Spain: Wine Industries ask for a ban on making drinks and vinegars with non-wine alcohol

The Association of European Wine Industries (AIVE) has called for a ban on making spirits and vinegars with alcohols that do not come from wine. In a press release issued last Friday, the AIVE has indicated that this is one of its main demands to the different administrations for next year, in order to end the “unsustainable” situation of the Spanish wine sector. The president of the association, Lorenzo Delgado, has highlighted that prohibiting the production of spirits and vinegars based on non-wine alcohols, Replacing them with wine alcohol, would release 30 or 40 percent of the stored wine, motivating the rise in prices, especially that coming from red grape varieties. Delgado has influenced the high quality of this wine alcohol, with known traceability , compared to other alcohols, and has urged health authorities to act urgently. Likewise, it has requested that the origin of the sugars in soft drinks and energy drinks be detailed as consumers are ingesting an excessive ...