‘TOCAI’ WINE PRODUCERS LOSE LAST DITCH LEGAL APPEAL OVER NAME RIGHTS
June 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) advisory ruling appears to have ruled out a legal reprieve for Italian wine producers in Venice and neighbouring Friulia to continue using the contested name 'Tocai' to sell their wines. The Italians have already lost cases at the ECJ over the issue, after they challenged a European Commission decision that the name was illegal under European Union (EU) regulations, because it could be confused with longer established Hungarian Tokaj wines. In the latest ruling, the court dismissed claims from Italian wine ...
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