By Francisco Marcos, Professor of Law, Center for European Studies Madrid, LL.M. Berkeley Law
The American oak casks used for winemaking in the “Sherry Triangle” (an area in the Spanish province of Cádiz) have recently been the subject of scrutiny by the Spanish Government. According to separate enforcement actions by the Spanish National Competition Commission (hereinafter NCC) in the last three years several anticompetitive arrangements between various producers have dragged down market competition in the Sherry industry (all the decisions by the NCC can be downloaded here).
