It remains committed to exhausting all possibilities against what it deems as “an unauthorized use of the goodwill of a world-renowned brand belonging to an entire industry”.
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The plenary meeting of the Regulatory Council of the Qualified Designation of Origin (DOCa) approved this Friday to file an appeal for the reversal of the temporary national protection granted by the Basque government to the designation of origin “Viñedos de Álava”.
This was announced by the President of the Council, Fernando Ezquerro, at an informational meeting at the end of the plenary, who agreed to proceed with legal action for this project promoted by the Rioja Alavesa Winery Association (ABRA), which has issued the only no.
The association of Alava wineries ARAEX and the Alava agricultural organization UAGA also abstained from the vote, the chairman of the Regulatory Council has indicated.
By the same majority, the plenary has decided that, in the event that the Basque government rejects the aforementioned administrative appeal in whole or in part, it will bring a controversial administrative appeal against this resolution to the Supreme Court of the Basque Country.
It will request the accumulation of the pending case pending resolution, which started as early as November 2021.
With this decision, the winegrowing and winegrowing associations that are part of the DOCa renew their position of rejection of this initiative, as well as their commitment to exhaust all possibilities against what they consider “a unauthorized use of goodwill from a world-renowned brand that belongs to an entire industry,” said Ezquerro.
On behalf of the Council, Ezquerro deplored “the damage already done to the Rioja brand, which is the heritage of 571 wineries and 14,300 winegrowers” from La Rioja and Hego Euskal Herria, the three regions that make up the DOCa Rioja.
Ezquerro has indicated that he told the representative of the Basque government in the plenary that “the Alava area of the DOCa has barely 12,000 inhabitants and acquires €500 million of the 1,500 generated by the denomination.
This translates, he indicates, into a per capita income of 40,000 euros per inhabitant, much higher than the average of the CAV and the State as a whole.
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