Wine Law

to the winery, where they are vinified, immediately” 24 . Pomar wines are of high invoice and have been awarded in numerous international competitions 25 . The weather, which was initially thought to be hostile to the farming of grapes, has been rather beneficial, allowing even two harvests a year: “Venezuela takes us with pleasure and offers us its wines to show that the Tropic has its charms and that for this reason they can have up to two harvests a year. It can be affirmed then that the study, research and dedication in the production of the grape is perceived when raising a glass, smelling wine and, above all, tasting it” 26 . II. The First Regulations: Tariffs and Taxes In 1958, as a part of the restructuring period that followed the fall of the dictatorial government of Marcos Pérez Jiménez, the provisional government issued Decree 173 (22 April) 27 , through which were established total or partial exemptions of rights of importation of machinery and utensils; commodities and other items not produced in sufficient quantity; and containers for consumption or use in established industrial, agricultural or livestock operations. At the same time, a nationalist campaign in defence of Venezuelan agriculture, livestock sector and incipient industry 28 began, under the slogan “Let’s buy what Venezuela produces”. In 1959, with the sight set on industrialisation as a key factor for the country’s development, the national government, from the Ministry of Development, decided, among other measures, to 24 Vanessa Gómez, spokesperson for the Communications Management of Empresas Polar, in: https://revistaelconocedor.com/lo-tropical-tiene-sus-encantos-vinos-y-vinedos-venezolanos/. 25 “Viña Altagracia hung her first gold medal at the VII World Wine Competition in 1992 in Brussels. Both medals – gold and bronze – were won by Viña Altagracia and Pomar Brut at the Challenge International du Vin Blaye-Bourg that year. Both were raised again in 1993 with gold and bronze, respectively, in the framework of the famous Vinexpo. In 1994, at the most famous wine competition in France, the jury awarded Pomar Reserva the golden crown. Once again Viña Altagracia prevails in France over the best European wines, with Silver, in 1997. Pomar Reserva had a great mention at the VI International Oenological Contest of the World Fair of Liquors andWines of Italy in 1998. Pomar Brut repeated in Verona with the highest laurel and was awarded the silver of Vinalies in 2000. Eight medals for our great vintage guarantee the competitiveness of our wines on a world scale. Gold and silver medals respectively crowned our premium wines Pomar Petit Verdot 2008 and Pomar Tempranillo 2008 in the seventeenth-seventh edition of the Sélections Mondiales competition held in Quebec, Canada, in 2010. In that edition of the competition, 1,789 wines from more than 600 wineries were presented”; in : http://www.bodegaspomar.com.ve/conocenos/medallas. 26 Franco, Elias, Lo tropical tiene sus encantos: vinos y viñedos venezolanos, 20 February 2017, in: https://revistaelconocedor.com/lo-tropical-tiene-sus-encantos-vinos-y-vinedos-venezolanos/. 27 Official Gazette No. 25.639, 22 April 1958. 28 Salas Capriles, Roberto, Se busca un industrial , Caracas, Cromotip, 1980, p. 84.