Brussels, 03/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 4 July, the European Commission adopted its proposal to reform the Common Market Organisation for wine. Two radical measures put forward by the commissioner for agriculture, Mariann Fischer Boel, are likely to meet some heavy opposition in the sector and in most producer countries: grubbing of 200,000 hectares of vines over five years and total liberalisation of planting rights from 2014. The Commission is also proposing to immediately get...