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The Director General of Agro-Food Innovation, Juana Mulero, highlighted today at the presentation of the XXIII edition of the Jumilla Wine Quality Competition, which will be held on 30 and 31 March, the high participation, with more than one hundred samples Presented, and the international character of the event this year, as it will have the presence in the tasting panel of representatives of the world of wine from Switzerland, Germany and China, as well as Murcia tasters.

Jumilla is a producing area with one of the oldest regulatory councils in Spain dating back to 1966. For this reason, Mulero said, "the distinction and opinions in the blind tastings made by the jury experts of this prestigious contest constitute a guarantee Of quality to position the new vintages ".

A total of 1,888 wine growers, 43 wineries and an area of ​​more than 19,000 hectares are part of this wine-growing area, which "has an exceptional quality in its wines, and is the result of work and dedication in the cultivation of vineyards and Of a very precise, rigorous and controlled process of elaboration ".

Although the Monastrell variety, native to the Region of Murcia, predominates in its cultivation, year after year the range of varieties that are apt to be combined with other varieties of grape is extended, which gives rise to wines of different aromas and flavors that are Offer a much wider market.

Source: CARM