Vol. 11 No. 2 (2022)
Review Article

Is a new EU wine policy coming? The unexpected role of regulatory measures

Eugenio Pomarici
Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali (TESAF) Via dell’Università 16 - 35020 Legnaro (PD)
Roberta Sardone
CREA - Centro Politiche e Bioeconomia, Via Barberini, 36 - 00187 Roma
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Published 2022-10-25

Keywords

  • common agricultural policy,
  • de-alcoholised wine,
  • hybrid grape varieties,
  • labelling

How to Cite

Pomarici, E., & Sardone, R. . (2022). Is a new EU wine policy coming? The unexpected role of regulatory measures. Wine Economics and Policy, 11(2), 75–82. https://doi.org/10.36253/wep-13189

Abstract

On January 1, 2023, a “reformed” Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will come into force, which is innovative by nature in structural terms, and focused on environmental and social sustainability issues, aimed at a comprehensive digitization-based modernization of the agri-food sector. The new CAP keeps the current structure based on expenditure and regulatory measures, but includes a new planning tool, the national CAP Strategic Plan, a new CAP management model, and the new delivery model (NDM). Concerning EU wine policy, the new regulations foresee a number of specific amendments to existing rules, including changes that will apply to financial support for the wine sector with a reduced budget and to the regulatory measures. Among the latter, the most globally impacting are labelling rules, which require more information to consumers and allow the use of an e-label, the use of hybrid grape varieties for the production of appellation wines, and the inclusion among CAP regulated products of partially or totally de-alcoholised wines.

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