1st World Congress on Wine Tourism and the Law that fall under the exclusive competence of the State, such as that relating to civil law, as per our Constitution. However, Italian law provides for a double level of regulatory intervention; in fact, the national law identifies general criteria, while the regions implement them in the different realities. Rightly or wrongly, wine tourism is subjected to a stringent publicistic regime, with checks on the legitimacy of the behavior of the companies and the risk of suspension or inhibition measures in case of illegal conduct. Actually, such threats seem a bit excessive. There could be dangerous illegitimate conduct if adulterated products were administered, but such cases would give rise to offenses already regulated by the general criminal system. By default, wine tourism is devoid of serious risks. 4. The proposed law On January 24, 2023, a bill for a new wine tourism regulation was submitted. The scheme is divided into nine provisions. Article 1 defines wine tourism by reiterating, in a more concise form, the notion referred to in the ministerial decree. It is not intended to expand or change these generic provisions, but re - proposes the themes of educational and informative activities on wine production, reception and hospitality services, visits, tasting and serving food related to the territory. Article 2 refers to the decree of the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of July 17, 2000. The reference does not seem correct, as the aforementioned decree sets quality criteria for wine routes, regulated by Law No. 268 of 1999. It would have been more consistent with the object of the proposal to refer to the 2019 ministerial decree, wanted by Law No. 205 of 2017, precisely for the regulation of wine tourism. Article 2, second paragraph, of the bill falls into the same error, because it refers to the list of entities that could be dedicated to such an initiative set by the 2000
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