Since 1979, serving the Consortia.

Federdoc is the Voluntary Consortia National Confederation for the Protection of the Italian Wines Designations. Established in 1979, it gathers almost the whole world of Italian wine designations and their Protection Consortia. Every day Federdoc represents and supports the Consortia with every institutional, legal and legislative aspects. Throughout the year it promotes the Designations with informational and promotional campaigns, both in Europe and worldwide. Federdoc: “the Designation of Origin” of Italian Consortia.

About Federdoc

On July 9th 1979, at the Chamber of Commerce of Bologna, was established the Voluntary Consortia National Confederation for the Protection of the Italian wines, briefly Federdoc. With the term “Designation” are meant all the Protected Designations of Origin and Protected Geographical Indications (DOCG-DOC-IGT) of the Italian wines whose production is monitored by Protection Associations according to D.M. October 5th 2018.

The Voluntary Consortia for the Protection of the Italian Wines Designations can gather into regional or/and interregional federations to optimize the pursuit of goals on the areas concerned.

Federdoc is the “table” around which representatives of the agricultural, industrial, cooperative and commercial fields of the sector get together to deal with the problems about designations. Together, they seek solutions and guarantee support for international legal protection.

1) Providing legal and legislative support and assistance to the protection Consortia while fulfilling their institutional functions as set by the law. Moreover, providing assistance with the activities on the law about the Designation of Origin and/or Geographical Indication of Italian wines.

2) Concluding, on behalf of the associated Consortia, agreements, researching and studying projects about aspects and topics of national interest referring to Community rules and obligations.

3) Working for the national and international legal protection of Italian Designations, cooperating with the E.C., national and regional organizations by participating in the initiatives about their promotion.

4) Carrying out functions and tasks given by ministries and/or competent ministerial and regional bodies, under their control and coordination.

5) Providing the technical support to create a fixed procedure for the production of both Designation of Origin and with Geographical indication wines.