WOOD CHIPS ROW
April 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNFRANCE, Italy, Spain and Portugal are blocking a move by the European Commission to allow the import into the EU of Australian wine flavoured by the addition of oak chips. This is a faster and cheaper process than the traditional method of ageing wine in oak barrels.Brussels wants to grant Australia a "derogation" from the regulations, similar to that enjoyed by Chile, in order to sweeten the atmosphere for negotiations on a wine and spirit agreement between the two sides. But Commission agriculture spokesman Gregor Kreuzheuber admitted that the ...
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