Furthermore, given that the Penedès is currently drafting its Partial Territorial Plan, and that this plan should be guided by transparency and consensus with the region as a whole, we believe it makes no sense and is counterproductive for infrastructure projects such as the Sant Marçal-Cal Vies industrial estate or the MAT power line route to be processed in parallel while ignoring this process.
In this regard, we also call for the Landscape Catalogue to become, effectively and genuinely, a useful and binding tool for establishing the criteria for respect and protection to be included in the future Partial Territorial Plan.
The Penedès is a dry-farmed, organic wine-growing area and, therefore, we believe it is necessary to back initiatives that enhance the values that make it unique, not the opposite. The future of the Penedès necessarily depends on a model of land-use planning that is more sustainable, harmonious, coherent and respectful of the environment and present-day reality. The quality and uniqueness of our wines and sparkling wines, like those of all the world's great wines, undoubtedly depend on the environment and landscape in which they are born and grow, and that is why they must be preserved.
