article_snippet.sent: However, European winemakers argue that introducing nutritional labelling would lead to an intolerable rise in production costs, and hit smaller vineyards.
article_snippet.sent: But representatives of the European wine industry say the regulation would be devastating for smaller producers.
article_snippet.sent: Obligatory nutritional labelling would lead to an intolerable rise in production costs,' said Aurora Abad, policy officer for the Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins, the wine industry's European body, told The Times.
article_snippet.sent: Fighting back: Winemakers say that introducing nutritional labelling would mean annual tests to extablish calories of each vintage, leading  to a rise in production costs that would mainly hit smaller vineyards .
article_snippet.sent: We consider this unacceptable,' Monique Goyens, director-general of the European Consumer Organisation, said in a letter to the commission seen by the Times.
highlights_snippet.sent: Producers say calorie counts on label would increase production costs .