"Every man for himself": In the 2026 grape harvest, the grape is paid the same as two years ago, and with losses of up to 2000 dollars.

Winegrowers in San Juan and Mendoza are facing a new harvest season that they already know will be dire. Amidst the widespread crisis affecting the entire sector, which has hit major wineries and is worsening in a context of falling consumption, the primary link believes that there will be no celebrations for the 2026 Harvest. The "breeding ground" is extremely complex: grapes are being paid less than last year, costs continue to rise, and as the "withdrawal" of the State - which historically boosted the sector - is consolidated, many producers are directly evaluating not to harvest their crops in the coming weeks. Amidst assemblies, mobilizations, and meetings, the viticulturists refuse to accept what they consider "conditions of ruin," but they also know that they must sit down to negotiate, against the clock, if they want to at least try to make it through 2026, as they did in the previous two years. Bichos de Campo drew a diagnosis along with the main leaders, who agree on a ...