Museums Association of Spain Wine (hear) Enosofía awarded the prize to the person, institution or group of individuals whose creative work or research in the world of viticulture or viniculture, constitutes a significant contribution to the cultural heritage of wine. This year, and during the 20 Simposio AMV "THE VINEYARD OF THE IMPOSSIBLE. LANZAROTE, Volcano inheritance” The Spanish Association of Writers and Wine Journalists has been the award -winning with this distinction.
AEPEV is an organization formed by journalists, communicators, Wine editors and writers to whom the passion for wine joins, the vine and the wine industry to which they dedicate a part of their time, either as the main or partial professional occupation from the exercise of journalism, Criticism, The technical or descriptive writing in any of the multiple facets offered by the wine world.
The founding act of AEPEV dates from 19 April 2006, and collect as main purposes:
- The generic defense of wine as a healthy drink and the image of the sector in the media and before public opinion in general.
- Maximum respect and dedication to a product: The wine
In 2017, AEPEV constituted the award "Wine is culture"· That he intends to recognize the work of dissemination of wine through culture.
In 2020, The wine tourism committee formed by journalists is launched, communicators, writers, In short, Professionals committed to information and communication. 93 Fijev journalists (International federation of journalists and writer of wine)s and spirits” 169 AEPEV members 93 bloggers that publish/broadcast or retransmit in more than 154 media that have written more than 28 books in the last period and more than 230 From the AEPEV Constitution, It is estimated that the opinion generated by the associates regarding the specialized communication of wine can represent some more of the 48 % of the total informed.
Among the multiple projects that AEPV has allow me to highlight two;
The nomination of wine as "national drink"
The application to UNESCO, For the declaration of World Heritage to: "The historical and cultural heritage generated by the vineyard and wine"
That AEPEV incorporates in its corporate image the phrase wine is culture in defense of the importance that wine has represented throughout history, It allows us to applaud parallelism between the award we granted from the AMV and the prize awarded by the AEPEV "Wine is culture", that recognizes every year the best projects that relate came to culture. AMbos awards were created with the objective of making known the relationship between wine and culture, They have always gone hand in hand.
The association (Aepev), It also actively participates in congresses, Conferences, Cultural manifestations related to wine
For society, AEPEV is the central link of a chain that joins wine with the consumer, It is the voice of the sector to get the information to consumers who represent this market, es, In short, The speaker needed to move high and clear, The necessary information to enjoy wine.
That is why the AMVE considers that the two basic pillars of the award come together in AEPEV Enosofía, both the raison d'être of our association; conservation safeguarding, and dissemination of wine culture in all its manifestations, as the fulfillment of the prize bases Enosofía; by assuming a significant contribution to the cultural heritage of wine. Collect the President D Prize. José Luis Murcia, DELIVERY BEATRIZ HERNANDO PRESIDENT OF AMVE.