Goria Giovanni

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The Italian politician Giovanni Goria (1943-1994) became Italy's youngest prime minister at the time in 1987. As Minister of Agriculture, he enacted the "Goria Law" named after him, which came into force in February 1992. The main aim was to emphasise the geographical origin by introducing a new quality level. The aim was to solve the problem that many wines were denied DOC status because the grape varieties and vinification methods used in the Vino da Tavolas were not taken into account in the DOC regulations. Following the French Vin de Pays model, the new IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) country wine category was created, but it did not allow for a more precise designation of origin than Italy. The level lay between Vino da Tavola(table wine) and the quality wines classified as DOC or DOCG..

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