Find out more about the initiatives undertaken with European network partners:
Knowing, experimenting, anticipating to enhance the attractiveness of territories
The Iter Vitis 2025 sustainable development prize, awarded jointly with Tarragona’s Universitat Rovira i Virgili and the Pro-Pénedes Foundation, went to Beber para (NO) olvidar, directed and produced by Jennifer Castaneda Garcia.
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Iter Vitis Awards 2025
Best Wine Museum 2025 – Hameau Duboeuf
Best Wine Event 2025 -Fédération Française des Vins d’ Apéritif : L’apértif du patrimoine
The 2025 European Heritage Days will be marked by two events:
Recognition of the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay (a UNESCO site) as a cultural landmark joining the Iter Vitis cultural network, and the national “Apéritif du Patrimoine” operation led by the Maison des Vins et Spiritueux.
Exact date to be confirmed.
Representatives of tourism development agencies, museums and interpretation centers, wine trade associations, the federation of aperitif wines and spirits met in Nîmes on April 3 and 4, 2025. This General Meeting provided an opportunity to strengthen exchanges between the network’s players and pursue joint actions to promote European wine heritage and cultural itineraries.
In Pays d’Oc, a wine-growing region with a thousand-year-old heritage, a shared dynamic with IGP Pays D’OC and a commitment to passing on this heritage have enabled wineries with cultural characteristics linked to the “historic wine routes” Via Domitia and the Canal du Midi to be listed.
European Archaeology Days
Workshop REMCI VITIS,
the network of living vine and wine heritage
Collectivité Européenne d’Alsace
June 2, 2024
Animation Vanessa Ferey Museologist, Historian of science and technology Member ICOM, Associate researcher – Centre de recherche Cultures Arts Sociétés (CELAT), Université Laval, Canada
ITER VITIS plaque presentation
Maison Gascogne Armagnac
May 31, 2024
With the production of Armagnac listed as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in France in 2020, this site embodies both the excellence and tradition of Gascon viticulture and French spirits. Stakeholder commitment to the development of wine and spirit tourism and dedicated mediation reveals an active partner within the network
ITER VITIS plaque presentation
Elusa, ancient capital
La villa de Séviac
May 31, 2024
A major archaeological site from the Gallo-Roman era, Elusa, ancient capital, is a living witness to the thousand-year history of winegrowing in southwestern France.
Its integration into the Iter Vitis network offers a unique opportunity to highlight the intimate link between the Gers vineyards and ancient civilization.
MAY 30, 2024 – CROSSROADS OF EUROPEAN CULTURAL ROUTES – AUCH
SECRETARY GENERAL – MR JÉROME SOURISSEAU – PRESIDENT AGGLOMÉRATION GRAND COGNAC
APRIL 05, 2024 – CHANGE IN PRESIDENCY – MRS NATHALIE KALTENBACH, ALSACE COUNCILLOR, PRESIDENT OF ALSACE DESTINATION TOURISME
SECRETARY GENERAL – MR JÉROME SOURISSEAU – PRESIDENT AGGLOMÉRATION GRAND COGNAC
CONFERENCES 2024
April 3 to 4, 2024
University day organized by Université de Toulon
On the occasion of the ITER VITIS Meetings held in Strasbourg on June 3 and 4, 2024, an ITER VITIS delegation was received by Ambassador Pap Ndiaye, Permanent Representative of France to the Council of Europe. This institutional meeting strengthened the ties between the ITER VITIS network and the Council of Europe, reaffirming the importance of vine and wine cultural itineraries in promoting Europe’s cultural heritage.
CONFERENCES
January 16-17, 2024
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Hall 2.2
While the preservation and enhancement of winegrowing heritage are at the heart of the association’s missions, they cannot be dissociated from a sustainable economic development approach involving the promotion of cultural tourism accessible to all.
