Research Institute

Training facilities, cooperatives, committees, authorities, research institutes, institutions, organisations, universities, associations and societies that perform advisory, research, organising, controlling, certifying, publicising or training tasks in connection with viticulture. Many of these are internationally active; the most important are (purpose and main tasks in brackets, country of headquarters on the right):

AAWE to AWRI

• AAWE (American Association of Wine Economists) - USA
• Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil (viticultural institute) - Switzerland
• American Wine Society (consumer wine organisation) - USA
• Anivin de France (trade organisation) - France
• AREV (Assemblée des Régions Européennes Viticoles) - France
• Association de la Sommellerie Internationale - France
• AWRI (Australian Wine Research Institute) - Australia

BATF to CSIRO

• BATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) - USA
• Bio Austria (umbrella organisation of organic associations) - Austria
• Biodiversity & Wine Initiative - see under Sustainable Wine South Africa
• BKI (Federal Winery Inspectorate) - Austria
• BÖLW (umbrella organisation of organic associations) - Germany
• Brock University (Department of Oenology) - Canada
• BIVB - Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne - France
• Changins (Institute of Viticulture) - Switzerland
• Charles Sturt University (Institute of Viticulture and Oenology) - Australia
• Cité du Vin (wine museum and leisure park) - France
• CIVC (Champagne Winegrowers' Interest Group) - France
• Conegliano (viticultural institute) - Italy
• Cornell University (viticultural research) - USA
• CPVO (International Plant Variety Office) - France
• CSIRO (scientific and industrial research) - Australia

German Wine Academy to Free Winegrowers South Tyrol

• German Wine Academy (training, research, information) - Germany
• DLG (German Agricultural Society) - Germany
• Domaine de Vassal (grape variety collection) - France
• DWF (German Wine Fund) - Germany
• DWI (German Wine Institute) - Germany
• DWV...