After the refusal to expand the cultivation surface of the DO Cava, Estremadura took the decision to court. Now the Superior Court of Justice agrees with Extremadura and will be able to expand the cultivation area.
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What about Cava in Extremadura?
The court ruling makes it clear that the Government should not have restricted the registration of new hectares of the Denomination of Origin Cava. In this way, and although they are only 40 hectares, he agrees with the Government of Extremadura and the winegrowers of the area of Almond grove they will be able to expand the cultivated area.
The Spanish Government authorized that it be the same appellation of origin that could limit the cultivation area. In this way the DO Cava limited the plantations of new wine surface to elaborate the DO Cava sparkling wine. The government also authorized that the Cava Denomination of Origin could limit the replanting and conversion rights of replanting. All of this was motivated by the supra-autonomous nature of the DO Cava, which had to be authorized by the central government after the pertinent consultations with the affected autonomies. However, the government ceded the right to the aforementioned appellation of origin.
The DO Cava will open the inscription to expand
The arguments of DO Cava for this limitation they were focused on improving quality and not prioritizing the quantity of production. In this way, the market could be better protected and work could be done to produce a high-quality sparkling wine that would be more valued by consumers. Everything after the conflict that led to the split of some cava producers who abandoned the appellation of origin. They argued that each DO Cava had less economic value and prestige in the markets.
After the resolution, registration will be opened again to ask winegrowers if finally and after this time they are still interested in registering this extension. On the other hand, the legal costs will be borne by the DO Cava and central government as decision makers.
