The Association of Artisan Bodegas of Sanlúcar
held their BIB information day on Wednesday at the Castillo de Santiago in Sanlúcar.
Free Manzanilla meant there was always going to be a good turnout which would
inevitably be rather partisan; the small Sanlúcar producers versus the might of
the big ones, David and Goliath. The mayor of Sanlúcar was present along with
representatives of the makers of the BIB, Conotainer.
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| BIB v Bottle in Sanlucar (foto:diariojerez) |
The rebels find themselves in a temporary limbo
as a final judgement on BIB legality is awaited while the Junta amends the
regulation as proposed and approved by a plenary at the Consejo to forbid it and
considers legalising it for horeca. The majority consider that BIB harms the
image of Sherry, and that its supposedly superior convenience and hygienic
properties are irrelevant, while the Junta feels that the current rules are
open to confusion and is thus busy rewriting them. Until the new regulation is
published, the rebels feel they are free to use BIB legally and have asked the
Consejo for DO labels which the latter has refused to do until the matter is
concluded.
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