EU Trade Agreement Ends, Halts Some Exports to Europe

Dear Client:U.S. wines using certain traditional “expressions” in their title such as chateau, vintage and clos are not allowed to export to the EU. Permission from the EU to use a dozen such expressions expired March 10, which has forced wines such as Napa-based Clos du Val to halt shipping to almost every country in the EU. The US and EC signed a three-year wine trade agreement in 2006, which says the European Commission “shall permit the use of the