the Law on viticulture and winemaking comes into force on 26 June. But in this form it regulates only the production of wine. It turns out that the production of other wine products (brandy, cognac, grape vodka) you can use other technologies and the requirements in respect of such products is a different system of control, stated in the explanatory note to the bill. Thus, the grape growers will be more interested in his crush on brandy distillate or vinogradarskie drinks.
the development of the industry is possible only if you ensure the “continuity of production control of grapes and wine production,” reads the document.
the bill introduces concepts such as vinogradarskie flavored beverages from grapes (produced by no less than 75% of wines, fortified wines or grape must with a share of ethyl alcohol of 14.5-20%), non-alcoholic wine (containing not more than 0.5 percent of ethyl alcohol), brandy (with a share of ethyl alcohol of not less than 37.5 per cent) and others.
in addition, the bill proposes to extend the preferential transitional period which allows wine producers to add production to the finished wine domestic must not exceed 7% of the total volume (excluding wines of protected geographical indications and protected designations of origin) with three to seven years.
we will Remind, the law on viticulture and winemaking are fixed rules for production of wine products. This will improve the quality of the wine range, assured in the Ministry of agriculture. The law establishes control of all production processes “from the vine to the bottle.” And it will protect consumers from substandard, falsified and counterfeit products, according to the Ministry. The document also defines requirements for marking and rules of retail. On the label should be information about the variety, the place of origin of the wine and the vintage year. The law prohibits the use of land under vines for other purposes.
