Álava reserves 300,000 euros to subsidize vineyard insurance

The Governing Council of Álava approved on November 3, 2026, the early processing of the call for aid for the contracting of agricultural insurance for wine grapes for the 2026-2027 campaign, with a credit reserve of 300,000 euros. The agreement, Agreement 740/2026, is published in the Official Gazette of the Historical Territory of Álava (BOTHA) number 130, dated November 11, 2026, in section I, within the Department of Agriculture of the Provincial Council of Álava.

An agreement with AGROSEGURO as a framework

The aid is based on Provincial Decree 31/2025, of August 1, which approved the bases for granting subsidies for the contracting of agricultural insurance and its call for the 2024-2025 campaign, subsidizing vineyard lines. This regulation was modified by Provincial Decree 37/2025, of October 28.

The decree regulates this aid based on the agreement signed with the Agrupación Española de Entidades Aseguradoras de Seguros Agrarios Combinados SA (AGROSEGURO), the signing of which was authorized by the Department of Agriculture through Provincial Order 248/2025, of July 30. The call is processed early because the subscription period for vineyard policies for the 2026-2027 campaign began on November 1, 2026, and AGROSEGURO requires the call to be approved at the start of that period.

Coverage, modules, and limits per policy

The reserved amount is allocated to the item “40104. G/419401/47900402/2027 Promotion of Vineyard Insurance Contracting”, which will be funded in the Provincial Council’s expenditure budget for the 2027 fiscal year, and will be paid to AGROSEGURO SA according to the settlements approved by the Department of Agriculture. The credit may be increased in accordance with Article 21 of Provincial Regulation 11/2016, of October 19, without exceeding 100 percent of the amount initially reserved.

The subsidy percentages are fixed as follows:

• Modules SB, SB+GA1, SB+GA1+GA2 (with or without GA4) and SB+GA1+GA2+GA3 (with or without GA4): 45 percent of the ENESA subsidy.
• Modules P: 30 percent of the ENESA subsidy.
• Minimum subsidy limit: 100.00 euros per policy.
• Maximum limit: 2,200.00 euros per policy.

Only main policies will be paid; complementary policies are excluded. Only those plots whose area coincides with the one registered in the Viticultural Registry will be counted, without prejudice to the reductions provided for in the regulatory bases.

Which policies are included and under what requirements

Policies underwritten for the 2026-2027 wine-growing campaign, i.e., between November 1, 2026, and May 31, 2027, will be eligible for subsidies. Where applicable, policies that remained pending from previous calls for the 2025-2026 campaign, underwritten between November 1, 2025, and May 31, 2026, may also apply.

The subsidized line is the basic insurance with additional guarantees for winemaking grapes in the peninsula and the Balearic Islands, as set out in the national combined agricultural insurance plan in force in 2026, applicable to plots in the Historical Territory of Álava. The granting is subject to the suspensive condition that adequate and sufficient credit exists in the budget allocation of the Provincial Council for 2027, and the head of the Department of Agriculture is authorized to issue the implementing provisions.

Appeal deadlines and entry into force

The agreement exhausts the administrative route. A contentious-administrative appeal may be filed against it within two months before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of the Basque Country, or, optionally, an appeal for reversal within one month before the Foral Government Council. Agreement 740/2026 takes effect the day after its publication in the BOTHA.

The text is signed by the General Deputy, Ramiro González Vicente; the Foral Deputy for Agriculture, Noemí Aguirre Quintana; and the Director of Agriculture, David Fernández Sarabia.

The decision allows winegrowers from Rioja Alavesa, Laguardia, Lanciego, or Navaridas —the main wine-growing municipalities of the territory— to know in advance the available public coverage and plan the contracting of their policy within the period open from November. The 45 percent subsidy on the ENESA aid in the most comprehensive modules and a ceiling of 2,200 euros per policy condition the profitability of the coverage against climatic risks in a campaign marked by meteorological uncertainty.

Source: Official Gazette of the Historical Territory of Álava (BOTHA), no. 130, November 11, 2026, section I, pp. 1-2 (official reference: 2026-03204).