the scene for very high-level debates, punctuated by the discovery of the gems of Tuscany thanks to tastings masterfully organised by the Enoteca Italiana, the Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico and the Consorzio Vernaccia di San Gimignano.

The AIDV President stressed the importance for legal experts in wine, whether they came from a thousand-year-old wine-producing country or a newer one, to confront the reality of territories formed through the economic activity of the wine trade. From the Ricasoli family's Castello di Brolio, a multi-century cradle of Chianti, to Cantina Antinori, a masterpiece of contemporary architecture, Rein-Jan Prins saluted these three centuries, which perfectly illustrate the theme of the AIDV Conference, or how a local, geographically-limited product has been able to forge an international reputation and global market.

Global economic vitiviniculture data

2016 World wine production estimated at 259 mhl, a fall of 5% compared with 2015

2016 Production among the lowest in 20 years, yet highly contrasting situations as a consequence of climatic events

• Italy (48.8 mhl) confirms its place as the leading world producer, followed by France (41.9 mhl) and Spain (37.8 mhl).
  
• After two poor harvests, Romania (4.8 mhl) returned to a good level of production.
  
• An even higher level of production was recorded in the United States (22.5 mhl).
  
• In South America, production plummeted in Argentina (8.8 mhl), Chile (10.1 mhl) and Brazil (1.4 mhl).
  
• Australian production (12.5 mhl) and New Zealand production (3.1 mhl) was on the rise.

Global wine production, excluding juice and musts, is likely to reach 259.5 million hectolitres – a decrease of 5% compared with 2015, it ranks among the three poorest years for production since 2000, according to the OIV's early estimates.

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2016 Global economic vitiviniculture data