CRISIS DISTILLATION OF WINE GETS OK FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN FRANCE AND ITALY

The Wine Management Committee for the Eu voted recently on proposals from the European Commission to open crisis distillation of wine in France and Italy. For France a maximum of 1.5 million hectoliters of table wine and of 1.5 million hectoliters of quality wine can be offered for crisis distillation.
For Italy crisis distillation has been opened for a maximum quantity of 2.5 million hectoliters of table wine and 100,000 hectoliters of quality wine. Demands from Spain and Greece are still under examination. Crisis distillation is requested when considerable surpluses have been recorded on the wine markets in different Member States resulting in a fall in prices and a worrying rise in stocks.