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It is with heavy hearts that we inform that OIV Director General Pau Roca passed away this December 7th in Dijon, France, after a long illness.
The International Organisation of Vine and Wine is deeply saddened to announce the death at the age of 65 of Pau Roca, who was elected to head the OIV for a five-year term at the 2018 OIV General Assembly in Uruguay.Since 1992, he has been a Spanish delegate to the OIV and was chairman of the “Consumer Law and Information” (DROCON) expert group between 2010 and 2016, as well as vice-chairman of the “Sustainable Development and Climate Change” expert group between 2016 and 2018. Continue reading