The "Association Internationale des Juristes du Droit de la Vigne et du Vin" (AIDV), otherwise known as the "International Wine Law Association" (IWLA) was founded in 1985, by European and American lawyers, with the aim of creating a forum for studies and debates on legal questions affecting the wine community and wine trade throughout the world. Today, AIDV-IWLA has more than 300 members, both individual and institutional, from 30 countries, on the five continents. Through its work, AIDV-IWLA aims to educate regulators and trade bodies on wine law in other countries, and thus to contribute to its evolution towards international harmonization.