EU and Australia sign wine trade agreement - dates set for phase out of “Australian” Champagne, Port and Sherry
December 2, 2008

A new agreement between the European Union and Australia has been reached to govern the wine trade between the EU and Australia. The agreement, signed in Brussels yesterday by EU Commissioner for Agriculture Mariann Fischer Boel and Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith, will replace the one signed in 1994. Commissioner Fischer Boel said the new agreement established principles for the protection of Geographical Indications and traditional expressions and protected the EU’s... ...Read more »