The European Commission has proposed an extensive reform plan to make European wine more competitive and to stop turning excess wine into biofuels.
"It is my firm conviction that European wine is the best in the world," said Ms Fischer Boel at a press conference on Thursday (22 June).
But she added that "despite our history and the quality of so many EU wines, the sector faces severe problems."
The main problem is that the EU's some 1.5 million wine producers make far more ...
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