Unfathomable is the Italian bureaucracy. We have just read that from January 1, 2015 it is apparently no longer illegal to mention Piedmont on a bottle of Barolo. Of course, the name Barolo DOCG is the most important information on such a bottle but if the producer in addition wanted to inform the consumer that Barolo is located in the Piedmont region, this has been forbidden. Apparently. It has been forbidden to mention the region if that region is another DOC, DOCG or IGT. In this case the region of Piedmont is also a DOC.
Now this is allowed, surely a step in the right direction. The more information consumers receive the better. The Italian Ministry of Agriculture will of course determine where the name of the region may be on the label, the size of the letters and so on.
France is also quite a champion in bureaucracy but in this case it has been more liberal. An appellation wine is allowed to specify on the label a larger geographical origin (Vin de Bourgogne, Vin de Bordeaux, Vignoble de la Vallée du Rhône, etc).
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