Call 2025
APPEAL BY THE INTERNATIONAL WINE ACADEMY TO HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT PRESENT IN NEW YORK FOR THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY MARKING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UN
Ladies and Gentlemen, Heads of State and Government, How can we prevent and control noncommunicable diseases without denying the very foundations of our cultures, without erasing what gives life to our civilizations? That is the balance you will need to strike on September 25, at the 4th United Nations High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases and the Promotion of Mental Health and Well-Being. Wine lies at the heart of this question. Too often, it is reduced to a molecule of alcohol. Too hastily, it is accused of being a drug. But too rarely do we consider what it embodies. Hailing 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—and thereby overlooking 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.


