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The Ministry has made about 400,000 euros for the expansion of the wineries that are part of the aid to the food industry-financed by the European fund EAFRD

The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, said today that the wineries, growers and winemakers of Jumilla wines that have obtained the highest scores and reviews by experts, "are having a great market acceptance international. "

The owner of Agriculture and Water, accompanied by the director general of Industrial and Agricultural Associations, Gines Vivancos, visited the new facilities Jumilla Bodegas Bledsoe, who have recently relocated and have been expanded, with a contribution from the Ministry of near € 400,000, which is part of the aid to the food industry-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development EAFRD and the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs.

Agriculture responsible for the regional government said that the expansion of a warehouse in the Murcia region is always good news because it is a symbol of success and progress of a food company in our community. "

He praised the work of Bledsoe wineries, which are "to be pioneers in the export of wines from Jumilla both U.S. and European countries, and exported 470,000 bottles annually, mainly to the U.S., Germany, United Kingdom Switzerland and Belgium and other European countries, worth around one million euros.

Cerdá recalled that last April, three wines of Bodegas Jumilla Bledsoe were honored with two gold medals and one silver, in various forms in the Jumilla Wine Competition, "a contest of prestige in the world of wine linked to the history and tradition of the region, "he said.

30,000 hectares of the variety Monastrell

The counselor explained that the most productive zone wines are made from the Monastrell variety, "the most widespread in the Region with more than 30,000 hectares of crops, which account for 84.75 percent of the total area planted vineyard.

Jumilla is a wine producing area "most important of the Region of Murcia."

Is a name which has about 3,000 registered growers, 45 wineries and a total of 27,400 hectares, producing more than 22 million liters of wine qualified, of which 15.7 was spent on marketing, "with increased 15 percent, compared to the previous season, Cerda said.

Source: CARM