“This change is incomprehensible because the EU has banned Slovakia from using the Tokaj name and wine makers in Slovakia can use only the adjectival Tokajsky, Tokajská or Tokajské,” Tokaj Wine Region Hill Council chairman Ferenc Marcinkó said.

As negotiations on a unified Tokaj wine region failed, Slovakia now is employing tricks to grab the name, he added.

Slovakia promised to harmonise its own regulation in an agreement signed in 2004.

The Agriculture Ministry is assuming that an error was made but will address the question at the meeting of the EU wine and grape committees on Tuesday, ministry department head Péter Gárdosi said."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock.

This news item is one of many published daily by HATC, a premier subscription news service which distributes English-language info about Hungary via email or fax. For a free trial of HATC follow this link and click on 'Free Trial Subscription'.