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Organized by ICCA, the City Council and the Cabildo of La Palma, will be celebrated on Sunday 18 August at the San Antonio Volcano Sky Interpretation Center
The II Aromatic Malvasía Day will be held on Sunday 18 August 9.00 a 14.00 hours at the San Antonio Volcano Sky Interpretation Center in the La Palma municipality of Fuencaliente. In this meeting, organized by the Government of the Canary Islands through the Canary Institute of Agri-Food Quality (ICCA), the Fuencaliente City Council and the La Palma Cabildo, in collaboration with Bodegas Teneguía, The situation of the island's wine sector will be addressed, with special attention to the aromatic malvasia variety, the most important for its agronomic and oenological qualities.
Vine cultivation, fundamental sector in the economic activity of La Palma, has been diminished in recent years by factors of various kinds such as the lack of generational change, the difficulty of mechanization, smallholding or prolonged droughts, so that these conferences are presented as a debate forum in which, through four presentations, The challenges and solutions in the local wine sector are studied from the point of view of the cultivation of Malvasía varieties..
In addition to analyzing the productive structure of the sector on the island, and specifically in the municipality of Fuencaliente, Throughout the event, the conservation of this variety will be delved into through sustainable production strategies in the face of climate change and that, besides, contribute to recovering the biodiversity associated with viticulture.
On the other hand, the international commercial trends of the sector will be studied in order to implement a strategy to promote the aromatic malvasia brand as a unique variety in the world..
After the institutional welcome, the presenter Pedro Piqueras will introduce this day, in which four presentations will be presented, which will be moderated by journalist Pedro Montesinos.
Firstly, the volcanologist Nemesio Pérez will speak with a presentation on The importance of the 'terreau’ in the quality of malvasia from Los Llanos Negros where he will refer to the importance of the physical-chemical characteristics of the soil in the quality of the grapes.
The presentation will take place next Vineyard management for a constantly changing climate by the agronomist and oenologist Julio Prieto, in which successful examples of vineyard management in extreme climatic conditions will be analyzed, with special emphasis on pruning tasks to face water stress and other strategies to face contexts of heat stroke and water scarcity.
Next, under the title Naturally sweet wines and malvasías from Fuencaliente. Always classics, the teacher, disseminator and oenologist Paco del Castillo will present the differentiating characteristics of naturally sweet wines and the prominence of the different types of Malvasía in the international market.
To conclude, the agronomist and expert in the international wine sector Pedro Ballesteros will address The identity of wine in saturated markets. In his speech he will highlight the importance of distinction and identity as a market strategy for high-cost viticulture areas., like La Palma, also providing examples from different places around the world.
