Wine Legislation: Mandatory Indications of Wine Products based on EU Legislation and National Legislation

Presentation of Mandatory Indications

Based on the EU Wine Legislation the mandatory indications referred to in points (1)-(11) must:

  • Be concentrated in the same visual field (front or back label) so that the consumer is not obliged to
    turn the bottle/package over to read the specifics.
  • To be written in indelible characters and clearly distinguishable from the surrounding text or graphics.
    Exceptions are elements (4), (7), (11) of the mandatory indications, i.e. the presence of certain allergenic substances, the
    indication of the importer in the case of imported wines and the batch number which may also be written in a different
    field from the remaining mandatory indications.

MANDATORY INDICATIONSRelevant Legislation
1) Name of the wine product category
E.g. WINE, LIQUEUR WINE, SPARKLING WINE, WINE FROM ROASTED GRAPES,		Regulation (EU) 1308/2013, art. 119 par. 1a
Name of the category of the wine product
in accordance with Annex VII, Part II, Reg. 1308/2013
(Reg. (EC) 1169/2011 art. 9 par. 1a)
2) Net quantity of product (container volume)
Eg 0.75l, 750ml, 187ml		Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 art. 9 par. 1 e
For the range of nominal quantities from 100ml1500ml, the pre-packaging of the various types of wines is
in the volumes provided for in Directive 2007/45/EC.
For nominal quantities over 1500ml there is no restriction on the volume of the container.
3) Obtained alcoholic strength by volume
Eg 12% vol or
"acquired alcoholic strength 12% vol"
"acquired alcohol 12% vol"
"alc12% vol"		Regulation (EU) 1308/2013, art. 119 par. 1c
Regulation (EC) 607/2009 art. 54
- Expressed in whole or half percentage units - Characters of a minimum height of 5 millimeters, as long as the
nominal volume is higher than 100 cc, 3 mm if the nominal volume is equal to or lower than 100 cc and higher than 20
milliliters and 2 millimeters if equal to or less than 20 milliliters -Can't differ by more than 0.5% from the laboratory analysis measurement. -May not differ by more than 0.8% from the measurement of the laboratory analysis for PDO or PGI over 3 years, sparkling wines, quality sparkling wines, aerated sparkling wines, semi-sparkling wines, aerated semi-sparkling wines, liqueur wines and overripe wines grapes. (Reg. (EU) 1169/2011 art. 28)
4) The presence of certain allergenic substances (SO2, casein, albumin)
Their indication must be written in Greek. eg "contains sulphite", "contains casein", "contains albumin" Their indication can be accompanied by the corresponding pictograms1:		Regulation (EC) 607/2009 art. 51
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/markets/wine/labelling_allergens.pdf

(Reg. (EU) 1169/2011 art. 9 par. 1c Annex II)
5) Indication of origin
Eg Produced in Greece, Product of Bulgaria, Wine of the European Union, Produced in Greece from grapes harvested in Bulgaria
Greek product, Wine from Greece		Regulation (EU) 1308/2013, art. 119 par. 1d
Regulation (EC) 607/2009 no. 55

(Reg. (EU) 1169/2011 art. 26)
6) Identification of the bottler (Name and postal address)
e.g. Bottler: A. Papadopoulos, Acharnon 2, 10176 Athens or
bottled by A. Papadopoulos Acharnon 2, 10176 Athens
Examples of cases of bottling methods
Bottled for A. Papadopoulos, Acharnon 2, 10176 Athens by
Georgopoulos, Patision 65 10185 Athens or
Bottled for A. Papadopoulos, Acharnon 2, 10176 Athens by
PDS /32-XXXXX/04 (Bottle Code).
Bottled for A. Papadopoulos, Acharnon 2, 10176 Athens in
Athens Patision 65, PC 10185 - In the case of sparkling wine, carbonated sparkling wine,
sparkling wine quality or aromatic sparkling wine quality
type, the name of the producer or seller		Regulation (EU) 1308/2013, art. 119 par. 1e
Regulation (EC) 607/2008 no. 56

"bottler": the natural or legal person or group
natural or legal persons, which is established
in the European Union and bottling or
commissions the bottling for his own account.

