Ukrsadvinprom association promotes Ukrainian wine on foreign markets

Last year thanks to the efforts of the association Ukrsadvindindprom and some Ukrainian wine producers, Ukraine after a 14-year break regained its membership in the International Organization of Vine and Wine (IOVW, International Organization of Vine and Wine). On the 9-10th of March 2023 in France the General Assembly of IOVW took place, in which the representative from Ukraine, the head of the Public Association "The Association of Gardens, Winegrowers and Wine-makers of Ukraine" Volodymyr Pechko took part. International Organization of Winegrowing and Winemaking is an intergovernmental organization, established according to the Treaty of April 3rd, 2001. IOVW is successor of the Intergovernmental Organisation - International Bureau of Vine and Wine (BIVW), set up according to an agreement of eight countries (France, Spain, Tunisia, Portugal, Hungary, Luxembourg, Greece and Italy) in Paris on November 29, 1924.

The organization provides recommendations to the wine-growing and wine-making industries, which are adopted by the European Community, thus emphasizing the influence of the IOWAV on the regulation and trade processes (EU countries produce about 70% of the world's wine). The organization's main objectives are: - The health benefits and quality of wine; - protection of interests of the wine industry and creation of favorable market conditions; - harmonization of standards and compliance of analysis methods; - protection of geographical indications; - guarantee of purity and origin of products; - combating fraud and unfair competition. Currently, Ukrainian scientists, including representatives of the scientific center "Tairov Institute of Viticulture and Winemaking" actively work in the committees of the IOVV NAAS