ARGENTINA DEAL

BY KEITH NUTHALLARGENTINA has been given a stay of execution of one more year to strike a comprehensive wine-making standards deal with the European Union (EU) or face a possible block on exports to Europe of its vintages that contain malic acid. EU wine makers are banned from using this acidity correcting additive, but the European Commission wants to strike a mutual recognition agreement of oenological practices that would permanently allow Argentine wine makers to use it. To tempt Buenos Aires into negotiating a full deal, the Commission wants to extend their ...


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