The City of Cape Town is to make changes to its new Liquor Trading Days and Hours by-law. The law, which was approved on July 28th of this past year, will now allow hotels within the city to to sell wine and other alcoholic beverages until 2 AM. The law,…
Tag: international wine law
Chicago-Kent College of Law: War on Terroir
The Chicago-Kent College of Law Intellectual Property Law Society recently presented a lecture on geographical indications pertinent to wine law titled, “Geographical Indications of Origin and Trademark Law as they Pertain to Artisanal Cheese and Wine.” The professors featured in the following lecture are Professors Sarah Harding and Christopher Buccafusco….
The TRIPS Agreement and the Wine Industry
When considering international relations with respect to the wine industry, most literature recites the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (commonly called the “TRIPS Agreement”). Generally speaking, the TRIPS Agreement creates standards of intellectual property (“IP”) regulation amongst other members of the World Trade Organization (“WTO”). This agreement…
In Vino Veritas: In Wine There is Truth
In recent years, China has become one of the greatest markets for American wine exports. In 2003, China imported over 1.2 millions liters of American wines, making it the 24th largest market for American wine exports. (See New Opportunities in China for American Wine Producers.) In May of this last…
South African Wine Reports May Be Premature
Last week, a proposal to “water down” South African wines was created by Wine Cellars South Africa. The proposal seeks to change South African wine legislation and legalize adding water to grape must in “controlled quantities before fermentation.” (See South African Wine Plan Breaches European Laws.) This proposal aims to reduce…
Old World v. New World: An International Legal Perspective on Geographical Indications
I read an article recently that summarized the personalities of Old World and New World wines in perfect prose: “New World winemaking has the romance of rugged individualism. With properties bankrolled by previous enterprises such as construction or tobacco, winery owners can break rules (even with scant rules to break),…
Don’t Tamper with my Brunello di Montalcino
One early June afternoon, I rented a car from my home city Bologna and embarked on the most significant journey of my summer. After reading an article in the New York Times on Montalcino about a year before that originally sparked my interest in wine law, I knew my trip…
Wine and Law International Study Program
In the process of conducting some research tonight on wine law for my journal note, I stumbled upon an international program on the study of wine and law at the Université de Reims in Champagne, France. After a very positive experience this summer at the Università di Bologna in Bologna,…