In the Denomination of Protected Origin Pears of Rincón de Soto we have started today the collection period with the Blanquilla variety. For its part, The Pear Conference will begin to pick up the day 22 August. The campaign has started in La Rioja Baja, ARRUBLE, Agoncillo, Logroño and Fuenmayor and will reach all areas of the denomination progressively. In the rest of the Middle Rioja and in La Rioja Alta, The reaping days will be decided according to the evolution of the maturation parameters that are being controlled these days from the technical services of the D.O.P.
It should be noted that the harvest This year will be very good in quality And what will be located around 21 Millions of kilos, According to your estimates. This amount could have been larger because of the excellent size of the pears and the high sugar content, if it had not been for the episodes of Pedrisco lived in some areas and for the damages suffered by the bacterial fire. However, a campaign like this year will contribute to continue growing in sales, as achieved with the previous campaign, in which a 4,8% further.
For this campaign, At D.O.P. Rincón de Soto pears has 1.230 Has. welcomed. In the field of marketing plants, The denomination continues to have 19, which is almost the entire marketing sector of La Rioja.
