Spain: The Valencian Community expects the lowest wine grape harvest in 30 years

Published Aug 6, 2024

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The Unió Llauradora agricultural organization predicts that the Valencian Community will see its wine grape harvest decrease by 29% this year, marking the lowest yield in the past 30 years due to ongoing drought. This drought has already caused over 24 million euros in losses for Valencian winegrowers, with the potential for further damage as the drought continues to affect other crops. Despite the quality of the grapes being good and there being no major health issues, the current prices do not cover production costs for most grape varieties. The organization is calling for increased prices and extraordinary aid from the government to help offset these losses. So far, their requests for aid have not been granted.

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The Unió Llauradora predicts the lowest harvest of wine grapes in the Valencian Community in the last 30 years, at a time when Valencian winegrowers are already suffering direct losses of more than 24 million euros due to the drought. When the harvest begins With the harvesting of white and muscat grapes in all the producing areas of the Valencian Community, the harvest prospects are marked by the serious and prolonged drought. With this scenario, the agricultural organization foresees a productive decrease in a first estimate of 29% , which may mean the lowest harvest in the last 30 years. And the drought continues to wreak havoc on the different crops in the Valencian countryside. The agricultural organization foresees a production of wine grapes in the 2024/2025 campaign of around 1.47 million hectoliters, with a clear drop in relation to last year and which would thus be 42% lower than the average of the last 30 years.By Denominations of Origin, in Utiel-Requena and Valencia ...

Source: Agrodiario