Europa Agriculture – Common organization of markets – Wine – Name and presentation of wines – Definition of ‘wine’ – Requirement of a minimum degree of alcoholic strength
(Council Regulations No 337/79, Annex II, point 8, No 355/79 Art. 45(1)(a) and No 822/87, Annex I, point 10).
It is clear from the definition in point 8 of Annex II to Regulation No 337/79, re-enacted in point 10 of Annex I to Regulation No 822/87 on the common organization of the market in wine, to which Article 45(1)(a) of Regulation No 355/79 laying down general rules for the description and presentation of wines refers, that wine must be the product of total or partial alcoholic fermentation, that such fermentation must be the only production process, and that a product obtained from grapes by any process other than alcoholic fermentation is not wine. It follows that those provisions require that wine, when supplied, must have a minimum degree of alcoholic strength.
Citations:
C-75/90, [1991] EUECJ C-75/90
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Updated: 01 June 2022; Ref: scu.160466