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The Minister of Water, Agriculture and Environment, Adela Martinez-Cache, this morning visited Jumilla, taking advantage is in full harvest.

His first stop was San Isidro BSI Bodedas where was accompanied by the Mayor of Jumilla, Juan Guardiola, in the presence of President of the PDO Wines of Jumilla, Pedro Lencina, President of BSI, Eugenio González, Secretary of COAG, Pedro Garcia and other members of the municipal corporation.

Following a visit by one of the estates of the winery and the facilities of the same, Adela Martinez-Cache has indicated that it is expected that the harvest in the Altiplano reach 60,000 tons of grapes, 84% of everything that occurs in the region of Murcia and 29% more than in the same area last year.

Then mayor and counselor have held a meeting in the office of mayor of the City of Jumilla, which was also attended by the Councillor for Agriculture, Juan Gil.

In the same they are treated different issues required by the municipality related to the powers of the minister.

They have talked about the Municipal Landfill, different rural roads in the municipality, the Leader Plan, the situation Improvement Funds is reinvested in mountains, the Regional Museum of Wine and of course the use of groundwater of Jumilla.

Martinez-Cache minister has given special value to the work done by the Monastrell Jumilla wines from BSI.

"The wine sector is critical to the region and we will continue coddling" he said.

In reference to water it noted that "our region goes further than the Tajo-Segura, making these areas have to give solutions to their farmers have water."

Juana Guardiola has referred in his remarks after visiting the new plan approved yesterday by the Water Council, "in which surface waters remain, but descend underground, which are precisely the ones that can explode Jumilla. You have to face this issue as soon as possible to ensure supplies to a population like ours that has no surface water or the possibility of desalination, like other coastal cities. "

It also addressed the media the president of the PDO Wines of Jumilla, Pedro Lencina, who among other things has said that is undertaken once the completion of the Wine Museum, "now that Jumilla is a year to celebrate its 50th anniversary. "

On the subject of water, he referred to it as "a matter of state" and asked the minister and mayor who "feel who needed to fix."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla