The Consortium for the Protection of Cannonau di Sardegna was formed on 30th January 2007, with seat in Nuoro at the Chamber of Commerce, has been officially recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry pursuant to Article 19 of the Law No.164/92 laying down the new specifications on the designations of origin of wines.
The recognition took place with the Ministerial Decree of 19/09/2007 published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale No. 229 of 02/10/2007. The Decree, in addition to the approval of the Statute of the Consortium, instructs the same to carry out responsibilities of protection, enhancement, general care of the interest relating to the Cannonau di Sardegna designation of origin, as well as of proposal and consultation with the Public Administration.
In Sardinia, to date, is the first and only Consortium of the wine sector to have obtained the important ministerial recognition. This allows us to fill a historical gap, being Sardinia among the important regions for wine production, the only one in Italy that has not activated the instrument of the Consortium of Protection yet.
To date, the Consortium has been joined by the majority of the regional producers which, together, claim more than 40% of the area planted with Cannonau di Sardegna D.O.C. vines.
