Wine Law

482 WINE LAW  the control and verification procedures for authorising vine plantations meant to obtain DOC/IG/varietal;  the authorisation of producers of DOC/IG/varietal wines; and  the certification of DOC/IG/varietal wines and the determination of the quality certification mark. IV.3.1. A TTESTATION AND CONTROL OF GRAPES AND WINES By Order no. 224/2017, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development provided that all vine growers of noble wine varieties have the obligation to own and to complete the Winegrower’s Book, regardless of the area registered in the RPV, which sell the production of grapes for wine from their own harvest to individuals or legal entities. Any transport of grapes of noble wine varieties must be accompanied by the original tab of the winegrower’s book, from the grower to the processing centre, corresponding to the quantities transported. Any transport of grapes of noble wine varieties that are the subject of commercial activity and not accompanied by the original tab of the winegrower’s book (having all information correctly and completely written in its fields) shall be considered illegal. The production of wines with DOC or IG indications or varietal wines is made based on the authorisation as a producer of grapes intended to obtain such wines. Moreover, the trading of wines with DOC or IG indications and varietal wines is made on the basis of the certificate attesting the right to trade wine, issued by the ONVPV at the request of the producers, for the batches of wine approved within the tasting commissions. The control of the compliance with the provisions of the DOC/IG wines product specifications, carried out during the vegetation period of the vine and in the process of obtaining the wine, is done by the specialised ONVPV inspectors and by the State counsellors, competent to do technical viticultural control. The ONVPV also controls the wine products’ conformity with the trade rights concerning the product specifications for DOC or IG wines and varietal wines. Accordingly, wines that do not meet the parameters of the quality category in which they have been classified are withdrawn from marketing, and those that do not meet the parameters for human consumption are withdrawn from marketing or denatured, as appropriate.