When Jancis suggested I write a short piece about the onward march of IGP in France, after I had spent the best part of a day crawling over the INAO (Institut National de l'Origine et de la Qualité*) website, I thought it sounded a bit dull. Jancis agreed but countered that at least it might be useful. So apologies if you find this less than exciting and hoping you find it … useful.
I have written before about changes to EU labelling regulations and the patchy implementation of these changes in various wine regions in Europe (see links in those...
The inexorable advance of IGP
Tuesday 31 July 2012
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