Planting a vineyard for entrepreneurial purposes will require prior approval. The approval will be issued by the National Wine Agency.

The concept of “approval for vineyard planting” is being introduced as part of the planned amendments to the Law on Vine and Wine. This means that the National Wine Agency will grant physical or legal persons the right to establish an entrepreneurial vineyard and will issue the corresponding document.

The initiative was prepared by the government and has already been submitted to Parliament for review. According to the draft law, planting an entrepreneurial vineyard will be allowed only on the basis of approval issued by the agency.

The Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture will issue an order defining the “rules for planting entrepreneurial vineyards” by March 1, 2026.

Another update is that all wine companies will be required to record technological processes and notify the agency — including those wine producers whose total annual wine sales do not exceed 1,500 liters.

In addition, under the current Law on Vine and Wine, when producing appellation wine or spirits, it is permitted to use up to 15% of grapes grown within another sub-zone or micro-zone of the same viticultural region, provided they are of the same grape variety or another recommended variety of the same color for that region, unless restricted by the specifications of the relevant protected appellation. Under the draft submitted to Parliament, these provisions will be removed from the law.

According to the government, considering that the number of planted vineyards — and therefore grape yields — has increased, ensuring the high quality of protected appellation wines and spirits requires that production be carried out exclusively with grapes harvested within the micro-zone specified in the product’s production specifications.