DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN PRODUCERS AND PROCESSORS IN THE DOC RIOJA

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The differences arise because there are 860 million gallons stored at all the wineries at the end of 2009.
The Regulatory Board of Denomination of Origin Rioja try to reach an agreement to amend the regulation, reducing yields and thus covered the stock.

The figure for 2010 wine cellar is the largest in the last twenty years due to the crisis, therefore, has to strike a balance between production and sales. Being discussed two possible actions:
The reduction of production covered by the DOC of grapes from 100 to 90% (of 6,500 kilos per hectare ink to 5.850 kilos), through green harvesting techniques.

A lower yield of grape-wine processing to widen from 70 to 67%, avoiding excessive pressed.
Both measures combined would result in elimination of production Rioja welcomed by some 40 million gallons and reduce it to about 240 (last year were housed 278 million liters). To have more effective should be applied in several vintages, and this is where the major differences and difficulties in achieving the right balance between maintaining the income of the winemakers and the benefit of the wineries.

Meteorological Data date: 23.02.10 WINE GRAPE ARAR Home

Air Temperature: MAX: 14.1 º C Min: 6.3 ° C

Relative Humidity: 57%

Accumulated Precipitation: 0.0 liters / M2

Solar Radiation: 96 W/m2