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During the Contest, shall set the World Cup and two European achieved by the Spanish National Team thanks to an agreement with the OJ Spanish Football Federation
The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, today together with the President of the Council of the Designation of Origin Jumilla, Pedro Lencina, and the head of the Organizing Committee, Enrique Calduch, the nineteenth Quality Wine Competition, which celebrates the 11th and 12th of April in the municipality.
Cerda said "the distinction and opinions in blind tastings conducted by experts from the jury for this prestigious event, which is a guarantee of quality."
He added that with 19 editions, this quote "is a classic" and constitutes "a means rigorous dissemination and promotion of the characteristics of our wines from impartiality".
The head of the regional government of Agriculture stressed that although Jumillano wines are made from native grape quality, Monastrell, "increasingly expands the range of varieties more suited to be combined, resulting in wines different aromas and flavors that are offered at a much broader market. "
The Minister stressed that the Jumilla "is one of the few names that continues to grow in sales of bottled wine" because, as he explained the head of the Contest, Enrique Calduch, wines from this appellation have five consecutive years of increased sales domestically and internationally, with an increase of 12 percent this season compared to the previous.
The main consumer markets this wine producing region are Germany and the UK, within the European Union countries, Japan and the United States and in countries outside the EU.
Cerda also announced that in order to help professionals to improve the quality of their productions, from IMIDA is preparing a course in basic oenology and practice, "aimed at those with concerns, having a warehouse and need to make some Basic determination to apply the corresponding corrections in the wine. "
The Jumilla is "one of the oldest wine regions of Spain", which also includes part of the territory of Albacete.
The Control Board currently has 2,100 growers, 45 wineries and a total of 24,000 hectares, annually producing 40 million liters of wine approved, of which half is exported to countries across five continents.
New President of Honor of the DO Jumilla
The awards ceremony will take place at the gala dinner to be held in Jumilla on Friday, April 12, which will be named the new President of Honor of Jumilla, chemist and biologist, and one of the great figures of Spanish and world entomology, Francisco Gonzalez, who has donated his valuable collection of insects to the museum of the municipality.
During these days, they also expose the World Cup and two European achieved by the Spanish National Team, thanks to an agreement with the OJ Spanish Football Federation
The jury of the contest XIX Quality Wines of Jumilla shall consist of 16 professional tasters, most of them critical of the major national media and winemakers, sommeliers and technicians of national administrations, Castilian-La Mancha and Murcia.
Evaluate more than a hundred samples tastings open to the public, to be held in three sessions on 11 and 12 at the Teatro Vico of Jumilla.
Source: CARM
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