A comprehensive grape harvest inspection has started in Hungary
A comprehensive grape harvest inspection began today – announced Zsolt Feldman, the state secretary responsible for agriculture and rural development. The authorities, with the cooperation of the National Tax and Customs Administration, will separately check the producers of low-alcohol wines in addition to the usual checks of vineyards and wineries that process grapes this year.

Nothing escapes the attention of the inspectors (Photo: Pixabay)
The most important goal of the coordinated inspections is to protect the interests of the grape growers, said the state secretary. As he said, the National Council of Mountain Communities (HNT) and the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH) have been successfully conducting inspections aimed at recording the real must level values for several years, and the National Tax and Customs Office will also be involved in the inspection during this year’s harvest. In addition to the already proven control practice, the staff of the NAV will conduct permanent official supervision 24 hours a day this year, and when counting the turnover of the incoming grape harvest, they will also separately check the wineries that make the most low-alcohol wines and the companies that buy the most grapes, the state secretary announced.
The vintage controls in recent years have proven to be effective, as the authorities found that the values indicated in the vintage documents corresponded to reality. Having experienced this, the extension of control to several stages of the grape acquisition process became justified.
Estimates of the low grape harvest and grape price forecasts justify significantly higher grape prices than last year’s for this year’s harvest. The price forecasts approved by the first wine regions are now available on the HNT website. These represent a good point of alignment not only for the grape producers, but also for the buyers when forming an agreement on the price – said Zsolt Feldman.
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