The EU is developing rules for non-alcoholic wine

Addressing the Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, the European Commission announced that it wants to develop a European legal framework for organic wines and labeling to enable more producers to enter the new low-alcohol wine market. This was reported by Euractiv. As part of the 2021 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, the EU adopted rules for the recognition of two new terms: "non-alcoholic wine" (up to 0.5% vol) and "partially non-alcoholic wine" (above 0.5% vol). It is noted that the market for still wine in the EU is still marginal, especially compared to the market for still beer, but demand is growing and is already strong in the United States and Great Britain. According to the Commission, over the next few years, Europe will be able to produce 42 million liters of non-alcoholic wine every year. The EU does not want this market to slip through its fingers, while countries such as New Zealand and Australia are already investing heavily in the ...