A wine-grower may indicate the name of their own holding even if their grapes are pressed on the premises of another wine-grower, ruled the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a judgment handed down on Thursday 23 November (Case C-354/22).
In Germany, a wine-grower uses the terms ‘wine-growing estate’ and ‘bottled at the estate’ for wine produced from grapes grown according to its own instructions on rented land 70 km from its holding. After the harvest, an on-site...