Interesting article in today's NYTimes:
NYTimes:CroatianWines
on the EU forbidding two traditional Croatian wines:
1. Prosek (probably some carets in there) is a passito dessert wine made by drying grapes in the attics or straw mats. The Italians assert that wine would be confused for Prosecco. Yeah...sure.
2. Teran: The Slovenians object to a red wine the Croatians label as "Teran"...claiming it would be confused with their "Terran". This one is puzzling because Terran/Teran is a grape varietal name and, if the Croatians are making it from this variety...how could that be illegal?? The Croatians have long made Teran up on the Istrian Peninsula.
Seems the EU bureaucrats are dealing w/ piddling little problems when they could be going after bigger targets...like Burgundians labeling their red wine as PinotNoir.
Tom