The sector will need to incorporate 22,600 young people for the management of wine-growing operations.

The Spanish wine sector will need to incorporate at least 22,600 young people in the coming years to facilitate the generational change in farms that are currently managed by professionals aged 65 or older. This was highlighted this morning during the presentation of the report "Economic and social relevance of the wine sector in Spain and the generational change" at Expo Sagris, the Agriculture and Livestock Fair. The study, prepared by Afi for the Spanish Wine Interprofessional (OIVE), offers a detailed analysis of the sector, putting numbers to a phenomenon that, according to the director of the Interprofessional, Susana García, "worries the entire rural world: the aging of the countryside and the difficulty of ensuring its continuity." However, she clarified, the issue of generational change "is not just a demographic or vocational issue, it also has to do with the conditions we offer our young people and, above all, with a positive narrative of wine as an opportunity." "We ...