Wine Law

17 The consumer shall also be made aware, without having to turn the bottle, or the bag-in-box, of the nominal quantity and the designation for the category of the grapevine product he is buying, in other words, he has to know whether he is buying a sparkling wine, a semi-sparkling wine or an aerated sparkling wine. Moreover, in the case of sparkling wine, aerated sparkling wine, quality sparkling wine or quality aromatic sparkling wine, he must be able to tell the indication of the sugar content, the actual alcoholic strength by volume, the provenance and the producer, vendor or, in the case of imported wines, importer. Finally, if the wine has a PDO or PGI, the term protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication and the name of the PDO or PGI shall also appear in the same field of vision, in such a way as to be simultaneously readable without having to turn the container. As we shall see in point 4.2., references to the terms protected designation of origin may only be omitted for wines bearing specific PDOs according to Regulation No 607/2009, previously, and, currently, article 23 of Regulation No 33/2019, following article 119(3) of Regulation NO 1308/2013. In this regard, Greece indicated the PDO Σάμος (Samos); Spain the PDOs Cava, Jerez, Xérès or Sherry and Manzanilla; France only indicated Champagne; Cyprus the PDO Κουμανδαρία (Commandaria); Portugal the PDOs Madeira or Madère and Port or Porto; and Italy Asti, Marsala and Franciacorta.