Umongameli we-Regulatory Council ye-Rioja Qualified Denomination (DOCa Rioja) u-Fernando Ezquerro ubike ukuthi i-Denomination izokwethula isikhalazo sokuphatha ngokumelene nesinqumo sikaHulumeni wase-Basque sokunikeza ukukhanya okuluhlaza ekubhaliseni 'i-Viñedos de Álava'. Ngokuka-Ezquerro, u-98,4% womkhandlu usekele lolu hlelo lulodwa oluvela ku-Rioja Alavesa Winery Association (ABRA), engumgqugquzeli we-'Viñedos de Álava', futhi avotele ngokumelene nalo. Leli qembu linommeleli oyedwa kuphela (amavoti ama-3) enanini lamazwi angu-16 (amavoti ayi-100) emkhandlwini olawulayo. Yebo, kube nokuvinjwa okubili, okuhambisana ne-Araex ne-UAGA.
U-Ezquerro uvikele ukuthi "zonke izinsiza ezidingekayo ukuze kuvikelwe ubuqotho be-Rioja Qualified Denomination kanye nomusa owenziwe yilo mkhiqizo eminyakeni engu-97 edlule" izoqhubeka. Ngalo mqondo, wachaza ukuthi lesi sikhalazo sokuqala sokuphatha siphikisana ngqo nesinqumo se-executive esabiwe yi-PNV kanye nama-socialists aseBasque e-Vitoria ukuze avumele ukuhlukaniswa kweRioja Alavesa. Umongameli womkhandlu wokulawula waseRioja uye waqaphela ukuthi, uma kwenzeka kunesinqumo esibi, bazoya eNkantolo Ephakeme Yezobulungiswa yaseBasque Country (TSJPV).
Ngalo mqondo, waphinde wazisola ngokuthi umkhankaso we-'Viñedos de Álava' usuvele wenza "ingozi" eHlelweni futhi ukholelwa ukuthi "akusilungele isikhundla somkhiqizo we-Rioja emhlabeni". U-Ezquerro uthe "sikhuluma ngesibalo sabantu baseRioja Alavesa sezakhamizi eziyi-12.000 nje kuphela, eHhovisini elizokhiqiza inani lama-euro ayizigidi eziyi-1.500 futhi, lapho lidluliselwa endaweni, liyingxenye yesithathu, ama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-500".
"Izinqumo zezepolitiki nezinqumo"
Inhloko yomkhandlu olawulayo, ivikele ukuthi lo mkhakha ukhiqiza endaweni yase-Álava ye-Denomination imali engenayo yomuntu ngamunye cishe engama-euro angama-40.000 ngaphezu kwesilinganiso sezwe lase-Basque kanye nezindawo zokudlela eSpain. Ku-Ezquerro, ngemuva kwakho konke okungenhla, "kunezinqumo zezombangazwe kanye nezinqumo ezidala umonakalo esithemba ukuthi ngeke ulungiseke."
Mayelana nokuba khona kuka-Víctor Oroz, iPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezolimo, Inqubomgomo Yezokudoba kanye Neyokudla Yezwe LaseBasque, uye waqinisekisa ukuthi uzame ukuba "i-aseptic" esitatimendeni sakhe ngalolu daba. Kulo mugqa, umongameli womkhandlu olawulayo ukugcizelele ukuthi "kunengxenye enkulu yabalimi bewayini nabakhiqiza iwayini endaweni abazizwe bephatheke kabi ngalesi sinyathelo."
