During EFOW's members General Assembly, Mr Riccardo Ricci Curbastro, PDO Franciacorta winemaker, President of Equalitas and Federdoc member, was unanimously re-elected as President of EFOW following the resignation of Mr Bernard Farges, PDO Bordeaux winemaker and President of the CNIV. Mr. Maxime...

Brussels, 11 December 2023 – EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines (www.efow.eu), the Brussels-based organisation promoting and defending Geographical Indication (GI) wines, welcomes today’s vote in the European Parliament’s AGRI committee and the endorsement by the Special...

5 July 2023 – Following the publication by the European Commission of its “additional study” on the SUR Regulation, the European wine sector expresses deep concerns about its future. European winegrowers share the overall objective of the European Commission (EC) to reduce the use...

1 June 2023, Brussels – EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines, (www.efow.eu), the organisation promoting and defending Geographical Indication (GI) wines, welcomes today’s vote in Plenary on the revision of the EU GI systems which reinforces GIs all the while safeguarding the...

20 April 2023, Brussels – EFOW, the European Federation of Origin Wines (www.efow.eu), the Brussels-based organisation promoting and defending Geographical Indication (GI) wines, welcomes today’s vote in the AGRI committee on the revision of the EU GI systems. EFOW invites the EP Plenary in...

Révision des IG : EFOW dénonce une tentative de détricotage de la politique des IG par la Commission européenne La proposition de la Commission européenne pour une réforme du système des IG manque de vision, d’ambition et de clarté et pourrait mettre en péril la vitalité du secteur, met en...

Open letter to the European Institutions on the reform of the EU Geographical Indication policy The undersigned associations, representing the vast majority of European Geographical Indication (GI) stakeholders, are extremely preoccupied about the direction the European Commission (EC) seems to have...

10 November 2021, Brussels. Following today’s meeting of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on Wine, Spirits and Quality Products, the Geographical Indication (GI) sector, represented by AREPO, EFOW and oriGIn EU, urges the European Commission (EC) to abandon proposals that would...

In the context of the revision of the EU Promotion Policy and the ongoing discussions on the draft 2022 Annual Work Programme, the undersigned agri-food sector organisations, which are members of the Civil Dialogue Group on Promotion and Quality, would like to share their common vision on those two...