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EU wine industry aid, Ireland’s health labels, German exports grow, China’s white-wine boom
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Saturday 29 March 2025
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Ontario strike intensifies, hail hits Bordeaux, California fires, EU vine-pulls, spirits sales strong
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Saturday 13 July 2024
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The recently founded Italian equivalent of the French Vignerons Indépendants association, the Federazione Vignaioli Indipendenti, has sent a round robin...
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A word of warning, this article contains no reference to fresh acidity, fine-grained tannins or irresistible aromas but it's quite...
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Yesterday legislation came into force that regulates aspects of trade in wine between the European Union and Australia. Most significantly...
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In Europe, the enforced shrinkage of EU vineyards summarised in Dec 2007 in EU reform – as good as it...
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14 Feb 2010 - see here for the outcome of the vote. We Europeans often feel we have very little...
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20 Feb 2011 – French customs and excise have abandoned the regulation that bottles destined for export must have a...
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Do we care that the EU is reported to be set to allow pink wine to be made by simply...
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19 May 2012 The temporary exemptions with regard to allergen labelling for wine in the EU that were due to...
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From August 2009, wines previously labelled AOC or DO (etc) could be labelled PDO and those previously labelled VdP or...
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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...
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The EU wine reform, officially summarised here, was, inevitably, a compromise. The original proposals (downloadable here) put forward by EU...
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Today, after several months of passionate debate within and among the member states, agreement has been reached on wine reforms...
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Recent news items have suggested that the EU wine reform is on the verge of collapse in the wake of...
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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...
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You may remember that the full announcement of the proposals for dramatic reforms of European wine production was promised by...
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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...
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