Commission Regulation (EC) No 423/2008 (repealed)Show full title

Article 38 U.K. Definition

1. ‘Coupage’ within the meaning of Article 46(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 shall mean: the mixing together of wines or musts coming from:

(a) different States;

(b) different wine-growing zones in the Community within the meaning of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 or different production zones in a third country;

(c) the same wine-growing zone in the Community or the same production zone in a third country but being of different geographical origins, vine varieties, or harvest years provided that these origins, varieties or years are specified or required to be specified in the description of the product concerned; or

(d) different categories of wines or musts.

2. The following shall be regarded as different categories of wine or must:

(a) red wine, white wine and the musts or wines suitable for yielding one of these categories of wine;

(b) table wine, quality wine psr and the musts or wines suitable for yielding one of these categories of wine.

For the purposes of this paragraph, rosé wine shall be regarded as red wine.

3. The following processes shall not be regarded as coupage:

(a) the addition of concentrated grape must or of rectified concentrated grape must to increase the natural alcoholic strength of the product concerned;

(b) the sweetening:

(i)

of a table wine;

(ii)

of a quality wine psr where the sweetener comes from the specified region whose name it bears or is rectified concentrated grape must;

(c) the production of a quality wine psr in accordance with traditional practices as referred to in point D(2) of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999.