Some wine regions and even individual wine producers are incredibly keen, sometimes excessively so, to protect their names and brands. Champagne is the undisputed world champion in this sport. The most recent discussion in this
We have heard it before. The established wine regions want to protect their brands. And therefore they are afraid of new players. This time it is the Burgundy producers that are afraid that wines without
The EU will not abolish planting rights as agreed, but only relax it a bit It seems that the EU countries have agreed to a change in the planting rights system in the current round
France (and some other major European wine countries) is fighting tooth and nail to maintain planting rights in Europe. And even though they have managed to obtain an extension they are far from satisfied. The
How provincial protectionism makes it more difficult to sell French wines Vin de France, that is the new name for “vin de table” (wine without a specific appellation, AOP, or IGP), can now have the
Quite some time back I wrote a guest article on the blog Les 5 du Vin on planting rights. They have moved the blog to a new platform and the article seems to have disappeared.
“Planting rights” is an archaic system that limits the rights to plant new vines and protects the incumbent wine producers from competition. In this article Per Karlsson explains why it is bad for wine consumers
“Planting Rights” is an archaic system by which winegrowers are not allowed to plant new vines (extend their vineyards) unless they have “planting rights”. Without these “rights” nothing can be planted. It has been in
“Planting Rights” is an archaic system by which winegrowers are not allowed to plant new vines (extend their vineyards) unless they have “planting rights”. Without these “rights” nothing can be planted. It has been in
A few years back all EU countries agreed to a reform of the agricultural policies concerning the wine sector. One element was to abolish the existing system with planting rights, that decrees that a grower
A few years ago the EU countries agreed a big reform of the wine production sector. A big part of this was the abolishment in time of the “planting rights” system. (It was also suggested
AREV (l’Assemblée des Régions Européennes Viticoles https://www.arev.org/) is some kind of collaboration organisation between some European wine regions. In their latest press release they underline the importance of fighting the EU reform that will abolish
Some wine regions and even individual wine producers are incredibly keen, sometimes excessively so, to protect their names and brands. Champagne is the undisputed world
We have heard it before. The established wine regions want to protect their brands. And therefore they are afraid of new players. This time it
The EU will not abolish planting rights as agreed, but only relax it a bit It seems that the EU countries have agreed to a
France (and some other major European wine countries) is fighting tooth and nail to maintain planting rights in Europe. And even though they have managed
How provincial protectionism makes it more difficult to sell French wines Vin de France, that is the new name for “vin de table” (wine without
Quite some time back I wrote a guest article on the blog Les 5 du Vin on planting rights. They have moved the blog to
“Planting rights” is an archaic system that limits the rights to plant new vines and protects the incumbent wine producers from competition. In this article
“Planting Rights” is an archaic system by which winegrowers are not allowed to plant new vines (extend their vineyards) unless they have “planting rights”. Without
“Planting Rights” is an archaic system by which winegrowers are not allowed to plant new vines (extend their vineyards) unless they have “planting rights”. Without
A few years back all EU countries agreed to a reform of the agricultural policies concerning the wine sector. One element was to abolish the
A few years ago the EU countries agreed a big reform of the wine production sector. A big part of this was the abolishment in
AREV (l’Assemblée des Régions Européennes Viticoles https://www.arev.org/) is some kind of collaboration organisation between some European wine regions. In their latest press release they underline
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