France: Beaujolais in major appellation shake-up
France: Beaujolais in major appellation shake-up
Oct 5, 2011 6
(Decanter) - Over 40 Beaujolais communes have lost the right to label their wine as Burgundy. This follows a decision taken on 28 September by the INAO, the wine appellations governing body, after a three-year process in which the geographic zones governing Burgundy and Beaujolais appellations have been redrawn.
Although Beaujolais producers have had the right label their wines Burgundy since 1937, it has long been a source of dispute between the two regions. Burgundy winemakers have been campaigning for tighter restrictions, particularly with the production of white wine
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