Wine Law

REGULATION OF ORGANIC WINE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 217 No 889/2008, of 5 September 16 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007. Regulation 889/2008 entered into force in 1 January 2009, with article 27(2)(a) and article 58, however, being only applied from 1 July 2010. The specific provisions for the production of organic wine are established in the aforementioned Regulation and must apply to the products of the wine sector referred to in the Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 17 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation). In Chapter III Bis (artt. 29 ter to 29 quinquies), the specific rules for winemaking are established, being modified by the 2012 Implementing Regulations. 3.2. The 2012 Implementing Regulations on the application provisions relating to organic wine As mentioned the Implementing Regulation (EU) No 203/2012, of 8 March 18 , modifies Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 in what concerns the application provisions relating to organic wine. In Recital 3, it is noted that the production of organic wine implies the use of certain products and substances, such as additives or technological aids, under well-defined conditions. To this end – and based on the recommendations of the study carried out at the European Union level entitled “Organic viticulture and wine-making: development of environment and consumer friendly technologies for organic wine quality improvement and scientifically based legislative framework” 19 (also known as the ORWINE project) –, the use of such products and substances must be authorised under article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 – “Criteria for certain products and substances in processing”. ORWINE is a research project funded by the European Commission that began in February 2006, ending in 2009, when the new European regulation on organic farming 20 was expected to come into force. Until then, the wine produced with organic grapes – the raw material, that is – had been regulated, but not its production method, which continued to be made according to conventional methods. Therefore, the ORWINE project aimed to develop a 16 DOUE 18 September 2008. 17 DOUE 16 November 2007. 18 DOUE 09 March 2012. 19 Source : http://www.orwine.org/ ( accessed on 12 August 2020). 20 Bartra Sebastián, E. (2010). Elaboración de vinos ecológicos. Resultados del proyecto Orwine y situación actual. AE Revista Agroecológica de Divulgación, no. 1.