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VDP的对策  VDP MEASURES

自1984年以来，VDP成员逐步建立了协会内部的葡萄园种类分类系统，试图减少1971葡萄酒法带来的消极影响。
　　VDP葡萄园分级秉承一贯的目标，不断更新：
　　1）为评估德国最好的葡萄园产区的质量潜力；
　　2）为确保德国未来独特的葡萄园种植传统；
　　3）为重塑人们对德国优质干型葡萄酒的信心；
　　4）为强调Prädiktas 酒的传统内涵，突出其自然甜味属性。

自2001年以来，VDP不断总结顾客和业内及媒体人士的建议和评论，其酒园分级模式得到进一步发展。俗话说“罗马非一日建成”, 这35年来，因1971葡萄酒法而不断涌现的问题也不能一日之间解决。更何况，VDP也必须在现有法律框架内开展工作（如尊重标签法）。

经过激烈的争论但绝对平等的讨论后，代表们一致投票决定采用有关VDP分类的提议。该提议使VDP葡萄园分级命名系统更加有逻辑性，加强了顶级葡萄酒和其原产地的关系，让中间结构更加清晰。该决议将于2012年葡萄收获期生效。该决议包括以下几点：

　　四个名称表示VDP原产地等级
　　VDP.GROSSE LAGE-特级酒园(等同勃艮第的Grand Cru)
　　VDP.ERSTE LAGE-一级酒园 (等同勃艮第的Premier Cru)
　　VDP.ORTSWEIN-高级产区 等同勃艮第的Village)
　　VDP.GUTSWEIN –优质产区 (等同勃艮第的Bourgogne regional)

　　代表顶级葡萄酒产地的新名称 —VDP.GROSSE LAGE – 取代过去的 Erste Lage
　　顶级类别虽然被重新命名,但并非建立了新的类别，主要是能调和Erste Lage 和 Grosses Gewächs(头等园干葡萄酒)术语的差异和功能性的清晰化，同时突出那些顶级葡萄园所出产的传统甜味酒的重要平等地位。

　　重审对中等级别葡萄酒产地风土素质的评估-此前这一级别叫做Classified Sites
　　所有VDP地区协会和成员酒庄已被分配了重新严格评估的任务。此举是为了更有力地识别与判定最优产地，即出产承载风土特征的葡萄酒的产地，否则，标签上将无法显现这些产地。总之，此类产地有减少趋势。

　　VDP.ERSTE LAGE-区分最佳和优秀产地的时机
　　VDP.GROSSE LAGE分级表示区域内最佳葡萄园，此方法对境内所有成员酒庄有效，并在2012年度酿酒季后开始生效。VDP.ERSTE LAGE作为可选项目，来指定优秀葡萄园，由各个区域自行决定。各地区也可以决定何时或是否引用VDP.ERSTE LAGE，也就是说，一些地区认为本地区分级葡萄园完全满足VDP.GROSSE LAGE的标准；而一些区域可能希望区分最佳和优秀产地的不同，这样他们便可以选择使用VDP.ERSTE LAGE来标识后者。

Since 1984, members of the VDP have developed an internal system of vineyard classification in an attempt to remedy some of the less-than-positive consequences of the wine law of 1971.The VDP’s vineyard classification is continually being refined, with the following goals in mind:

To assess the quality potential of Germany’s best vineyard sites

To secure the future of Germany’s unique viticultural landscape

To restore esteem for Germany’s outstanding dry wines

To underscore the traditional connotation of the Prädiktas as attributes reserved for wines with natural sweetness

Since 2001, the VDP has refined its internal classification model step by step, taking into consideration recommendations and comments made by customers and by members of the trade and press. Just as “Rome was not built in a day,” the wine-law-related problems that have emerged over the past 35 years cannot be rectified in one step. Furthermore, the VDP must also work within the existing legal framework (respect labelling laws, for example).

After lively debate and fair discussion, the delegates unanimously voted to adopt the resolution proposed on VDP classification, in which the nomenclature of the VDP classification is more logically positioned; the correlation between top wines and their site of origin is strengthened; and the middle segment is more clearly structured. The resolution takes effect with vintage 2012.

The resolution includes the following points:

Four designations denote VDP appellations of origin

- VDP.GROSSE LAGE (like Grand Cru in Burgundy)

- VDP.ERSTE LAGE (like Premier Cru in Burgundy)

- VDP.ORTSWEIN (like Village in Burgundy)

- VDP.GUTSWEIN (like Bourgogne regional in Burgundy)

New designation to denote the origin of top-level wines – VDP.GROSSE LAGE – rather than Erste Lage

The top-level category has been renamed. A new category has not been created, but rather the terminology has been shuffled in order to reconcile the discrepancy between the designations Erste Lage and Grosses Gewächs, as well as underscore the equally high status of wines with residual sweetness produced from grapes grown in exceptional sites.

Review of the designation to denote wines in the middle segment – formerly known as wines from classified sites All VDP regional associations and member estates have been assigned the task of critically reappraising the above-named category. The goal is to be more discriminating in determining what constitutes a very good site, i.e., do the wines produced from grapes produced in such sites really show site-specific characteristics...terroir...and if not, those sites should no longer be named on labels. In all, the number of classified sites is to be reduced.

VDP.ERSTE LAGE – an opportunity to differentiate between the very best and very good sites

The use of the designation VDP.GROSSE LAGE to denote the absolutely finest vineyards of a region is valid for all member estates across the board, effective as of vintage 2012. The use of the designation VDP.ERSTE LAGE to denote very good sites is optional, to be determined region by region. The regions can also determine when, if ever, to introduce the use of VDP.ERSTE LAGE. In other words, some regions might feel the designation VDP.GROSSE LAGE suffices to describe its classified sites; other regions might wish to differentiate between their very best and very good classified sites, in which case they can opt to use the designation VDP.ERSTE LAGE to denote the latter.