FILE PHOTO: A wine industry worker wearing a face mask collects grapes amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Samaniego, Rioja Alavesa, Spain, September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Vincent West
LAGUARDIA, Spain (Reuters) - All wine industry workers in Spain's Rioja-producing region of Alava must undergo a coronavirus test before they start work to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks putting the grape harvest at risk.
Grape pickers, who have dubbed 2020 the "harvest of the masks", will be given their own equipment, including baskets and scissors, which cannot be exchanged, to avoid infections, said a spokeswoman for the Rioja wine regulatory board.
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