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Solar

Portuguese term for a manor house and also winery; see there.

The use of terms referring to an agricultural or wine-growing business may be regulated by the member states of the European Union themselves. In Austria, the following guideline applies to the use of the terms winery and winemaker on the label: The possibility of use is given when wine is produced in an in-house cellar from grapes from own managed areas including lease.

Under certain conditions, this also applies to management contracts and pure grape or wine purchases. A producer is considered a business that processes grapes from its own vineyards. However, the producer does not have to be identical to the bottler. If this is the case, the label may...

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