On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:07:17 +0100, Steve Slatcher
> wrote:

>On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:04:21 +0200, Mike Tommasi >
>wrote:
>
>>Mixing red and white wine has always been forbidden for table wine, but
>>has ALWAYS been ALLOWED for VQPRDs (AOC in France, DOC in Italy, etc.),
>>unless local rules were more stringent (I can quote you the relevant EU
>>regulations if needed).
>
>Please. I think you got it the wrong way round. My understanding is
>that it currently allowed for table wine - I personally know an
>English producer that does it. But, with one exception - Champage -
>it is illegal for quality wines. Or maybe there a couple more
>exceptions.
>
>Either way, I'd like to see the current regs - I have tried googling
>for them recently with no success and all I have is second hand
>information.

Hmm... just read the page you linked to in your other post. Seems you
are right. I am now trying to find the (seemingly dodgy) source of my
information. Maybe it was "personal communication". And it looks
like my English producer of table wine was behaving illegally.

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