On July 17 in Geneva the International OIV Jury awarded 11 Prizes and 9 Special Mentions among 51 works in competition and 15 countries who were represented: one superb OIV Awards vintage 2019!

OIV Award:

Viticulture

Vine Roots / Wingerdwortels
Eben Archer, Dawid Saayman
Publication IGWS – Institute for Grape & Wine Sciences
(EN + Afrikaans, Free Web access)

Special Mention

Handbook for Irrigation of Wine Grapes in South Africa
Philip Albertus Myburgh
Publication IGWS – Institute for Grape & Wine Sciences
(Free Web access)

Viticulture and Enology

Winorośl I Wino. Wiedza i praktyka (część 1 i 2)
Roman Myśliwiec, Ewa Wawro, Wojciech Bosak
Edition Fundacja Galicja Vitis

Enology

Red Wine Technology
Antonio Morata, coordinateur / coordinator
Edition Elsevier Inc.

Economy

The Palgrave Handbook of Wine Industry Economics
Adeline Alonso Ugaglia, Jean-Marie Cardebat, Alessandro Corsi, coordinators
Edition Palgrave Macmillan

Special Mention

Coffee and Wine: Two Worlds Compared
Morten Scholer
Edition Troubador Publishing Ltd

History

Les petits vignobles. Des territoires en question (Moyen Âge-XXIe s.)
Stéphane Le Bras, director of the collective work
Publication Presses Universitaires de Rennes and Presses Universitaires François Rabelais

Special Mention

Hunter Wine : A history (1828 – 1983)
Julie McIntyre, John Germov
Edition NewSouth Books (University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney)

Literature

Special Mention

Sommelier à mots choisis
Philippe Bourguignon
With the contribution of Jean Serroy
Edition “Editions Glénat”

Fine Arts – Photography

Special Mention

Giacomo Tachis – Mescolavin
Bruno Bruchi, photographer
Andrea Cappelli, author
Edition Carlo Cambi Editore with the collaboration of Edizioni Effigi with Fondazione ChiantiBanca

Discovering and Presenting Wines

Languedoc Roussillon södra frankrikes viner
Britt Karlsson, Bengt Rydén, Per Karlsson
Edition Carlsson Bokförlag

Special Mention

Skin Contact – Voyage aux origines du vin nu
Alice Feiring
(translated by Sophie Brissaud : « For the love of Wine »)
Edition “Editions Nouriturfu”

Wines and Territories

Italiensk Vin
Thomas Ilkjær, Paolo Lolli, Arne Ronold, Ole Udsen
Edition Forlagswset

Special Mention

Vignes et Vins, paysages et civilisations millénaires
Raphaël Schirmer
Edition “Editions Glénat”

Monographs and Specialised Studies

Roche et vin. À la découverte des vignobles suisses
Stein und Wein. Entdeckungsreisen durch die Schweizerischen Rebbaugebiete
Editor-in-chief Rainer Kündig
With Jean-Claude Hofstetter, Christoph Meyer, Thomas Mumenthaler
Edition (FR + DE) AS Verlag

Special Mention

La Noblesse du Tonneau
Roland Bugada, Gilles Bousquet, Frédéric Gillet, André Valognes
Edition Editions de L’Escargot Savant

Atlas – Ampelography

Atlante dei vitigni tradizionali di Puglia
Pierfederico La Notte, Francesco Civita, Stefano Raimondi, Anna Schneider
Edition CRSFA – Centro di Ricerca, Sperimentazione e Formazione in Agricoltura
« Basile Caramia »

Special Mention

The Cretan Grapes
Κρητική Αμπελογραφία
Maritina Stavrakaki – Μαρlτlνα Σταυρακακη
Manolis N. Stavrakakis – Μανολησ Ν. Σταυρακακησ
Edition (GR + EN) TROPI

Sustainable Vitiviniculture

OIV Award – EX ÆQUO

Terroir – Wetter, Klima, Boden
Dieter Hoppmann, Klaus Schaller, Manfred Stoll
Edition Eugen Ulmer Verlag

El sector vitivinícola frente al desafío del cambio climático. Estrategias públicas y privadas de mitigación y adaptación en el mediterráneo
Raúl Compés López, Vicente Sotés Ruiz, coordinators
Edition Cajamar Caja Rural