Restaurant ombudsman considers increasing the share of Russian wine on menus above 20% problematic

Published Dec 25, 2024

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The Moscow public commissioner for the restaurant business, Sergei Mironov, has expressed concerns about a proposed law by the Ministry of Industry and Trade that would mandate restaurants to have a minimum of 20% Russian wine on their menus and wine lists, effective from March 1, 2025. Mironov argues that this requirement is unrealistic due to the limited supply of Russian wine and the logistical challenges of sourcing and storing a large volume of Russian wine in restaurants. He also raises issues with the pricing and diversity of wine in restaurants and questions the possibility of forcing private businesses to sell specific products.

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Further increasing the share of Russian wine in restaurant menus above 20% would be problematic due to limited supply and the impossibility of satisfying all customer requests. This was told to TASS by the public commissioner for the restaurant business in Moscow, Sergei Mironov. The Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed establishing a mandatory share of Russian wine in restaurant menus and wine lists at 20% of the total number of items on the menu and wine lists from March 1, 2025. In an interview with TASS on Wednesday, the head of the department, Anton Alikhanov, said that a further gradual increase in this share is expected in the future. "I think this is an excessive requirement. We discussed everything together a lot. And if we are talking about restaurants, then 20% of Russian wine is feasible today. More is extremely problematic," Mironov said. As an example, he cited restaurants with 300 imported wine items, of which, according to the agency's interlocutor, there are ...

Source: Kvedomosti