Umongameli weBhunga loLawulo lweRioja Qualified Denomination (DOCa Rioja) uFernando Ezquerro uye wazisa ukuba i-Denomination iya kubonisa isibheno solawulo malunga nesigqibo sikaRhulumente waseBasque ukunika ukukhanya okuluhlaza ekubhaliseni 'Viñedos de Álava'. Ngokuka-Ezquerro, i-98,4% yebhunga lixhase eli nyathelo lilodwa kwi-Rioja Alavesa Winery Association (ABRA), engumxhasi we 'Viñedos de Álava', kwaye ivotele ngokuchaseneyo. Eli qela linommeli omnye kuphela (iivoti ezi-3) kumazwi ali-16 ewonke (iivoti ezili-100) kwibhunga lolawulo. Ewe, kukho izinto ezimbini zokuzila, ezihambelana ne-Araex kunye ne-UAGA.
U-Ezquerro uye wakhusela ukuba "zonke izibonelelo eziyimfuneko ukukhusela ingqibelelo ye-Rioja Qualified Denomination kunye nobubele obuveliswe ngulo mqondiso kwiminyaka engama-97 edlulileyo" iya kuqhubeka. Ngaloo ndlela, wachaza ukuba esi sibheno sokuqala solawulo sihamba ngokuthe ngqo kwisigqibo sesigqeba esabelwana ngaso yi-PNV kunye ne-Basque socialists e-Vitoria ukuvumela ukuhlukana kweRioja Alavesa. Umongameli webhunga lolawulo laseRioja uye waqaphela ukuba, xa kukho isigwebo esibi, baya kuya kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yoBulungisa belizwe laseBasque (TSJPV).
Ngalo mqondo, naye wazisola ngokuba inyathelo le-'Viñedos de Álava' sele lenza "ingozi" kwi-Denomination kwaye ikholelwa ukuba "ayilunganga indawo ye-brand ye-Rioja emhlabeni". U-Ezquerro uthe "sithetha ngabantu baseRioja Alavesa nje abemi be-12.000, kwi-Denomination eya kuvelisa ixabiso le-1.500 yezigidi zee-euro kwaye, xa idluliselwe kwindawo, isithathu, i-500 yezigidi zee-euro".
"Izigqibo zezopolitiko kunye nezigqibo"
Intloko yebhunga lolawulo, iye yakhusela ukuba icandelo livelisa kwingingqi ye-Álava yehlelo ingeniso yomntu ngamnye malunga ne-40.000 yee-euro ngaphezulu komndilili weLizwe laseBasque nakwiindawo zokutyela eSpain. Ku-Ezquerro, emva kwayo yonke le nto ingasentla, kukho "izigqibo zezopolitiko kunye nezigqibo ezibangela umonakalo esithemba ukuba awunakulungiswa."
Ngokuphathelele ubukho bukaVictor Oroz, uSekela Mphathiswa wezoLimo, uLoba kunye noMgaqo-nkqubo woKutya welizwe laseBasque, uye waqinisekisa ukuba uye wazama ukuba "aseptic" kwiingxelo zakhe kulo mbandela. Kulo mgca, umongameli webhunga elilawulayo uye wagxininisa ukuba kukho "inxalenye enkulu yabalimi bewayini kunye neendawo zewayini kule ndawo abaziva bebuhlungu ngeli nyathelo."
