What is Wine? What is Gin?
The bureaucrats of Brussels appear to have come to an agreement over the way no and low alcohol wine can be labeled. Who cares?
What is the difference between wine and gin - apart from the fact that one is distilled and the other fermented; and the involvement of grapes and botanicals?
I’m only asking this odd question because of two apparently contradictory pieces of news from different sets of European lawmakers. First came the vote, on November 5, by the Agriculture Committee on a piece of legislation called the “Wine Package” that covers new labelling rules. ‘Wine products’ containing less than 0.05% alcohol by volume can, subject to further ratification, now be labelled as “alcohol-free wine” as long as ‘0.0%’ also appears. Wine with an ABV of 0.5% or more, but a strength of “at
