Wine-growing institutions

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 (German Winegrowers' Association) - Germany
• ECOCERT (international organisation for organic certification) - Switzerland
• ECOVIN - German and also the world's largest organic winegrowers' association
• EVENA (Research Institute of Viticulture and Oenology) - Spain
• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) - Italy
• FIJEV (Fed. Intern. des Journ. et Ecrivains des Vins et Spiritueux) - France
• Fondazione Edmund Mach - Italy
• Foundation Plant Services (Plant Material Breeding) - California
• Freiburg (Institute of Viticulture) - Germany
• Free Winegrowers South Tyrol - South Tyrol/Italy

Geilweilerhof to Great Wine

• Geilweilerhof (Viticultural Institute) - Germany
• Geisenheim (Viticultural Institute) - Germany
• Generation Riesling (Young Winemakers' Association) - Germany
• Society for the History of Wine - Germany
• Great Wine Capitals Global Network - (Association of Winegrowing Cities) - international

ICEA to IWCA

• ICEA (international organisation for organic certification) - Italy
• IFV (Institut Français de la Vigne et du Vin) - France
• IGGP (grapevine research with a focus on the genome) - international
• INAO (Institut National des Appellations d'Origine) - France
• INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) - France
• INRAE (Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement) - France
• International Wine Institute (specialised school for sommeliers) - Germany
• International Wine Investment Fund - Australia
• ISO standards (International Organisation for Standardisation) - international
• Istituto Agrario di San Michele all'Adige - see under Fondazione Edmund Mach
• ISVV (Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin) - France
• IVDP (Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto) - Portugal
• IWCA (International Wineries for Climate Action) - international

Julius Kühn Institute until ÖWM

• Julius Kühn Institute (Research Institute for Cultivated Plants) - Germany
• Klosterneuburger Weinbauinstitut - Austria
• KWV (Kooperatiewe Wijnbowers Vereniging van Zuid Afrika) - South Africa
• Agricultural and Forestry Colleges (LFS) - Austria
• Lincoln University (viticultural studies) - New Zealand
• Magarach (viticultural institute) - Ukraine
• Masters of Wine (training institute) - England
• Merbein (viticultural institute) - Australia
• Montpellier (University) - France
• MUNDUSvini (International Wine Academy) - Germany
• myclimate - international
• OIV (Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin) - France
• ONIVINS (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins) - France
• ÖWM (Wine Marketing) - Austria

PFV to UPOV

• PFV (Primum Familiae Vini) - international
• SGS (international organisation for organic certification) - Switzerland
• SWC (marketing organisation) - Switzerland
• Silberberg (Wine Institute) - Austria
• Slow Food (organisation for enjoyable, conscious, regional food) - Italy
• Sustainable Wine South Africa (winegrowing umbrella organisation)
• Systembolaget - state alcohol monopoly - Sweden
• Terra Vitis (certification for winegrowers and grape growers) - France
• Traditionsweingüter Österreich - Austria
• TTB (Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau) - USA
• UGCB (Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux) - France
• Unione Italiana Vini (UIV) - France
• University of California at Davis (viticultural research) - California
• UPOV (Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants) - France

VDP to WSET

• VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter) - Germany
• Virginia Tech (viticultural research) - USA
• Wädenswil (viticultural institute) - Switzerland
• Wine Academy Austria (training institute) - Austria
• Weincampus Neustadt - Germany
• wein.plus (Internet platform on the subject of wine) - Germany
• wein.plus solutions (organisation and management of wine events) - Germany
• Weinsberg (Wine Institute) - Germany
• WIETA (organisation for social improvements in the wine industry) - South Africa
• Wine and Spirit Board (state quality control body) - South Africa
• Worldwide Sommelier Association - Italy
• WoSA (Wines of South Africa) - see under Sustainable Wine South Africa
• Wine Society (association of exclusive wine connoisseurs) - England
• WSET (training institute) - England

Further information

See also under largest wine companies in the world, winegrowing education and wine events.