Wset Advanced: Section 12 Wine Labelling Law In The Eu

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The New Legal Framework

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Uder the new legal framework, any EU wines falls into one or two legal categories, wine with or without GI-geographical indication. Wine with GI also can be :
* PDO - Protected Designation of Origin
* PGI - Protected Geographical Indication
Under the new law now any non EU GI wine can apply to be protectet as PDG or PGI wines.
Old EU clasifications
*QWPSR - Quality Wine Produced in a Specified Regions
*TW GI - Table Wine with Geographical Indication
*TW - Table Wine
are switched
QWPSR to PDO
All TW are devide into two grups:
With GI to PGI
Without GI to Wine

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PDO - Protected Designation od Origin

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Designation of Origin refers to name of specific place or region.
PDG wine must be in comply with regulations below:
- Its quality and characteristics are essentially due to particular environment, and its natural and human factors.
- Grape for its production comes 100% from this geographical area
- Its production take place in this geographical area
- Its obtained from vine varieties belonging to Vitis Vinifera.

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PGI - Protected Geographical Indication

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Geographical Identification refers to the region or specific place.
PGI wines must be in comply with this regulations:
- It possesses specific quality, reputation or other characteristic to that geographical oregin.
- 85% of grape comes from its geographical area
- Its production take place in this geographical area
- Vine variety belong to Vitis Vinifera or a cross between Vitis Vinifera and other Vitis speaces.

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Traditional Terms

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are defined as terms are used traditionally for wines are now qualify as PDO or PGI. There Are two groups of traditional terms:
- Terms used to designate a wine (AOC, DOCG, IGT)
- Terms used do describe: production, ageing method, quality, color (Reserva, Classico and Fino)
EU holds a register of all these traditional terms .

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Mandatory Labelling Requirements

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PDO and PGI wines must have these terms on the label in full in one EU aproved languages . This terms can be substitued with traditional term as long as been aproved by the EU.
Wine labbel must also idicated:
- Alcohol content
- Country of Origin
- Bottlerer
- Importer ( if need)
- Sugar content for sprakling wines

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Optional Labelling Requirements

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The most important change is that any wine may show the vintage and/or grape variety(ies) to the following conditions:
- 85% of grape must be from stated vintage
- if is labeled one grape variety, wine must be produced from minimum 85% of this variety.
- If is labeled two or more varieties, wine must be produced from 100% of these varieties.
- Wines that are bland from several EU countries can only be varietally labelled if all the authorities in the relevant countries can agree on the content of the wine.
Last one could leed to the creation of multiregional blends.