Wine Business

Question 1

What does PDO stand for in relation to wine legislation?

Answer 1

A European Geographical Indication (GI) scheme called Protected Denominations of Origin (PDOs)

Question 2

What proportion of the world’s wine is exported in bulk? Bonus points for % for Germany, UK and US

Answer 2

38% of the world’s wine was exported in bulk in 2016

Germany - 58%
UK - 35%
US - 24%

Question 3

What does PGI stand for in relation to wine regulation?

Answer 3

Protected Geographic Indications (PGI)

I.e Vin de Pays - more freedom than PDO

Still require 85% of grapes to come from a particular geographic area but permit a wider range of varieties and do not impose rules on viticulture and winemaking - very important in South of France