The wine sector has a future and is essential for Spanish agri-food production

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food highlights that the situation of the wine sector is “quite balanced” and its capacity to adapt to new production conditions The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has stressed today that the wine sector has a present and a future, and that it plays a fundamental role in Spanish agri-food production and in the territorial and social reality of the country, for which reason he has assured that it has the full support of the Government. At the event celebrating the centenary of the Ramón Bilbao wineries in Haro (La Rioja), the minister explained that the Spanish wine sector is experiencing a “quite balanced” and “positive” situation in general terms. He has put Ramón Bilbao as an example of the quality of Spanish wines in the world, and particularly of the Rioja Protected Designation of Origin. However, he has pointed out that there are very specific situations in which some imbalances occur, in certain areas or ...