UPDATE: EU MINISTERS STRUGGLE FOR COMPROMISE

The EU isn’t much closer to making a decision on the proposed wine sector reforms under EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel. Her plan includes major changes for the European wine industry, mainly to help drain its surplus wine lake and increase competition with the New World. As you can imagine, her proposals have been met with loads of criticism and resistance. Although some sort of a decision was expected yesterday (Nov. 27), EU government representatives were unable to agree