BRUSSELS – HYBRID VINES
February 1st, 2004
BY ALAN OSBORN, in LondonTHE EUROPEAN Commission has ordered a study of the merits of inter-specific vines, or hybrids, signalling the possible future acceptance of such vines in the European Union wine industry. Until now EU regulations have banned their use forappellation wines, largely because of pressure from France and other countries anxious to preserve the "pure" traditional varieties grown in natural habitats.The Commission's wine spokesman Johan Reyniers said his officials wanted to keep "for the time being" the ban on inter specific vines but at the ...
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