Ministerial Decree No. 326182/6268 on general rules for using the "reserve" and "grande reserve" indications as descriptive elements of wines. Country/Territory Greece Document type Regulation Date 1988 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 584, Part II, 23 August 1988, pp. 5534 and 5535. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Viticulture/oenological practices Food quality control/food safety Certification Standards Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette. Abstract A Decree establishing that the "reserve" and "grande reserve" indications shall be used as appellation of wines the same way the "quality wine produced in a determined region" ("V.Q.P.R.D.") category of wines is used within the European Community. The wines shall be selected among those that bear in the time and have remained stored in order to acquire the characteristics of old wine. The Decree describes extensively the standards required for the use of such names. Full text Greek