Out of 28 officially selected films and a total of 15 hours of screening, the 2016 Oenovideo Grand Prix was awarded to the Canadian film "Au pif" from Pimiento inc., produced by Bachir Bensaddek y Orlando Arriagada. This is a documentary on the world of sommellerie seen through the eyes of the Québécoise sommelier Véronique Rivest.
In total, including the selections of the Grand Jury, the public and the partner judges, 14 films received awards. Consult the 2016 list of award winners.
Under the theme "Le printemps des vignes : le retour de la vie !" ("Springtime for vines: coming back to life!"), the 11thTerroir d'Images exhibition was held at the same time. Out of over 1500 works by amateur photographers and professionals from 12 competing countries, 110 photographs were officially selected.
The official award ceremony will take place on Wednesday 14 September 2016 at the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris. At this time, the best photographers of the Terroirs d'images exhibition will also be recognised and presented with awards.
A première in Hérault
Nestled between sea and scrubland at the edge of the Thau lake, Frontignan was the first town in Hérault to host Oenovideo, an itinerant festival since its beginnings. It was also an opportunity to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Muscat de Frontignan appellation. Between each screening, attendees were able to awaken their senses in the land of Muscat and engage in discussions with regional wine producers and film directors.
Over 100 exhibitors from 10 different countries presented more than 200 brands of vitivinicultural materials and equipment over 3 days in the heart of China's top wine region.
The Director General of the OIV participated in the opening in the presence of local authorities and Ms Valérie Lobry, the Director General of COMEXPOSIUM.
During his speech, he highlighted the role of this exhibition and the technical conferences held on this occasion in the dissemination of information on technological innovation and developments in the vitivinicultural sector. Jean-Marie Aurand also recalled the historic relationship between the OIV and the Yantai-Penglai Region.
The Yantai Region constitutes the cradle of Chinese vitivinicultural production. It was indeed in Yantai that the company Changyu founded modern Chinese viticulture in 1892. The company is now one of the two major leaders in the sector, alongside COFCO.
With nearly 3.5 million hl of wine per year, the Yantai Region accounts for more than a third of Chinese production. It comprises 156 vitivinicultural companies, 35 of which are among the biggest in China.
In 1987, Yantai was recognised as an "International City of Vine and Wine" by the OIV and the municipality has observer status within the Organisation.
During a meeting with the Director of the Yantai Wine Bureau, Mr Jia Yu Zhang, the Director General of the OIV expressed his desire for the region's experts to be able to participate in the work of the OIV. He also stressed the importance of closer cooperation between the People's Republic of China and the OIV in future.
In addition, Jean-Marie Aurand took part in the 21st Gourmand Awards on 28 May in Yantai, at the invitation of its President Edouard Cointreau. This event aims to promote gastronomy and wine through various works and televised programmes.
Finally, the visit to several domains confirmed the dynamism of this region, which continues to plant vineyards and build wineries.
This culminates an important process in developing food standards for food additives that began about three years ago.
FSSAI has also finalized a list of food additives with respect to alcoholic beverages in alignment with International Organization for Vine and Wine (OIV) Standards. With this FSSAI has achieved a major landmark in setting of the standards for various foods in the country.
Jean-Marie Aurand, the OIV Director General, who met last March in Delhi the chairman of FSSAI, Mr Ashish Bahuguna expressed his satisfaction to see that India, who joined the OIV in 2011, will be in line with the international standards established by the OIV. He also mentioned that he is convinced that the fruitful exchanges he had with different national Authorities and professional in India allowed this alignment and will allow a better understanding and involvement of India in OIV activities.
Placed under the patronage of the OIV, this event was put on within the framework of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), of which Russia assumed the chairmanship in 2016.
It gathered together around 150 actors in the vitivinicultural sector and wine producers – with distributors, oenologists and sommeliers from 10 or so countries.
During a conference organised on the theme of prospects for cooperation (both technical and economic) in the vitivinicultural sector all around the Black Sea region, the Director General of the OIV, Jean-Marie Aurand, gave a presentation of the major trends in vitiviniculture on a global scale – with a particular focus on the main developments in consumption and its recent evolutions.
A presentation of wines organised as part of the forum brought together around 60 companies.
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 - 9th 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
