RESOLUTION OIV-ECO 698-2023

UPDATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD FOR WINE LABELLING: THE AGEING OF WINE

IN VIEW of the article 2, paragraph 2 iii of the Agreement of 3rd April 2001, establishing the International Organisation of Vine and Wine,

CONSIDERING the decision of Executive Committee of April 2017 regarding the necessity to update the International Standard for Wine Labelling,

CONSIDERING the works conducted by the Expert group DROCON on revision of the OIV International Standard for labelling of wines,

CONSIDERING the OIV labelling recommendation regarding the indication of ageing of wine does not correspond to the reality of the market,

ON THE PROPOSAL of the Commission Economy and Law,

DECIDES to introduce the following modifications to the International Standard for Labelling of wine and to modify the Article 3.1.7 “The ageing of wine” as follows:

3.1.7 The ageing of wine

Terms related to the "ageing of wine", or an equivalent, can only be used if a national rule defining ageing conditions exists.

CURRENT DRAFTING POINT 3.1.7

The ageing of wine

The term "aged wine", or an equivalent, can only be used if:

• a national rule defining ageing conditions exists
• if the ageing period is at least three years for red wines and two years for white wines.