Spain: The UAGR-COAG does not approve raising the budgets of the CR DOC Rioja due to the low prices of the grape

Published 2022년 12월 20일

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The DOC Rioja Regulatory Council approved a 1.63% increase in its budgets for next year, despite the Union of Farmers and Ranchers of La Rioja arguing that they should be reduced in light of low grape prices. The Union believes that winegrowers have been subsidizing winery profits and maintains that the average grape and bulk wine price in the DOC Rioja's internal market does not cover production costs. The Union also disputes the proposed 50% of promotion costs that winegrowers are expected to pay.

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The Plenary of the DOC Rioja Regulatory Council approved yesterday to increase the agency's budgets for next year by 1.63% compared to those of 2022. The Union of Farmers and Ranchers of La Rioja has voted against said proposal when considering that in a context of low prices for grapes, in many cases without even covering production costs, budgets should not be increased but, if anything, reduced. The Union maintains that the winegrowers of the DOC Rioja have been supporting the profit accounts of the wineries on their income for several years, since in the last campaigns the average price for the grapes and for the bulk of wine in the internal market of the Denomination does not exceed production costs. According to Roberto Salinas Bezares, UAGR-COAG winemaker, "many grapes are paid below production costs, which we do not agree with. As long as the ...

Source: Agrodigital