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Jordi Melendo: “The current picture is not good, but there will always be room for producers attached to the quality of the wines”
- Champagne ambassador for me? Spain in 2011.
- Jordi Melendo is the author of the reference book on Champagne wines.
- El Guia Melendo.
- Based in Barcelona.
- He began his career as a wine author interested in cava at the age of 17.
- The visit to Champagne.
- Your discovery of the champagne terroirs.
- Have definitely converted it!.
Jordi, how to define the contemporary economy of cava?It is relatively simple, in the sense that on the one hand bottles are sold at 1. 20 euros in supermarkets, and on the other hand, quality wines, which are sold more expensive in more traditional circuits: on the property, among specialized winemakers. unbalanced: there are about 300 producers, but 90% of production is concentrated in the hands of very large groups.
How do you see the recent conflict between cava producers?In short, Valencians want to plant more strains for cava, and Catalans oppose it, because they fear a further fall in prices. low price in the supermarket, the kilo of grapes is paid from 30 to 40 cents to the producer?
And all this comes in the difficult political framework that’s going on?Spain? For Catalan cava producers, the main problem is this: the judgment of separatist leaders has provoked a great boycott, not only of cava, but of Catalan products in general, in the rest of the year. Spain. The current picture is not very good, but producers who work well, who produce quality wines, will always succeed.