Foodlaw-Reading Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Food Law News - UK - 2024

DEFRA Consultation, 16 April 2024

WINE - DEFRA Consultation - Wine: third phase of reforms to assimilated EU law

Seeking views on the third phase of reforms to wine regulation. This follows previous reforms to labelling requirements, packaging flexibility and oenological practices.

This consultation is being held on another website which can be accessed from the consultation page: Wine Reforms Consultation. The consultation closes at 11:59am on 10 May 2024.

Consultation description

We want to know what you think about a plan to reform assimilated EU law. This includes hearing your views on:

• the carbonation of imported bulk wine
• the sweetening and other adaptation of imported wine
• producing wine from imported grapes and grape must
• ‘British wine’ – amendments to labelling
• no and low alcohol wine and changing the minimum alcohol content of wine
• new arrangements for recording approved oenological practices

This consultation will inform our understanding of views on the regulatory landscape. Your responses will help us boost industry, encourage investment and support innovation to meet consumer demands.

For previous news items on this topic, see:

• 31 December 2023 WINE - English Sparkling Wine makers raise a glass to new opportunities
• 16 October 2023 WINE / BREXIT - New wine reforms to boost investment and ease burdens on industry