Abolishing the vin de pays

The European Union wine reform finally came into force on August 1 after years of negotiation. It will change the face of the European wine industry but the heartland of vin de pays production, the Languedoc-Roussillon, will feel its effects harder than most. The abolition of the vin de pays category puts the region in a state of indecision and its producers and committees are trying to figure out which way now.

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