The research activities of the program run mainly as part of the “Vine & Wine Research Program” (“Projet Vigne et Vin”), which unites eight different research centers in social sciences with a strong interest in wine issues (history, geography, economics, urban studies). Legal research is conducted in interaction with these disciplines.

In this “law in context” approach, legal research tries to identity the key features of a multi-level regulation in the wine and spirits sector. Local settlements (starting from the Champagne example), and the interdependence of national, European and international wine regulations are the major fields of this research.