The Bullas Wine Festival to be placed back in the days before the festivity in honor of the Virgen del Rosario, will be from 15 to 25 September.
This was announced yesterday during the presentation of the poster of the Festival the Mayor, Maria Dolores Muñoz, accompanied by Council of Tourism and Celebrations, Agueda Fernandez and Jose Antonio Espin, respectively.
The poster, made by Damián Guirado, neighbor Bullas and winner of the contest 150 euros, shows a close up of huertanas esparteñas used after tread grapes, a characteristic act of the festivities.
All activities planned by the City, with the collaboration of the Wine Route Bullas and the Regulatory Council of the Designation of Origin Bullas, with the common denominator, wine, encompass a chapter in the great days dedicated to patroness.
There will be a lecture on the history of cooperatives wine in Bullas, the presentation of a book about the hundred years of winemaking cooperative that afternoon evening, Friday, there will also be a food and wine sample of the DO Bullas, plus a visit to the winery "Encantada" and music and painting live in the vicinity of the Old square.
Saturday 17 will take investiture what will be the new Master of Wine 2016, Mónica Muñoz Blanco, known for being a partner in the program Carlos Herrera Cope, besides editor of Market Wine and Distribution, and President of Vertical Economic content.
It will be at the Wine Museum from 20 h.
Other activities highlighted in these Fiestas del Vino are those that are aimed at children, who are particularly prominence.
Thus, on Saturday 24 it will be held the first children's parade wine with traditional sweets shop and a children's footstep from 10.30 hours on the Old Town Square.
That Saturday, but in the afternoon, in the Roman site of Los Cantos, it will be made which has been called the Feast Roman Grape Harvest, with theatrical animation and workshops, on the one hand, wine tasting for adult audiences, and on the other, pottery for children.
In addition, among the new features is noteworthy that on Sunday September 25 the official receipt of the vintage in which there will be parades of the rocks, treading the grapes and blessing of the first must, opening of the Fuente del Vino and performance will de la Peña La Uva in the square of Spain.
This whole program must be added Fiestas wine tours, dramatized visits to the Museo Casa Don Pepe and a course on organic farming dedicated to the vineyard and wine (from 20 to 22 September).
Source: Ayuntamiento de Bullas