International Organisation of Vine and Wine

Bad weather means global wine production this year will remain near a 60-year low according to preliminary estimates, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) has said.

Vino Ljubljana is one of 12 major competitions in the world under the VINOFED - the World Federation of Major International Wine and Spirits competitions. At the 58.

Bulgaria will host in parallel the 40th World Congress of Vine and Wine and the 15th General Assembly of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) next year, the country's Agriculture Ministry has announced.

The decision was taken by a vote of OIV member states at a meeting of the organisation's Executive Committee in Paris on Saturday.

Romania's winemaker Cotnari SA has won a grand gold medal at the International Wine Championship in Quebec, Canada, for its Romanian Tamaioasa, Cotnari SA manager Constantin Deleanu said Monday.