Orders of canceled grapes in Duru. PCP questions from the government Republic Association
More than 150 Douro wine makers received messages to Cancellation of requests From the grapes of this year, which generates fear and discontent in the embroidered region. On Friday, the Minister of Agriculture on this issue, taking into account the “incomprehensible” of the government in this regard. In a question addressed to Jose Manuel Fernandez through the Republic Association, PCP Public Paul Santos and Alfredo Maya mentioned that in April, he wrote at least five export houses to more than 150 wine makers in the upgrade area “Duru”, which communicates with them not to buy their members in the following usual. “
“The period they are doing – the generosity gap begins – at the present time, it creates a clear depressive environment in the price market for the next harvest,” PCP warns, who says the behavior of the exported homes. “It was created at the beginning and uncomfortable in the region, which adds up to all problems that are withdrawn in 2023/2024, at the level of flow and prices, (…) translated into a great loss in the income of thousands of young wine makers,” he says.
Before this scenario, PCP is “completely incomprehensible to negativity” Ministry of AgricultureOn the pretext that “it is not enough to sing Las for the quality and kindness of the export of wine in the area of Duru.” “We must look carefully at the problems of your product,” they insist.
PCP deputies ask the Minister of Agriculture what is the evaluation that makes this position and what measures are taken “to attack such behaviors that are inevitably conducted for victims and the upgrade region.”
A scenario became “black”
“The catastrophe we have already planned in the last campaign, which was last year close to the wine, where the purchase houses said it did not want to buy grapes. This year in April and the scenario has already black,” said Marinet Alves, part of the Duro Casa Regional Council, Losa.
According to a dynamic as well 2024 petition“Save cultures in Duru”, which reached 2,600 signatures, “The generosity gap and (wine makers) are now about to have anyone to sell grapes, either to produce a port of Port or Duru wine.”
Producers “just do not want because they say they are stockHe said, in mind, messages sent by at least five of the wine sources to more than 150 wine makers.
