Wine Law

25 conveyed to consumers through the concerned product’s packaging, which includes the form and type of bottles. The applicability of horizontal rules was provided for by article 118, stipulating that, save as otherwise provided for in the Regulation, Council Directive 89/396/EEC, Directive 2000/13/EC, Directive 2007/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2008/95/EC and Regulation 1169/2011 43 applied to the labelling and presentation. The labelling of the different types of wine 44 was not supposed to be supplemented by any particulars other than those provided for in the Regulation unless those particulars satisfy the requirements of Directive 2000/13 or Regulation 1169/2011. 3.2. What should be indicated on the bottle of wine? We all know what a bottle of wine looks like. Let us then see what the compulsory particulars in the labelling of wine according to Regulation No 1308/2009. As mentioned above “compulsory particulars” is the designation for the category of the grapevine product following Part II of Annex VII. However, the reference to the category of the grapevine product may be omitted for wines whose labels include the name of a PDO or a PGI. Also, the reference to the terms protected designation of origin or protected geographical indication may be omitted where a traditional term is displayed on the label in accordance with the product specification, as well as in exceptional and duly justified circumstances and complying with existing labelling practices, as we saw in point 2.4 of this article. 43 Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 Text with EEA relevance. 44 I.e. wine, new wine still in fermentation, liqueur wine, sparkling wine, quality sparkling wine, quality aromatic sparkling wine, aerated sparkling wine, semi-sparkling wine, aerated semi-sparkling wine, grape must, partially fermented grape must, concentrated grape must, wine from raisined grapes, wine of overripe grapes.