Proposals to create Sub districts within Penedes DO

The Penedes region of Spain is preparing for changes to its appellation system. A campaign by the producers to demarcate the region into five or six sub-zones, with emphasis on promoting some superior sub-regions within the generic appellation. There are two chains of mountains and a valley in the middle of Penedès, resulting in different […]

Grand Cru status for Quarts de Chaume

Quarts de Chaume is to become the Loire Valley’s first Grand Cru. The proposal has recently been approved by the INAO. Also approved was the creation of Coteaux du Layon Premiere Cru Chaume. The regulations will require Quarts de Chaume to limit yields to 20hl / ha with a minimum potential alcohol level of 18.5%. […]

New AOC regulations for Beaujolais

Although Beaujolais producers have had the right label their wines Bourgogne since 1937, it has been a source of dispute between the two regions. 43 communes have lost the right to call their white wines AOC Bourgogne Blanc and will instead have to label whites AOC Beaujolais Blanc,. (42 communes have retained the right to […]