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In Europe, the enforced shrinkage of EU vineyards summarised in Dec 2007 in EU reform - as good as it gets is already having an obvious effect, while the signs are that in the much freer... |
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14 Feb 2010 - see here for the outcome of the vote. We Europeans often feel we have very little say in EU decisions, but now apparently we have at least... |
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Ever wondered about those coloured-coded tops on the foils, or capsules, of French wines bought in France? Known officially as capsules représentatives des droits (CRD) or capsules-congés ,... |
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Do we care that the EU is reported to be set to allow pink wine to be made by simply blending red and white (see Rosé? Just mix red and white says EU )? Unlike many Provençal wine... |
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‘Please can you tell me what MILK is doing in my bottle of Co-Op Lime Tree Merlot?!’ This plea, from a visitor to the site, reminded me of the changes required by revised EU labelling... |
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From August 2009, wines previously labelled AOC or DO (etc) could be labelled PDO and those previously labelled VdP or IGT (etc) could be labelled PGI. The recent EU reform... |
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France’s new five - year plan to beef up its wine exports incorporates some very specific ambitions. The average amount of French wine exported each year in the 1990s was 13.6 million hl (a... |
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The EU wine reform, officially summarised here , was, inevitably, a compromise. The original proposals (downloadable here ) put forward by EU Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel were intended to... |
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Today, after several months of passionate debate within and among the member states, agreement has been reached on wine reforms within the EU. The original proposals for changes to what is known... |
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Recent news items have suggested that the EU wine reform is on the verge of collapse in the wake of very strong objections from the majority of member states – especially with regard to a... |
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Today’s the day that the EU Agriculture Committee debate the proposals put forward by Mariann Fischer-Boel at the beginning of this month as reported here . (It is notable, by the way,... |
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You may remember that the full announcement of the proposals for dramatic reforms of European wine production was promised by the EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer-Boel tomorrow.... |
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You may remember that Europe’s Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel promised to really get to grips with reforming Europe's wine headaches about a year ago (see... |
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Mariann Fischer Boel, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development made the following statement today, signalling her determination to sort out Europe’s wine surplus –... |
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As Europe’s wine surplus shows no signs of abating, the EU agreed measures yesterday for ‘crisis distillation’ of up to 1.5 million hl of AC wine (that’s equivalent to a... |
