<div style="text-align: justify;">The new labels "organic wine", according to the new EU Regulation on the sector, have made their first peering out at the traditional annual Italian top Wine show, Vinitaly. Present in any pavillion of the fair, organic wines recorded a wide interest of the public and buyers. Sustainability of production, which is now a choice for competition in the global market, is today regulated by a specific European legislation, enforced through a trustful control system and by a clear labelling, which makes organic wine easily recognizable. These were the premises also for one of the events organized by the Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, a conference entitled 'Organic wine: a testimony of producers, wines and territories', organized by AIAB with FederBio and different manufacturers who wanted to talk about the reasons for their choice, the satisfactions and also the problems this choice may have generated.<br><br>Today, more than 50,000 hectares of vineyards in Italy have been converted to organic farming, banning pesticides and chemical fertilizers. And nearly 1,000 wineries have decided to turn their grapes to the European Regulation 203/2012. A Regulation which has generated discussions and criticism, but which at least was able to put a full stop to the argument, waiting to verify consumers' answer from this year.<br><br>Consumption growth, and producers' incomes growth are the most encouraging signs for the whole Italian organic sector, which continues to increase its appreciation in Europe: for organic wine, the largest organic vineyard in Europe. <br><br>Source: Press Office Mipaaf<br><br></div><br>