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"Mr President, the challenges of the wine market are huge. The United States remains a key market for the European Union with 60 million wine drinkers and an average level of consumption that has grown from 8 to 13 litres per inhabitant per year over the last ten years. Last year, the volume of the US market increased by 5.6%. France is ranked third among exporters to the United States, behind Italy and Australia.
In this context, we must welcome the agreement on wines which has been made between the European Union and the United States and which concludes the first phase of negotiations that were begun 20 years ago. Using blackmail, the United States threatened to subject European exporters to an onerous certification procedure. This autumn’s
therefore, would have been first in line. It would have been subjected to additional analysis and certification checks.
This agreement has also enabled progress to be made in the area of wine-making practices. European producers, however, consider these control standards to be insufficient. They oppose practices such as flavouring, which is aimed at infusing wine with the taste of fruits. The changing way in which we define wine is at stake. They also emphasise the protection of geographical designations.
Commissioner, it is necessary, therefore, in the second phase of negotiation, to ensure that the commitments undertaken by the US authorities are observed: to cease using semi-generic terms, such as Burgundy, Chablis, Champagne and Port, and to improve the level of protection of geographical indications, as well as improving labelling. In this global wine market, which is often controlled by the large US wine traders, the type of vine has become a brand name. I am not against the globalisation of the wine market, but I am against copies. I am against the standardisation of flavour: I do not want a McDonalds-style Chardonnay wine.
Wine goes hand-in-hand with cuisine; it is the mark of the region where it was produced, it carries the flavour of the cultivated soil and it is the symbol of festivity and of living together. The diversity of the designations reflects the diversity of the wines, our cultural diversity. Mutual recognition of the geographical indications, that is to say the designation of the soil from which the wine is produced, will contribute to preserving our respective cultural identities, to boosting our trade with the United States but, above all, to encouraging European wine growers who, for years, have constantly improved the quality of their production in order to satisfy our demands, and serve our enjoyment, as consumers."@en1
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"Beaujolais nouveau,"1
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