Appeal 2025
APPEAL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL WINE ACADEMY TO HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT PRESENT IN NEW YORK FOR THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY MARKING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UN
Ladies and Gentlemen, Heads of State and Government, How can we prevent and control non-communicable diseases without denying the foundations of our cultures, without erasing what makes our civilisations thrive? This is the balance you will need to strike on 25 September, at the 4th United Nations High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-being. Wine is at the heart of this question. Too often, it is reduced to a molecule of alcohol. Too simplistically, it is accused of being a drug. But too rarely do we think about what it embodies. Coming from twenty different countries, the members of the International Wine Academy wish to warn you against the danger of reducing wine to a health risk, thereby forgetting its cultural, social and human dimensions. Here is what is at stake…
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Founded in 1971 by a number of like-minded wine leaders from different countries, the Académie Internationale du Vin’s initial aim was to define a code of good practice for the production of Noble Origin Wine.
Even today, the Académie Internationale du Vin’s primary aim is to be a collective, collegial and responsible think-tank, generating ideas to help winegrowing, wine production and wine promotion evolve towards the highest possible quality standards.
