Editing Vodka (section)

===European Union regulation===
The success of [[grape]]-based vodka in the United States in the early twenty-first century prompted traditional vodka producers in the Vodka Belt countries of [[Poland]], [[Finland]], [[Estonia]], [[Lithuania]], and [[Sweden]] to campaign for [[EU legislation]] that would define ''vodka'' as only spirits made from grain or potatoes.<ref name=reuters/><ref name=stubb/> This proposition provoked heavy criticism from South European countries, which often distill used [[Mashing|mash]] from wine-making into spirits; although higher-quality mash is usually distilled into some variety of [[pomace brandy]], the lower-quality mash is better turned into neutral-flavored spirits instead. Any vodka not made from either grain or potatoes would have to display the products used in its production. This regulation entered into force in 2008.<ref name="europarl">{{cite web|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32008R0110|title=Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89|website=EUR-Lex|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>