Spain : wine prices worrying wine producers as harvest approaches (Aug 17, 2010)

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While Spain is preparing to harvest for the 2010 vintage, wine producers are worrying about the price of grapes. Some have already decided to leave the grapes on the vines.

The situation is particularly worrying in the Castille-La-Mancha region, champion exporter of wine in bulk. Here the average price for a litre of wine is 0.43 Euros to the export market, according to figures published by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture.

At the other end of the scale, the average price of Rioja wine is 4.3 Euros a litre, ten times the price of La Mancha’s wines. However, even in this prestigious production area there are worries, as for two years now the weak price of the grapes has not covered production costs. The UAGR, Union of Rioja Growers and Producers, is calling for an overhaul in the first two weeks of September, to denounce the abuse of its dominant market position in the commercial and production sectors. Even though the market is balanced, grape prices are decreasing. The union is calling for government intervention, and is demanding:

1.      The immediate creation of a system of price observation, which must publish monthly reports on the price of grapes and of wine,

2.      The creation of a model contract of compulsory purchase, which sets out purchase price and credit periods,

The immediate publication of production costs per kilo of grapes, which would serve as a reference point. According to the union, the production cost for a kilo of grapes is 0.60 Euros, but per kilo producers are only being paid between 0.35 and 0.45 Euros.

Clark Wine Center was built in 2003 by Hong Kong-based Yats International Leisure Philippines to become the largest wine shop in Philippines supplying Asia’s wine lovers with fine vintage wines at attractive prices.  Today, this wine shop in Clark Philippines offers over 2000 selections of fine wines from all major wine regions in the world.  As a leading wine supplier in Philippines, Pampanga’s Clark Wine Center offers an incomparable breadth of vintages, wines from back vintages spanning over 50 years.  Clark Wine Center is located in Pampanga Clark Freeport Zone adjacent to Angeles City, just 25 minutes from Subic and 45 minutes from Manila.

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Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila

Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple:  after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave.  From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City.  From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.