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Once notified of the award will begin final work |

Roque Baños Sociocultural Center has served as the backdrop for the presentation of the Draft Interpretation Centre Museum Wine or Wine from Jumilla.

The event was attended by the Mayor of Jumilla Francisco Abellán, the architect who has prepared the draft Guardiola Juan Antonio Jiménez, as well as several council members of the corporation and representatives of groups such as the Wine Route, the Regulatory Council of the DO Jumilla, the Institute de la Cultura del Vino and many winemakers, wine bars and vinoterías managers and entrepreneurs, among others.

This museum is located in the ancient craft of Arsenal, in a space of 900 square meters are occupied by the three existing buildings and a fourth that is isolated to a few meters.

Will be possible by a grant from the Leader approach, amounting to 650,000 euros and after receiving notification of the award will begin work with what the museum could be a reality in 2012.

Francisco Abellán has stressed that this is a project "very exciting and important to Jumilla and I hope that not only stay in the political arena, but you get the social field, together, to make it a reality as soon as possible" .

The mayor added that he should also think about the future management.

Similarly, the maximum local authority has stated that the process leading towards this project.

"For many years, all political groups spoke of the need for a museum to tell Jumilla Wine, possibly regional."

In 1999 the first motion was approved at the Regional Assembly which recognized this need.

Also passed another motion in the municipal council.

After the passage of time, it raises another possibility with the Leader Approach initiative starting in 2009.

The municipality available for this initiative around 700,000 euros, "so we decided instead to present small projects, submit one complete project and think of this Local Wine Museum," said the mayor, who added that "on 6 April 2010 presented a proposal to the Board of Governors to approve the draft and is responsible for the drafting of the Guardiola architect Juan Antonio Jiménez, with a budget of 754,000 euros execution and at the same time apply for the grant to focus Leader presented the April 8, 2010. "

On August 9 of that year reported in the local board of the provisional allocation of aid amounting to 650,000 euros of this money the City must provide 81,250 euros. "November 18 is received the communication of final assignment . 'Now there is pending notification of the grant to begin work, it seems to be after the elections, thus taking into account that has a deadline of six months, Jumilla could have this museum in 2012 " , says Abellán.

The project has been submitted by the same architect Juan Antonio Guardiola Jiménez.

He explained that the project aims at rehabilitation of the former factory Espartería of Jumilla, in order to dedicate a Wine Interpretation Centre.

The three attached buildings were built in 1908 and isolated the third ship, built in 1950 as part of an ensemble of great cultural value and assurance of industrial activity Jumillano the last century.

These two buildings are joined by a modern and connected with the wine.

In the three ships house the museum area, a space dedicated to the vine, another to the transformation of grapes into wine and the third for bottling, promotion and marketing, as well as other space for both wine tasting and other products Jumilla.

For its part, the ship would go to isolated conference room, samples or meetings, as well as a tasting room.

According to Juan Antonio Guardiola Jiménez, intervention remains the only industrial building in early s.

XX, as it has been for 102 years by a process of cleaning and rehabilitation of the building, restoring the formal aspects of the original building.

In turn, you must provide the translation of this building to our time, through a mechanism that combines architectural two seasons, two traditions: our current society and industry Jumillano and Murcia early s.

XX, with its traditions and customs.

This integral restoration is conceived as a new body of liaison and communication with a unique piece which articulates the existing building and construction materials today formally identifying the century society

XXI.

For the architect of this project, the location is ideal for the availability of land, access, proximity to the wine industry, located next to a green area and also located in the eastern expansion of the city and enough parking across the street Goya and tailored access to current regulations, both regional and state levels.

From the social point of view, this equipment will contribute to the improvement and social and cultural revival of the Barrio de San Juan, east of Jumilla expansion.

The architect has indicated that the rehabilitation of an industrial building of great historical value will provide support to the promotion and sale of typical products of Jumilla and its implementation as a cultural facility will allow the neighborhood revitalization, tourism development in the area as part of the Wine Route and contributions to research and dissemination prohibited.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla