The promotional action of the Denomination of Monterrei in the Casino of Madrid, the first made outside Galicia this year, has gathered 240 attendees, among which were members of the entity, sommeliers, representatives of the catering sector and specialized media.
Throughout an entire afternoon, those attending this initiative, have made a visual, olfactory and gustatory journey through the territory of Monterrei through the red and white of the denomination. In addition, they have known first-hand the wine tradition and history of the area, soil and climatic peculiarities, grape varieties and typology of wines, in addition to elaborations or the importance of rock presses, among other issues. Also, during this trip they were able to taste wines made by bottling wineries of the Denomination of Origin Monterrei. On this occasion, the wineries participating in this initiative were: Ladairo, Pazos del Rey, Gargalo, Castro de Lobarzán, Crego e Monaguillo, Terras do Cigarrón, Triay Adegas de Oímbra, Terrae Monterrei (Adegas Terrae), Pazo Blanco Núñez (Tapias Mariñán), Fragas do Lecer, Manuel Guerra Justo (Vía Arxéntea), Alba Al-Bar (Daniel Fernández), Trasdovento, Fausto Rivero Pardo (Quinta Soutullo) and Manuel Vázquez Losada.
In this promotional action, held for the fifth consecutive year at the Casino of Madrid, Francisco Jiménez Martínez (responsible for events related to the wine of the Real Casino of Madrid), María Isabel Mijares and García Pelayo participated (winemaker, writer and divulger of the world of wine; expert in Sensory Analysis; director and jury of numerous national and international competitions),José Manuel Rojo González (director of 5 Gourmet Roses), José Valdearcos Cabrera (Parador Alcalá), Julio Lage (President of the Association of Businessmen Gallegos in Madrid), Lara Zhang (Export), Rosa Román Fernández (President of Chaîne des Rôtisseurs España), Ana Zang (Export), Begoña Alejandra Novillo Camaño (Director of Madrid In&Out), Carlos Zhou (Export)Gregoria Ras Pallerés (director of Armonías de Sumiller), José Luis Hernández (director of Pequeñas DO’s), or Justo García (Radio Libertad FM), between partners of the entity, sommeliers, representatives of the catering sector and specialized media.