VODKA COMPROMISE LOOKS LIKELY AFTER EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MOVE
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLA COMPROMISE over the vexed question of how vodka should be labelled in the European Union (EU) looks likelier after the European Parliament's environment committee largely backed the approach pioneered by last year's Finnish presidency of the EU.This involved allowing the sale of drinks labeled as vodka, made from non-traditional products such as grapes, but with the designation 'vodka made/distilled from (add ingredient used)'. This has upset purists, wanting an outright ban on such 'vodka' sales and the European Vodka Alliance, which favours ...
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