"bottling": the putting of the relevant product into
containers with a capacity of up to 60 liters for the purpose of
sale·
– Case of vinification or bottling for
third party account
In case of bottle bottling, the indication of the bottler
accompanied by the indication "bottled for (…)" or,
in the case where the name and address are mentioned
of the person who has acted on behalf of a third party in
bottling, from the indication “bottled for (…) from
(…)". – When bottling is not carried out on the premises
of the bottler these indications are accompanied by
mention of the place of bottling
– Bottler code usage case
The bottler indication can be replaced by
code determined by the member state in which
the bottler is based. The code comes with
reference of the member state in question (eg GR, Greece).
They are written on the wine label of the relevant product
also the name and address of another natural or legal person
of a person participating in the commercial sale, excl
of the bottler, producer, importer or seller who
is declared with a code.
If the postal The bottling plant consists of or
contains a designation of PDO or PGI other than this one
which may be on the label, then you should
written in characters no larger than half
of the characters used for these
designations of origin or geographical indications or the
category of the product (if none of the
first two on label)
(Reg. (EU) 1169/2011 art. 9 par. h)
7) Indication of the importer in the case of imported wines
e.g. Importer: A. Papadopoulos, Acharnon 2, 10176 Athens		Regulation (EU) 1308/2013, art. 119 para
Regulation (EC) 607/2009 art. 56
8) In the case of sparkling wine, aerated sparkling wine,
quality sparkling wine or quality sparkling wine
aromatic type, the indication of sugar content
E.g. Dry, Semi-dry, , Sweet (Brut, Sec, Demi-sec, Doux)		Regulation (EU) 1308/2013, art. 119 para. g
Regulation (EC) 607/2009 no. 58
Regulation (EC) 607/2009 Annex XIV Part A
9) For PDO or PGI wines
i) the term "Protected Designation of Origin" or
"Protected Geographical Indication" and
ii) the name of the protected designation of origin or
geographical indication (mandatory and in the Greek language)
e.g. Protected Designation of Origin Dafnes
"PROTECTED GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION MACEDONIA"
“ PROTECTED GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION THESSALIA / THESSALIA”
PDO wines must carry control strips.
-PGI wines must have a bottling code.		Regulation (EU) 1308/2013, art. 119 par. 1b
B.D. 429/1970 (Government Gazette 136)
KYA 5833/155045/12-12-2013 (3324 B') article 10
10) Deviations - By way of derogation from paragraph 1 point a), of article 119, the mention of the category of the wine product may be omitted for wines whose labels include a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication.
- By way of derogation from paragraph 1 point b), of article 119, the mention of the terms "protected designation of origin" or "protected geographical indication" may be omitted in the following cases:
a) when a traditional indication such as
referred to in Article 112 point (a)
the indications that can replace the above conditions can be found by selecting PDO or PGI on the website:
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/markets/wine/ebacchus/index.cfm?event=resultsPTradTerms&language=EL

e- Bachus – traditional terms+ Country: Greece+ Type of quality: wine PDO/PGI (choice depending on the search)+Traditional term type : in place of PDO/PGI :

These indications are:
For PDO wines:
Appellation d'origin de qualité supérieure OPAP (Appellation d'origin de qualité supérieure),
Designation of Origin Controlled OPE (appellation d'origin
controller),
Natural sweet wine (vin doux naturel),
Naturally sweet wine (vin naturellement doux),
For PGI wines:
appellation traditionnelle,
Local wine (vin de pays)
b) when, in exceptional cases to be determined by the Commission, the name of the protected designation of origin or the protected geographical indication appears on the label.
Samos		Regulation (EU) 1308/2013, art. 119 par. 2 and 3
Reg. (EC) 607/2009 art. 59
11) Batch NumberReg (EU) 1308/2013, art 118
Directive 2011/91/EU
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