The high court of
Andalucía has overruled the Junta’s decision to allow the sale of BIB’s in horeca (hotel, restaurant and catering)
and suspended their sale as a cautionary measure until the full verdict is
published. The Junta went against the majority view, represented by Fedejerez, and
the Consejo’s own rules in permitting this contentious container (though not - officially - for sale to the public) and instructing the Consejo to issue the appropriate
seals.
Fedejerez, who appealed the Junta’s decision,
is delighted with the result, “an important success for the protection of the
Denominación de Origen Manzanilla, which we are very proud of”. The institution
which represents the bodegas feels that the Junta’s decision was arbitrary and
allowed some Sanlúcar bodegas (which represent only 4% of total sales) to break
the Consejo rules. It had therefore asked the court for BIBs to be suspended as
they were in “flagrant breach of the rules and agreements repeatedly adopted by
the plenary of the Consejo.” Not only that, but BIBs “do irreparable harm to
Sherry’s prestige, reputation and perception of quality”. Fedejerez hopes that
this will now put an end to the matter.
The Parque Científico Tecnológico
Agroindustrial was established in 2007 near Jerez for important research by various institutions such as the
University of Cádiz and businesses involved in the agricultural sector. In 2010
a Centro Tecnológico del Vino (CTV)was proposed, but lack of investment saw the
project shelved and the PCTA declared itself insolvent in 2014, being currently
in administration. Now the Junta de Andalucía is to invest 750,000 euros in the
“rebirth” of the CTV from its 2017 budget to get it off the ground. This would
be a fantastic move towards modernisation, innovation and research and
development. The announcement was made at the Consejo’s bodega San Ginés by
Manuel Jiménez Barrios, vice president of the Junta.
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