ITALY DISTILLATION
September 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union's Management Committee for Wine has approved a plan to allow crisis distillation of up to two million hectoliters of Italian table wine. Assuming the decision is accepted by the European Commission, distillation could begin from September 25, with Euro 1.914 per hectolitre multiplied by a wine's abv percentage being handed over to producers facing a wine glut. The decision follows approvals earlier this year of compulsory distillation in France (1.5 million hl quality wine); Spain (4 million hl table wine) and Greece (380,000 hl ...
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