Figures For Wset Diploma

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EU is establishing two basic designations for quality wine:

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PDO (protected designation of origin)
PGI (protected geographical indication)

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PDO vs PGI

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PDO = 100% grapes from region
PDI = 85% grapes from region

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PGI

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protected geographical indication
2009 EU designation
85% of grapes from specified

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PDO

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EU 2009 quality wine designations
protected designation of origin
PDO requires 100% of the grapes to be from the specified region

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New EU Vin de Table terms

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‘vin de table’ or ‘table wine’ eliminated and replaced by ‘vin’ or ‘wine’. Such non-specific wines will now be considered wines without geographical indication, and can indicate variety and vintage on their label, in an effort to compete better with New World wines.

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Traditional wine regions under new EU laws

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while the PDO and PGI denominations are compulsory, they may be omitted if a specific traditional term (ie AC, Qualitätswein, etc) is already in use. Thus certain existing quality wines will be protected and automatically registered as of 1 August and won’t be obliged to use PDO/PGI on their labels

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PDO and PDI equivalents

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PDO = DOC/AC
PDI = IGT/VdP

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Italian number of DOC and DOCGs

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38 DOCG
316 DOC
118 IGT

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DAC

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Austrian DAC equivalent

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Number of DACs

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Currently 5 DACs areas approved for different grapes (Austria)