Unfortunately, we must assert that neither our unions or the ministry or the Italian representatives in Brussels have defended our interests. The large merchant, distribution, wine-producing and wine industrialists lobbies (who now have multinational interests) usually predominate.
It is clear that industry and trade have interests in disengaging themselves from their origins, from the territory, in order to be able to buy raw materials in one place or another, based on market convenience. But wine in Europe is not a raw material: it is instead an agricultural product tied to its territory of origin. For this reason, it seems unfathomable and incorrect that a grape must born in one European country be bottled in another (where labour costs are, of course, higher) and be labelled as a product of that country without an indication of the country of origin. This is misleading for the consumer and constitutes unfair competition in relation to the winegrowers of the importing country. But this already happens with olive oil, where the interests of the multinational industry have eliminated many small-scale producers.