Genetically Modified (GM) vines

Excerpts from a new in Decanter.com:

World’s top producers resist GM

http://www.decanter.com/news/56331.html

A group of major wine producers has declared its opposition to testing of genetically modified vines.

Terre et Vin du Monde counts among its members Château Latour, Pichon Longueville, Cos d’Estournel, Smith Haut Lafitte, Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Château de Beaucastel in the Rhône, Spain’s Vega Sicilia, Egon Müller in Germany, and many other world-renowned producers.

It was set up five years ago following the first GM vine tests in France. Since then, the association has swelled to 400 members. Having previously argued for a GMO moratorium, the group’s position has changed to outright opposition.

The group has just met to declare opposition to France’s National Agricultural Research Institute in Colmar (Alsace), which is seeking government approval to resume field tests of GM vine rootstocks.

The association argues that introducing GM products could irreversibly damage the genetic diversity and typicity of France’s terroirs, the product of centuries of careful vine selection.
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Anyone has more information about all this GM issue?