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The 2015/2016 campaign ends with stocks of must and wine below the average of the last four seasons. Specifically, 30.5 million hectoliters, of which 29,16 million are wine and 1.34 million grape juice unconcentrated. This will facilitate the onset and course of the new campaign, while it shows the dynamism of the market, particularly as regards exports.
The Valencian Farmers Association (AVA-ASAJA) has strongly criticized the latest attacks of Gauls farmers against Spanish wine and has demanded strong sanctions from the European Union. In that sense, its president, Cristobal Aguado, has warned that inaction in Brussels to these repeated assaults of French producers encourages the feeling of disenchantment with the common European project. Behind this conflict, which is being extended in time, there are accusations of unfair competition and marketing of Spanish bulk wine as French by Gauls winegrowers.
The Control Board of the Designation of Origin (C.R.D.O.) La Mancha collaborate for the second consecutive year in the II Summer Courses of the University of Castilla la Mancha (UCLM), exposing to students its case as an example of the wine sector and communication. The campus of Ciudad Real and the headquarters of the C.R.D.O. will host from 29 to 30 September this training.
Twenty wineries of the Designation of Origin (O.D.) La Mancha will presente its wine on June 24th, as part of events commemorating the gastronomic capital of Toledo. So, continuing its promotional campaign in the city of three cultures, the Regulatory Council of the O.D. has scheduled a busy day in the Toledo old case.
The Control Board of the Designation of Origin (CRDO) of Sherry and Manzanilla are looking for new label for bottles used in all generic promotion activities in an effort to renew the image of these very genuine wines. For this purpose, the CRDO has launched a label design contest to update its image through “Design Crowd”, a web services platform global design online.
Satisfaction Regulatory Council after his recent visit to Vinexpo in Hong Kong. The DO La Mancha wines attended for the second time to the most important fair in Asia. Some 16 wineries included in the Designation of Origin La Mancha accompanied the Regulatory Council.
If globalization dictates on economic, political and social relations, foot field is an example that illustrates in recent decades: the vineyard. The relocation of the crop beyond the shores of the Mediterranean has reached and even China, a market with great potential consumption of wine, which stands as the second vineyard in the world, behind Spain. The OIV has analyzed the potential for wine production, the balance of the harvest and the market situation and international exchanges in 2015.
Cervanvino begins in Madrid to commemorate the fourth centenary of the death of Cervantes. The event-tasting wine from DO La Mancha with other products of the earth, accompanying reading “continuous reading of Don Quixote” this coming April 22 at the Circulo de Bellas Artes.
ICEX Spain Export and Investors has covered some 200 Spanish wineries to show the diversity of the sector in one of the specialized fairs in the world of wine, which was held from 13 to 15 March in the German city of Dusseldorf. Promotion agencies of autonomous communities of Andalusia (EXTENDA), Castilla-La Mancha (IPEX), Extremadura (AVANTE) and Galicia (IGAPE) have coordinated the participation of companies of the region within the Spanish official pavilion.
The Spanish wine exports break records last year, according to the Spanish Wine Market Observatory (OEMV). Foreign sales have recorded 2,638 million euros, touching the 24 million hectoliters. The average price eased its relegation last year to 1.10 euros per liter. United States, Canada and Mexico are the most focused on wines with higher added value destinations.
The regional government and the wine-making regulators Boards of Appellations of Origin of Castilla-La Mancha drive the Regional Association of wine ACREVIN to be stronger in the markets.
Spain keeps a strong increase in its wine exports to international markets, but now not only in terms of volume, where the increase is 8.4%, but also in value, an increase of nearly 100 million euros between January and November this year, to reach 2,409.9 million euros. n terms of value, are the wines with denomination of origin and other wines packaged the leading growth in 2015, while volume sales remain strong bulk wines, which increased particularly to France.
The five presidents of the Regulatory Council that have led the institution backbone of the interests of the Rioja wine sector have met for the first time to analyze from his perch the keys that have allowed to climb between regions Rioja world’s most prestigious wine.
Ernesto Gallud, writer and wine expert, prepares the guide Sin Mala Uva (2015-2016 edition) for readers to “begin at the beginning” in this sector so fashionable today. It is a journey through the depth varietal wines, that is, those wines that are made from a single grape variety or very high in this (which should always be above 85%) percentage.
Editorial Agrícola Española, in collaboration with the Wine Cooperative of Villarrobledo and UPA Castilla-La Mancha, organized the conference “Agrícola Café Viñedo Day”, on November 18 in the Wine Cooperative of Villarrobledo (Albacete). The debate is the current situation of the sector and its future prospects and where experts will gather to provide an overview of it but analyzing each of the means of production and the possibilities of improving their profitability. Comes the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development of Castilla-La Mancha, Francisco Martinez Arroyo.
Close by the celebration of the 80th anniversary of our Denomination of Origin Jerez-Xeres-Sherry, the Regulatory Council launches the second edition of the contest musts. Jerez institution encourages all wineries and registered viñistas to participate in this initiative which is expected to become a classic of this season, in the assurance that contribute to rebuilding those issues directly linked to sherry with his Origin: the vineyard.
