Latest articles
A new plan and a new brand to rescue France
16 May 2006 by JR
Next month the EU is expected to announce a dramatically revised package of measures designed to achieve profound reform of the troubled wine sector which is currently on track to produce a 15 per cent surplus within five years. These are some of the expected proposals: blending of EU and non EU wine to be allowed full-scale adoption of New World winemaking techniques simpler labelling for wines without geographical designations “to improve the flexibility for EU producers to compete with New World wine” chaptalisation with sugar to be banned; only grape must to be allowed...

Sorry, this page is available only to current Purple Pages members. If you're not a member, why not join today and meet a lively community of fellow wine enthusiasts?

If you are already a Purple Pager, please log in.

Contact us | Team Jancis | Site FAQs | Join now | Terms and Conditions | Privacy policy | Site map | RSS
© Copyright 2000-2012 Jancis Robinson