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Wine & Beverage Legislation

Course Code:

7.3

Semester:

7th Semester

Specialization Category:

CSB

Course Hours:

3Θ

ECTS:

4


Code course: 7.3

Semester: 8th

Category: Complulory

Hours: 3Th

ECTS: 4

LEARNING RESULTS

After the end of the course the student will be able to know:

  • the basic principles of Food and Drink Legislation
  • the organization, the institutions of Greece & the European Union and the decision-making mechanism
  • the food and drink code
  • the Greek and EU legislation on beverages, water, wine products, beer and alcoholic beverages,
  • the obligations for packaging recycling
  • the legislation of the oenologist profession

General Skills

  • Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, also using the necessary technologies
  • Adaptation to new situations
  • Decision making
  • Autonomous work
  • Teamwork
  • Work in an international environment
  • Respect for the natural environment
  • Demonstration of social, professional and ethical responsibility

COURSE CONTENT

  • Formulation and Implementation of Legislation
  • Controls and Control mechanisms
  • Introduction to Community Law – History Foundation and basic values ​​of the European Union, institutions
  • Community law. Sources of Community Law, formulation of Community Legislation and its effect on the legal order of the Member States
  • Regulation for the common organization of the wine market: Necessity of training, object and scope of applications. Producer organizations and interprofessional organizations
  • Appellations of origin, geographical indications and traditional indications of wines and spirits
  • Wine categories, e.g. Sparkling and carbonated wines, liqueur wines and flavored wines, etc.
  • Official methods of analysis of wines and beverages
  • Permitted Practices-Enrichment, Acidification and Acidification, Sulfite Use, Allergens, Organic Products
  • Labeling – presentation of wines and grape musts
  • Alcoholic beverages – Definition, characterization. Conditions of production and disposal for consumption of alcoholic beverages
  • Beer legislation – Brewing, definitions, jurisprudence, and terms of release for consumption

RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Greek bibliography

  • Tataridis Panagiotis. Wine & Beverage Legislation. 2017
  • Kompos Andreas – Introduction to Wine and Beverage Legislation, TEI of Athens, STETROD, Dept. of Oenology and Beverage Technology, Athens 1995
  • Kourakou–Dragona St., 1987. Greece of Wines, Export Promotion Organization, Athens
  • Kourakou-Dragona St., 1997. Inires options, Ed. Trochalia, Athens
  • State General Laboratory. 2009. Food & Beverage Code.

Foreign bibliography

  • International Organization of Vine and Wine, 2018. Compendium of International Methods of Wine and Must Analysis. Volumes 1 and 2, OIV, Paris, France.
  • International Organization of Vine and Wine, 2018. Compendium of International Methods of Analysis of spirited beverages, alcohol and beverage
  • aromatic fraction. Volumes 1 and 2, OIV, Paris, France
  • International Organization of Vine and Wine, 2018. International Oenological Codex
  • International Organization of Vine and Wine, 2018. International Code of Oenological Practices

Related scientific journals

  • ET National Printing Office website
  • European Union Legislation Website – EURLEX
  • Websites of Sector Bodies (PANEPO, KEOSOE, SEO, SEAOP, EEZ, etc.)