Winepoetry: a festival that combines literature and food and wine in Lanzarote and Álava

Lanzarote y Alava, two wine regions with rich agrarian and cultural identity, are preparing to celebrate the 1st Edition of the Vinopoetry Festival this month of november. A festival of poetic exchange, landscape, cultural and food and wine that seeks to unite Lanzarote with other territories where the wine horizon is alive.

The celebration will have two venues: Lanzarote, Under the name “Winepoetry”, y Alava, called “Ardopoetry”. The festival will feature various activities that will merge poetry and viticulture.

At the Basque headquarters, three activities will be carried out during the days 3 y 4 of November, while at the headquarters on the Canary Island another three, during the days 24 y 25 of the same month.

These activities will include music, hiking and gastronomy, always accompanied by creative stories and wine. Besides, There will be the participation of three wineries from Lanzarote and three others from La Rioja Alavesa, offering attendees the opportunity to taste their magnificent references. Victor Diaz, president of D.O Regulatory Council. Lanzarote wines, He stated that “this festival is a unique opportunity to enjoy poetry in incomparable natural settings.”, while tasting high quality wines. It is an experience that combines culture, landscape and food and wine in an exceptional way”. 

For your part, Ignacio Romero, festival co-director Winepoetry, highlighted the importance of celebrating an event that “generates a symbiosis between two regions of inspiring landscapes and great cultural diversity.”. Assembling the most personal and intimate literary creation and with the culture of wine in unique agricultural settings”. “It is an opportunity to get to know these two regions with their musical variety, gastronomic, landscaping, literary and, besides, different wineries and wines” he added.

Poets and wineries

The festival will feature the participation of prominent poets such as Thorn Guinea, Mercedes R. Minguela, Manuel Concepción, Domingo Corujo Tejera, Quick Perera, Rosi Puelles, Jose Laconcepcion, Ignacio Romero, among others. Besides, Pedro Benasco, with extensive experience in wine tastings, will be present at the event. The cultural and food and wine proposal is co-directed by Elisa Rueda at the Alavesa headquarters and Ignacio Romero at the Lanzarote headquarters, and supported by D.O Regulatory Council. Lanzarote wines, together with him Lanzarote Town Council y Lanzarote Tourism. Both directors invite all lovers of poetry and wine to join this unique celebration that promises to be unforgettable.. For more information, and purchase tickets to the activities you can visit https://vinopoesia.com/.