Yesterday was celebrated in Jumilla the traditional offering of grapes that had the participation of 23 clubs in the Harvest Festival, which were deposited at the winery installed in the plaza of the Glorieta up to a thousand kilos of grapes were harvested the same morning.
A group of six pisaores, including the Pisaor of Honor, Pablo Martínez, were becoming which was the first wine of the season, after being blessed was given to test the audience was.
The event ended with a toast by the Mayor of Jumilla, Juana Guardiola, with the president of the Federation of Peñas the Harvest Festival, Francisco Javier Vazquez, the Harvesters and Bodeguero Mayor 2016 (Lorena Carrion, Antonio Melgarejo, Paqui Muñoz, Oscar Martinez and Diego Lozano), President of the PDO Wines of Jumilla, Pedro Lencina, the councilors of Celebration and Culture, Cande Fernandez and Pilar Martinez, the regional deputy, Yolanda Fernandez, president of the Wine Route, Sebastian Garcia, the Pisaor of Honor, Pablo Martinez, as well as representatives of the people who visited Jumilla to participate in the offering.
Queens and ladies of the Huertanas Peñas de Murcia, the Fallas of Denia, Elda and Alzira, ladies Monóvar, the queen and ladies of the Festival of San Isidro de Yecla, Pinoso and San Vicente del Raspeig, accompanied by Harvesters and Bodeguero the Mayor of Jumilla, were received early in the afternoon by the mayor, Juana Guardiola, and part of the corporation in the hall of the City Council.
He then held further solidarity offering in which peñeros and visitors donated food to Caritas Jumilla, after a parade that ended in the Paseo Lorenzo Guardiola.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla