The Government ordered creating the National Office of Vine and Wine whose task will be to promote and sell wines on the home and foreign markets. The office will have the status of legal entity and will work under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, IPN reports.

The institution will implement the state policy in the winegrowing and winemaking sector and will help lay down rules for using and managing the country brand for wine. It will also formulate proposals for improving the legislation on the circulation of wine products.

The office’s work will be supervised by a coordination council consisting of 13 persons – 10 representatives from the wine industry and three representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry.

In the same meeting, the Government approved the institution of the Vine and Wine Fund for financially supporting the measures to develop the winegrowing and winemaking sector. The fund will consist of equal financing from the state and the private sector. 80% of the money will be used to meet the needs of the wine industry, while 20% to cover the costs of the National Office of Vine and Wine.

Prime Minister Iurie Leanca underlined the importance of these documents given the Government’s intention to diversify the markets where to sell wine products and instructed hastening the process of implementing them.