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INAO's PGI wine committee supports the possibility of dealcoholizing PGI wines under certain conditions [ODG].

European regulations since December 2021 allow the dealcoholization of wines under official signs of quality and origin (SIQO) up to 0.5 degrees.

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For several months, INAO's PGI wine committee has been examining the possibility of opening up this provision to French PGI wines. Organoleptic, origin-linked, technological, regulatory and economic aspects have all been taken into account.
At the end of this work, the April 4, 2024 committee took a clear direction:

PGI wines may be dealcoholized up to 6 degrees, provided:
- That this possibility is included in the cahier des charges, following an instruction conducted by the national committee, based on a request from the ODG,
- That all wines are organoleptically controlled before and after dealcoholization.
Below 6 degrees, ODGs will be able to conduct an experiment or mobilize the dispositif d'évaluation des innovations (DEI).
- This is only open, however, to ODGs that have made provision in their specifications to be able to produce dealcoholized wines down to 6 degrees,
- These experiments, based on a request from the ODG, will be monitored by the INAO's Scientific and Technical Commission.