Commission Oenology

Adopted

Lysozyme treatment

RESOLUTION OENO 6/97

LYSOZYME TREATMENT

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AFTER HEARING the works of the expert group « International Code of Oenological Practices »,

DECIDES:

ON THE PROPOSAL of Commission II « Oenology », to include in the  « International Code », the following definition;

Gelatin treatment

RESOLUTION OENO 5/97

GELATIN TREATMENT

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

AFTER HEARING the works of the expert group « International code of oenological practices »,

DECIDES :

ON THE PROPOSAL of Commission II « Oenology », to include in the « International Code » , the following definition :

Biogenic Amines

RESOLUTION OENO 4/97

BIOGENIC AMINES

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

ON THE PROPOSAL of Commission II « Oenology », after study by the expert group « Food safety »,

AFTER hearing several reports concerning biogenic amines,

CONSIDERING that the content in wines is low but that in a few instances this content can be increased, notably for reasons of hygiene,

Importance for the viticultural sector of research on the metabolism of alcohol

RESOLUTION OENO 3/97

IMPORTANCE FOR THE VITICULTURAL SECTOR OF RESEARCH ON THE METABOLISM OF ALCOHOL

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

ON THE PROPOSAL of Sub-Commission « Nutrition and Health » after study by the expert group « Nutrition and Wine »,

AFTER HEARING the latest scientific data on the variability of the population’s metabolic response to wines and other alcoholic beverages consumption,

RECOMMENDS to Member States

Typicity and diversity of vine products

RESOLUTION OENO 1/97

TYPICITY AND DIVERSITY OF VINE PRODUCTS

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

ON THE PROPOSAL of Commission II « Oenology »,

TAKING INTO ACCOUNT the papers presented during the XXIst Vine and Wine World Congress  held in Punta del Este from the 27 to 29 November 1995 , on the theme of « Wine-making technologies and typicities of wine ».

PROPOSES to encourage works aiming at improving  knowledge in order to achieve:

Limit of sulfur dioxide in wines

RESOLUTION OENO 9/98

LIMIT OF SULFUR DIOXIDE IN WINES

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

ON PROPOSAL of Commission II, «Enology,» and on the advice of the Sub-committees «Nutrition and Health» and «Methods of Analysis,» and the Groups of Experts, «Microbiology of Wine» and «Technology of Wine»;

CONSIDERING that the consumption of wine represents an food source with sulfur dioxide;