IWTO is a non-profit association which was legally recognised in the United States of America in 2001 by the American IWF union--the International Wine Federation, created in Sacramento, California in 1964, and the French [International Organisation of Wine Tasters], created in Saintes, Charente in 1961.
The company and statutory aim is to gather together a world class level of all wine tasters and sommeliers to promote wine culture and oeno-gastronomy through conferences, competitions, and meetings, mainly to organise professional training courses at a basic level but also for professionals. Currently, IWTO operates in 29 countries and on all continents.
Every 4 years, IWTO organises a world competition for sommeliers and professional tasters, picking up again the formula which was broken off in 2000 by the IWF -International Wine Federation-which provided for preliminary selection on a national and continental level.
Shanghai - Convocation of the General Assembly of National Member Representatives
23 February 2012
The I.W.T.O. Chairman, according to the Statutes, convenes the General Assembly of National Member Representatives on 29 May, 2012, at 11:00am at the Hilton Hotel,...
Identikit of wine consumers in times of recession
20 January 2012
Dining out: "consumers were fed up with wines that were all body and alcohol. The kind of wine, to put the record straight, that four people at...
