India joins the OIV

India will become the first eastern Asian nation to join the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).

Speaking in Verona, OIV director general Federico Castellucci confirmed that the OIV was ‘looking forward to welcoming India as a full member in a few months.’

Arora told decanter.com that ‘once India becomes a member, it will have access to the governmental bodies of 43 nations as well as resource material from OIV.’

The OIV is intergovernmental advisory body for the international wine industry.

India currently has no laws or structure concerning grape growing and wine production.

Membership will be decided upon within six months, possibly as early as the OIV’s annual plenary session to be held this June in Georgia.

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Written by David Furer

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David Furer is a Californian wine writer, educator, consultant and speaker, who has worked for over 20 years in the wine trade. He has appeared in publications such as Decanter, Wine Business Monthly in the US and SommelierS Int’l in France. He formerly served on the Circle of Wine Writers’ executive committee and is a sommelier with accreditation from the Court of Master Sommeliers. In his book, Wine Places, he collaborates with photographer Charles O’Rear to capture some of the world’s vineyards, wineries and winemakers.