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Highlights the quality of its wines and the increase in hectares of vine
In an act held in the Botanical Garden Viera and Clavijo, the president of Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, together with the counselor of Primary sector, Food sovereignty and water security, Miguel Hidalgo, and the president of Gran Canaria wines crier, Pedro Suarez, They carried out the symbolic unfortunate of the first bottle of harvest wine 2023. This event, converted into a tradition, It was driven by Alicia Ramírez, who remembered in the words of welcome that the act of presentation of the harvest has been held annually since it was carried out for the first time in 2010 in the Gran Canaria wine house.
A total of 21 Wineries of Gran Canaria They presented their wines in an event that brought together numerous attendees and media, demonstrating the relevance of this event. The presentation highlighted the fortress, Union and Good Health of the Bodeguero sector, as well as the outstanding quality and diversity of its production. Besides, The event served as a meeting point that facilitated contact between the different professional sectors that promote, they market and disseminate the knowledge and enjoyment of this product.
Antonio Morales He explained that Insular Vitiviniculture Development Program “It is allowing, Not only the maintenance of hectares in production, but even its increase, Unlike the rest of the archipelago ", to which the growing quality is added. So, He revealed that the hectares dedicated to the cultivation of the vine increased by fifteen hectares in 2022 and another ten increased in the 2023. “Abandoned land are being recovered and irrigation infrastructure are being created with our support, so that eighty percent of the vineyard in Gran Canaria already has irrigation systems ". In fact, half of the island's government investments in hydraulic infrastructures executed from 2018 Han was intended for victims.
The event included a talk entitled ‘A paradigm shift: women in viticulture of Gran Canaria ’, taught by the winemaker and sommelier Josefina Rojas Friend, who highlighted the growing and thriving role of women in the viticulture of the island.
The act also paid a sense and deserved tribute to JOSÉ MANUEL NAVARRO MONAGAS, an outstanding figure of the sector and tastor of the Do Gran Canaria. Navarro, who has collected grapes and made wines from a young age, It was one of the drivers of the Cata Committee of the DO, Initially with The Lentiscal Mount and later with your own Do Gran Canaria. Pedro Suarez It highlighted its importance in the creation of the Regulatory Council and its firm will to unite the sector.
