THE LABELLING AND PACKAGING OF WINE 195 products (except for partially fermented grape must extracted from raisined grapes, rectified concentrated grape must and, of course, wine vinegar) are: (a) the designation for the category of the grapevine product, unless the label includes a PDO or a GI; (b) , the term corresponding to the PDO or to the PGI as well as its name, unless a traditional term is displayed on the label19; (c) the actual alcoholic strength by volume; (d) an indication of provenance; (e) an indication of the bottler; (f) an indication of the importer, in the case of imported wines; and, in the case of sparkling wine, aerated sparkling wine, quality sparkling wine or quality aromatic sparkling wine, (e) an indication of the name of the producer or vendor, and (g) of the sugar content. Optional particulars for the wine labelling and presentation of the abovementioned grapevine products are set forth in subsequent article 60: (a) the vintage year; (b) the name of one or more wine grape varieties; (c) in the case of wines other than sparkling wine, aerated sparkling wine, quality sparkling wine or quality aromatic sparkling wine, terms indicating the sugar content; (d) for wines with a PDO or GI, the production or ageing method or the quality, colour, type of place, or a particular event linked to the history of the product; (e) the Community symbol indicating the PDO or GI; (f) the terms referring to certain production methods; and (g) for wines bearing a PDO or GI, the name of another geographical unit that is smaller or larger than the area underlying the designation of origin or geographical indication. 2. LABELLING AND PRESENTATION OF WINES AFTER THE 2009 REGULATIONS While alcoholic beverages and wines have been traditionally enjoying a special status in designation law, even in the field of nutritional values and ingredients, such a broad exception may soon no longer be in place. Breweries already agreed to print certain information on their labels, more or less throughout the world, and the EU Commission is now also considering standardising the labelling of alcoholic beverages to correspond with the obligatory information that shall be provided with food. 19 According to article 54, “Traditional term” shall mean a term traditionally used for wines to designate (a) that the product has a PDO or GI; (b) the production or ageing method or the quality, colour, type of place, or a particular event linked to the history, of the product with a PDO or GI.
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