In vino veritas: why wine regulation is a parable for Brexit - UK in a changing Europe

Joël Reland surveys the regulatory reforms being considered for the small but rapidly growing British wine sector.

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For example, Defra is proposing to overturn the EU-inherited ban on the sale of ‘piquette’ – an alcoholic drink made from grape pomace left behind during the wine-making process. The EU did this to prevent the over-supply of cheap wine: but the much smaller scale of domestic wine production negates the risk of such an inundation of the UK market.