{"id":20262,"date":"2026-03-27T09:20:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T03:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=20262"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:45:09","slug":"item_5_973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_5_973\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Australia FTA a Truce in Prosecco War with Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20262\" class=\"elementor elementor-20262\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4720b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4720b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f09f7\" data-id=\"53f09f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70aab53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70aab53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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Formal agreement is expected to be signed later this year or early 2027. Further parliamentary and legal steps are expected to take another year for the Agreement to come into force- similar to the Indo- EU FTA signed last month,<\/p>\n<p>The agreement is important because till now the EU has been Australia\u2019s largest trading partner without a free trade agreement (FTA).&nbsp; As a single market, the EU is Australia\u2019s third largest trading partner and second largest source of foreign investment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_6_855.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">GLERA- The Glorified Grape of Italian Bubbly Prosecco<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This has been the most important and debatable point that had created confusion and anguish amongst the Australian Prosecco producers, especially those with Italian descent, who had been growing <em>Prosecco<\/em> grapes and making the bubbly for over 30 years. But the formation of two consortiums of Prosecco DOC and Prosecco DOCG in 2009 in Italy renaming the grape as the original <em>Glera<\/em>, had upset &nbsp;the Italian Prosecco producers, especially because the terroir and growing conditions of these grapes, especially in King\u2019s Valley were perfect for good quality wines and the two countries had started competing in the international markets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_4_817.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Australia losing Grip in Prosecco Tussle with Italy<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The legal action taken by the consortiums with the help of the EU had resulted in all other countries stopping to buy Australian Prosecco, including India where a couple of importers had started importing Prosecco from Australia. Though slightly more expensive they were of very good quality and threatened the growth of the authentic Italian bubbly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/blog_200_795.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Blog: Australian Prosecco import to be banned in India ?<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several legal battles were fought in courts and finally the Australian Trade Make Authority had rejected Italian plea who had nothing left in their armoury except using pressure on the Australians in the ongoing FTA negotiations. The Agreement is thus a partial win and a truce between the two warring nations. It allows Aussies to continue making it for the domestic market but not for exports. The existing exporters can export for 10 years, possibly reducing the quantum every year and Aussies finding a mutually acceptable alternative nomenclature for the bubbly in the export markets. This had happened with Tokaj wines of Hungary and Tokai grapes of Friuli (both constituents of the European Union, at the turn of the century which was obliged to change the name of its grapes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/dm_30_item_1.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Friuliano<\/span><\/a> in 2007.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/blog_203_801.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Blog: Prosecco War between Italy &amp; Australia carries on<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australian Grape &amp; Wine (AGW) has welcomed key elements of the FTA, including the removal of tariffs on Australian wine exports to EU member states while simultaneously highlighting the \u201csignificant implications\u201d the agreement will have for producers exporting Australian Prosecco. Australian wine exported to the European Union will not be subjected to tariffs upon entry, resulting in savings of millions of dollars every year and will become more competitive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_4_786.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">View Point: Italy-Australia Prosecco Debate hits Press<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subhash Arora<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Friday, 27 March 2026 09:50 EU Australia FTA a Truce in Prosecco War with Italy March 27:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[1015,92,1014],"class_list":["post-20262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-headlines","tag-eu-australia","tag-fta","tag-prosecco-war"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1.webp",416,200,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1-300x144.webp",300,144,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1.webp",416,200,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1.webp",416,200,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1.webp",416,200,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1.webp",416,200,false],"slider-bg":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1.webp",416,200,false],"card-grid":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1.webp",416,200,false],"card-list":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1.webp",416,200,false],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1.webp",416,200,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1.webp",416,200,false],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/prosecco-australia-article-1.webp",416,200,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/other-headlines\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other Headlines<\/a>","tag_info":"Other Headlines","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20262"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20296,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20262\/revisions\/20296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}