Clement Xu

Document Type

Essay

Publication Title

Emory International Law Review Recent Developments

Publication Date

2025

Abstract

In our lives, many of us will intersect with wine at some point, be it an aged bordeaux presented in elaborate fashion, or a box of nondescript cooler doled out at a backyard cookout. Beyond analyzing a wine for the complexity of its bouquet, or the strength of its tannins, the wine market as a whole beckons a nuanced study from the perspective of comparative law. The radical differences in business models, consumer base, and even expectations, between the “old world” and the “new world” give rise to a number of topics ranging from authenticity, legal protection, and government regulatory procedure that give insight to the respective regulatory procedures of the US and the European Union. At the heart of this paper is a comparative study of federalism as made manifest in these two worlds, comparing how these two regulatory bodies promulgate rules for an industry that requires a recognition of hyper-specific regionality on the one hand, and universal regulatory measures on the other. A conclusion as to what system might be preferable for wine law is not the aim of this discourse, only how different legal context and culture yields different approaches towards regulating the same industry.

Volume

39

First Page

1

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