Iter Vitis Awards

Your successes, your recognition

Discover the awards

2023

Awards ceremony October 27 -
Prefecture of the Occitanie region - Toulouse

Best Resilient Wine Tourism Destination: Frumushika Nova (Ukraine)

Best Public Institution promoting the value of vine and wine and cultural tourism development : Hellenic Ministry of Culture (Grece)
Most Innovative Wine Experience: Friendly Negev (Israel)
Best Sustainable Wine Tourism destination: Azores Region (Portugal)
Best University Research in Wine Tourism: Saint Joseph University (Lebanon)
Best Wine Museum: Cité des Climats et Vins de Bourgogne – Vine and Wine Interpretation Center in Beaune Chablis & Macon (France)
Best Technological Tool: Escape Rooms Giant Interactive Maps (Spain)

Safeguard of endemic and ancient grape varieties : CRB – Vigne -INRAE Centre des Ressources Biologique Vassal Montpellier (France)
Best Wine Tourism Communication Tool: Amorim Wine Vision (Italy)

Best Wine Tourism Event : Vinatlon (Croatia)

Best Authentic Wine and Food Experience: Ecoresort Butuceni (Moldova)

Best Wine Route: La Palma Canarias (Spain)

Best practice for the valorisation of the history of viticulture and winemaking: Paulsen Nursery – Agriculture Council of Sicily (Italy)

2022

Wine tourism, the age-old tradition of vines and wine, the landscape, respect for environmental sustainability, social and economic

Best Iter Vitis wine-growing municipality: Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Best sustainable destination Trebinje (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Best practice in the enhancement of historical and wine heritage the Tvrdos monastery -( Bosnia-Herzegovina
Best archaeological site: Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve ( Lebanon )
Best practice in archaeobotany-related wine and cultural tourism: Vignoble archaeological park
Barberini – Colosseum (Italy )
Best Wine Museum: Douro Museum (Portugal )
safeguarding endemic and ancient grape varieties Paolo Benvenuti Special Prize: the Vignobles du
South-West (France )
Best wine tourism event: Vinopera de Castel Mimi (Moldavia)
Best emerging wine tourism destination : Azerbaijan Tourism Board,
Best public institution supporting wine and cultural tourism. The Galicia Region (Spain)
Best university for its work in promoting wine tourism: Georgia Technical University,
Best wine experience: Wine Garden of England-Kent ( United Kingdom )
Best innovative wine tourism development tool: Winerist.com
Best wine tourism communication tool: Wine Meridian

2021

International awards on the theme of archaeological culture and wine history

Best practice in archaeobotanical tourism :: SHUMY WINERY (GEORGIA)
Best original wine tourism practice: CHATEAU VARTELY (MOLDAVIA)
Best cross-border wine tourism product: AZERBAIJAN TOURISM OFFICE (AZERBAIJAN)
Safeguarding ancient and indigenous grape varieties -Prix Paolo Benvenuti: GAL KROTON (CALABRE)

Innovative and creative enhancement of a cultural/archaeological site: LARNAKA TOURISM BOARD (CYPRUS)

Innovative and creative enhancement of an archaeological museum: ASSOCIATION MUSÉES MÉDITERRANÉE (FRANCE)

Best innovative practice in soft mobility cultural tourism: PARENZO MUNICIPALITY (CROATIA)

Best creative territorial development initiative: GAL TERRA DEI MESSAPI (POUILLES)

Best practice in innovative and creative use of research findings: Institut Universitaire
Research Fellow in Iberian Archaeology, University of Jaén (SPAIN)

Best promotional activity carried out by a destination that combines archaeology and oenology: MUNICIPALITÉ DE
MENFI and MUNICIPALITY OF SAMBUCA DI SICILIA (Italy)
Institutional best practice in tourism product development
cultural/archaeological/gastronomic and sustainable development: PALESTINIAN HERITAGE TRAIL
(PALESTINE) and SAN BELLINO MUNICIPALITY (VENETO)

2020

Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism development and promotion in Europe

The 3 2020 winners of the national selection are :

La circubalade terrasses du larzac :
solidarity & heritage preservation.

Planet explora; ecomobility & local secrets.

Nect’arts : PETR Uzege Pont Du Gard CREAVITIS ® special prize

European selection suspended due to Covid pandemic.

2019

The Jury of exception rewarded 9 candidates and chose to highlight the development dynamic of for sustainable Oeno-Cultural tourism

The 9 winners are :
Château La Tour Carnet – scientific center :

PETR Pays d’Armagnac – “Armagnac Confidentiel” travel diary

Inter Loire – Vignes Vins Randos en Val de Loire

Noilly Prat House

La Marque Rouge – Les Vendanges Graphiques in Condrieu

Domaine de la Citadelle – Private collection of Tire bouchons

Conques-Marcillac Tourist Office

2018

The selection highlighted the national winegrowing cultural landscape and its integration into the local winegrowing dynamic. wine tourism development

The 6 prizewinners are

Alsace Destination Tourisme – Slow Up concept – Gentle roaming

Conseil Départemental du Rhône – Musée de Saint Romain en Gal for Les Vinalia event

Domaine des Bérioles – Balade en Bérioles wine tourism center – Saint Pourçain vineyard.

Conseil Départemental de l’Hérault – Hérault Tourisme for the Œnotour – Discovery tours at the heart of the destination

Interprofession des vins de Bergerac et Duras – Wine tourism on the scale of the two appellations

The “Coup de Coeur” was awarded to the Fondation pour la culture et les civilisations du vin for the entire
action and realization of La Cité du Vin.