The Representatives of the German wine industry have expressed concern that the decision to lift restrictions on planting new vines in the EU would nullify the efforts aimed to stopping the overproduction of growth and quality. At the end of June this year, it was announced that the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union will be amended. Existing restrictions on planting vines will be lifted at the end of 2015. EU countries will be allowed to increase the area of vineyards, maximum of 1% per year until 2030. Then the system will be reviewed again. "This is the biggest question in the wine world in Germany today - Steffen Schindler said, the marketing director of the German Wine Institute. Now we finally have a situation where there is no over-production, but this decision will put it at risk "We are afraid that production will increase in those areas where the vines just cultivated - he added, suggesting that the top regions will not probably be interested in increasing the acreage. I do not see the future of Germany in mass production. In other countries it turns out better”. Advocates of the new law argue that existing bans are an anachronism that deters the European wine industry in the global market. Source: www.vinum.ru