Open consultation

Wine: third phase of reforms to assimilated EU law

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
16 April 2024

Applies to England

Summary

Seeking views on the third phase of reforms to wine regulation. This follows previous reforms to labelling requirements, packaging flexibility and oenological practices.

This consultation is being held on another website.

This consultation closes at

Consultation description

We want to know what you think about a plan to reform assimilated EU law.

This includes hearing your views on:

  • the carbonation of imported bulk wine
  • the sweetening and other adaptation of imported wine
  • producing wine from imported grapes and grape must
  • ‘British wine’ – amendments to labelling
  • no and low alcohol wine and changing the minimum alcohol content of wine
  • new arrangements for recording approved oenological practices

This consultation will inform our understanding of views on the regulatory landscape. Your responses will help us boost industry, encourage investment and support innovation to meet consumer demands.

Published 16 April 2024