> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://bevnews.net/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# OIV Director General Pau Roca, 65, Dies
- URL: https://bevnews.net/oiv-director-general-pau-roca-65-dies/
- Published: 2023-12-08T02:46:06.000Z
- Updated: 2023-12-08T02:46:06.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker

Pau Roca, the head of the **International Organization of Vine & Wine** since 2018, died in Dijon after a long illness. He was 65\. 

Since 1992, he hab 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.

His career began with scientific research in oceanography, but he had specific and in-depth knowledge of the global wine sector and expertise acquired at the head of FEV, the Spanish Wine Federation which he headed for more than 20 years.