Harvest Report 2006 - Spain and Portugal

Kicking off just-drinks’ 2006 harvest reports from northern hemisphere wine regions, Chris Losh takes a look at the contrasting fortunes experienced this year by Spanish and Portuguese wine producers.

Harvest Report 2006 – Spain and Portugal

8 November 2006

BELGIUM: Spain granted crisis distillation

13 October 2006

European Union (EU) Ariculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel has highlighted yet another decision to distil quality European wine as evidence of the need to reform the EU’s antiquated wine market system.

SPAIN: Domestic wine consumption slips in H1

23 August 2006

Wine consumption in Spain registered a slight fall in the first six months of this year, according to recent figures.

PORTUGAL: Port producers play down storm damage

20 June 2006

Port producers say the damage suffered by their vineyards in recent hailstorms is not as bad as first feared – but is still the worst in living memory.