For the past 80 years, the OIV Award Jury rewards the best books written in the field of vine and wine. These have to make a scientific contribution to the domain, they must be original, relevant and of international importance.
This year, the OIV Award Jury met on the 23rd of June, 2010, on the occasion of the XXXIII World Congress on Wine and Vine in Tbilisi, and chose the following works:
In the “VITICULTURE” category, tied for the first place, the OIV price goes to: · Tratado de Viticultura: a videira, a vinha e o "terroir" by Nuno Magalhães (Portugal) · L'uva da tavola coordinated by Renzo Angelini (Italy)
“OENOLOGY” category : · Le vin rosé under the supervision of Claude Flanzy, Gilles Masson, François Millo (France)
“HISTORY, LITERATURE AND ART” category: · Z dejín a súčasnosti tokajského vinohradníctva a vinárstva by Juraj Žadanský (Slovakia)
“MONOGRAPHS AND SPECIALISED SCIENTIFIC STUDIES” category: · Portugal Vitícola: O Grande Livro das Castas coordinated by Jorge Böhm (Portugal)
“MONOGRAPHS AND SPECIALISED PROMOTIONAL AND DESCRIPTIVE” category: · La Rioja, sus viñas y su vino coordinated by Juan Doménech García (Spain)
“WINES AND TERRITORIES” category: · La Vinificación en Jerez en el siglo XX: Antecedentes, interpretación y aportaciones 1955-85 by Justo F. Casas Lucas (Spain)
“DISCOVERING WINES” category: · A Taste of the World of Wine by Patrick Iland, Peter Gago, Andrew Caillard and Peter Dry (Australia)
Special mentions were made by the Jury: · Tratat de ştiinţă şi inginerie oenologică: Produse de elaborare şi maturare a vinurilor Treatise on the science and engineering of oenology: Products used for the development and growth of wines by Constantin Croitoru (Romania)
· История виноградарства и виноделия России A history of wine and vine in Russia coordinated by Lev Oganessiantz (Russia)
· Les vins du nouveau monde Vol. 1: Amérique du Sud (Argentine, Brésil, Chili, Uruguay) Vol. 2: Afrique du Sud, Australie, Nouvelle-Zélande by Jacques Orhon (Canada)
