Strasbourg, 27/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 26 September, the European Commission showed it was willing to make concessions on two particularly controversial points of the proposal for reform of the wine sector, namely liberalisation of vineyard planting rights and the ban on chaptalisation (addition of sugar).
The Agriculture Council debate confirmed there was strong resistance on the part of most producer countries to the project aimed at abolishing the plantation right regime...