European wine: a better deal for all, final report with evidence, 39th report of session 2006-07

European wine: a better deal for all, final report with evidence, 39th report of session 2006-07
ISBN-10
0104011572
ISBN-13
9780104011577
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
52
Language
English
Published
2007-10-30
Publisher
The Stationery Office
Author
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee

Description

The Committee's earlier report (HLP 144-I, session 2006-07; ISBN 9780104011249) set out its emerging conclusions on the European Commission's proposals for reform of the EU wine sector. Having considered the Government's views on the adequacy of the Commission's proposals (the evidence given by Lord Rooker is included in this report), the report reaffirms the Committee's earlier opinion that the Commission's proposals broadly constitute an important step towards setting the EU wine industry onto a sounder basis, although serious reservations remain about two specific proposals: to extend the current ban on new plantings from 2010 until 2013 and to prohibit the use of sucrose in wine making. The report also considers some underlying weaknesses of the present system, including attitudes to wine production, which appear to be too oriented towards the needs of producers and not enough towards those of consumers; changes in public attitudes to wine which the EU wine industry has been slow to recognise; with the different structure and modus operandi of the New World wine industries which have enabled them to achieve an increasing share of the EU wine market; and with the need for more vertical integration of the industry, from wine growing through production to marketing.

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