Ministry of Agriculture proposes to oblige indicate on the label the country of origin of wine production of raw materials

Ministry of Agriculture has prepared a draft federal law "On Amendments to the Federal Law" On state regulation of production and turnover of ethyl alcohol, alcohol and alcohol-containing products and to limit the consumption of (drinking) alcohol products. "According to the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture.

The bill proposes to introduce a requirement to indicate on the label of wine production, in distribution on the territory of Russia, information on the country or countries of origin of grapes, grape must or wine, used for beverage production.

This provision is aimed at increasing awareness of consumers about the origin of raw materials for the production of wine, allow the correct selection of products, as well as creating equal competitive conditions for producers of alcoholic beverages from grapes grown in Russia, and those who use foreign raw materials, the report underlines.

"With this approach, we can protect against poor quality wine consumer, which will display information about the origin of not only the beverage itself, but also its foundations. Simply import wine materials, than to lay the vineyards to get a real wine. Our manufacturers an incentive to lay the large vineyard, to develop the Russian wine industry, which has always been famous for good vintage wines ", - said the Minister of agriculture Alexander Tkachev, quoted in a statement.

The new requirement is proposed to enter into force on 1 July 2017, providing manufacturers a transitional period for adaptation.

Recall, in 2014-2015 in Rocci 12.2% to 87.5 million dal increased the volume of production of wine products, the bulk of which goes to the wine - 45.7% and wine beverages - 27.2%. In the structure of consumption of wine it takes about 50%. Last year, Russia imported 20 million given wine (35% of the total volume of the domestic market), and the same amount of wine. In 2015, the volume of imports of wine amounted to $ 692.4 million.