Guachinche
A guachinche , Bochinche or Buchinche is a restaurant in which local wine produced in the Canary Islands is served and simple local dishes are served. According to the official regulations , a guachinche is a sales point of a wine producer, in which the customers are also offered simple dishes. Guachinches are not considered as gastronomic but as agricultural businesses.
Origin of the guachinches
Guachinches originated in Tenerife at the time when English traders were still buying up the entire harvest of a winemaker . The English were invited to the wine cellars and were offered snacks to eat. In the course of the economic crisis in Spain at the end of the last and the beginning of this century, the area under cultivation for wine increased and more winegrowers began to stop selling their wine through intermediaries. The tradition of offering customers something to eat remained. The food offered was charged to the customer. The ingredients were usually from our own cultivation, there were hardly any costs for the dining room and no VAT (IGIC) has to be paid on the products of farms in the Canary Islands. A visit to a guachinche was therefore also cheaper for the guests than a visit to a restaurant or a bar. Apart from that, the atmosphere on the terrace or in the courtyard of a guachinche cannot be compared to that of a bar. The Association of Small Businesses of Tenerife assumed that around 500 guachinches were operated on the island of Tenerife in 2013. As these, as part of the farm, were not recorded separately, there were no official figures. In 2013 the Canarian government regulated the operation of the guachinches by means of an ordinance.
Regulations of the regulation for the operation of guachinches
personal requirements
The operator of a guachinche must be the owner or beneficial owner of a vineyard. Its winery and bottling must be entered in the register of the agricultural authority. The operating personnel must demonstrate knowledge of hygiene and the rules of food processing.
Spatial requirements
The guachinche must be set up in the home or in a building of the operator's farm. Since guachinches are parts of agricultural companies, they may also be located in areas outside built-up areas where no other houses or businesses may be built or bars and restaurants may be operated. The other requirements in relation to the facility are low. The toilet must have running water.
offer
Only wine from our own production and water may be offered as drinks. The kitchen is limited to a maximum of three main dishes typical of the area. All ingredients should come from the operator's production or from other local companies.
Operating times
The opening period is four months per year. It ends prematurely if there is no more home-made wine available.
Meaning of the guachinches
There are around 4,000 restaurants and over 7,000 bars in Tenerife that are open all year round. Most of it is located in the tourist areas of Los Christianos / Playa de las Americas in the south of the island and Puerto de la Cruz in the north. There are around 100 guachinches, 90% of which are in the north of the island between Los Realejos and Tacoronte , mostly outside the built-up areas. There is hardly any real competition between the gastronomic establishments located in the center of the towns or on the beach and the agricultural establishments that are often only accessible by car.
After a few years of operation, some operators registered their restaurant, which had previously operated as a guachinche, as a bar. The additional costs that arise from the higher demands on the establishment and the tax liability are often offset by the fact that a bar can be operated all year round and there is no limit to the amount of self-produced wine. This change is only possible if the guachinche is not located in an area reserved for agricultural use. There are some restaurants that take advantage of the reputation that guachinches have with tourists and use the term "guachinche" in their names. Since the term is not protected, the Canarian government can only appeal to the landlords and point out that guachinches have a 30 × 30 cm large red sign with a "V" at the entrance. Restaurants and bars are identified by yellow signs with "R" or "Bc".
Individual evidence
- ↑ bochinche. Academia Canaria de La Lengua, accessed September 20, 2016 (Spanish).
- ↑ Jessica Moreno: El decreto reducirá de 500 a 70 el número de guachinches de la Isla . In: Diario de Avisos . August 20, 2013 (Spanish, [1] [accessed September 30, 2016]).
- ↑ El Presidente del Gobierno: DECRETO 83/2013, de 1 de agosto, por el que se regulan la actividad de comercialización temporal de vino de cosecha propia y los establecimientos donde se desarrolla. In: Boletín Oficial de Canarias . August 9, 2013, p. 21941–21949 (Spanish, [2] [accessed October 1, 2016]).
- ^ Yeray Corona Estévez: El fenómeno guachinche: desarrollo y marco político-económico actual . Ed .: Cándido Román Cervantes. ULL, La Laguna 2015, p. 14th ff . (Spanish, [3] [accessed September 30, 2016]).
- ↑ Europa Press: El Cabildo de Tenerife advierte a los restaurantes del uso indebido del término 'guachinche' . May 6, 2014 (Spanish, [4] [accessed September 30, 2016]).
Web links
- El Presidente del Gobierno: DECRETO 83/2013, de 1 de agosto, por el que se regulan la actividad de comercialización temporal de vino de cosecha propia y los establecimientos donde se desarrolla. In: Boletín Oficial de Canarias . August 9, 2013, p. 21941-21949 (Spanish, [5] [accessed October 1, 2016]).
literature
- Yeray Corona Estévez: El fenómeno guachinche: desarrollo y marco político-económico actual . Ed .: Cándido Román Cervantes. ULL, La Laguna 2015 (Spanish, [6] [accessed September 30, 2016]).