EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS CAUTIOUS WNE REFORM REPORT
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLCONSERVATIVE anti-reform opinion has held sway at the European Parliament over proposed European Union (EU) wine market reforms, with MEPs approving the cautious report by Greek socialist member Katerina Batzeli. The parliament's ruling plenary accepted her call for maintaining distillation subsidies and limiting grubbing up, although the decision on such matters rests with EU ministers.The parliament was also conservative over protecting traditional EU winemaking practices, calling for oenological practices not approved in the EU to be "clearly ...
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