EU embarks on wine reform
The announcement yesterday (22 June) that the European Commission is opening dialogue on reforming the continent’s wine sector may be a desperate measure for desperate times, but it’s clear to all that something – anything – must be done.
Last chance for wine industry as EU sets out stall
23 June 2006
The announcement yesterday (22 June) that the European Commission is opening dialogue on reforming the continent’s wine sector may be a desperate measure for desperate times, but it’s clear to all that something – anything – must be done.
EU: Wine sector to get EU makeover
22 June 2006
Europe’s wine industry is due to get its biggest ever makeover from the European Commission today (22 June).
EU: Commission backs wine production reduction
6 June 2006
The European Commission appears to favour a sharp cutback in the European Union’s (EU) wine-producing capacity as part of its solution for the crisis in the sector. The Commission will announce its reform plans on 21 June, but rumours in Brussels, confirmed to just-drinks.com by officials, say that the plan will cut wine-growing areas in the EU by 400,000 hectares from the present 3.4m hectares, through a five-year grubbing up programme.
EU: Commission to break budget on wine subsidies
31 May 2006
The European Commission is predicting that it will spend almost EUR87m (US$112m) more than the EUR1.5bn budgeted for 2006 wine production subsidies.
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