The Committee on Agrarian Policy and Land Relations recommends the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to adopt the Bill on Amendments to the Law "On Vine and Grape Wine"
Published on 20 December 2010, at 13:49
The bill (Reg.
No.5364) offers clear-cut definitions of the terms in
the national winegrowing and winemaking, and specifies several provisions of the
national legislation on counteracting wine adulteration. Pursuant to the
bill, the wines with historical
prototypes, production of which involves
special manufacturing methods, shall bear the following
name: "wines of special type."
In this case,
the names of such wines
include the name of the
prototype: sherry, port, Madeira, Muscat, Cahors wine, Malaga, etc.
Thus, common names of wines
will be preserved,
while potential penalties on the
part of countries,
where these wine brands were
created, will be prevented.
According to the bill, vineyards
for winemaking shall be planted
only in winemaking
areas with the use of
area-specific or prospective grape varieties in compliance
with the project ratified by the specially
authorized central executive authority body in charge
of agriculture.
Pursuant to the document, technical
grapes corresponding to the state
standards are used for the
produce of wines and cognacs
of Ukraine. It is prohibited
to mix the
European grapes with Labruska grape
and hybrids. Grape for table
use can be
used to produce
common wine.