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Cerda says the Clean Agriculture Program is being implemented in one hundred percent of the acreage covered by this designation
The Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, today introduced the Wine Selection Contest II DO Yecla, which will be held on Friday, May 15 to mark the day of San Isidro, patron saint of this locality, with the aim of promoting the quality of the wine production sector in the area.
Cerdá, escorted by the councilman of Agriculture of the City of Yecla, Felipe Martinez-Quintanilla, and the Secretary of the Board of the Designation of Origin Yecla, Antonio Candela, highlighted the work of winemakers, grape growers and producers, who encouraged her to "be ascribed to the regulator to increase the marketing of wines of the region. "
The counselor noted that the DO Yecla "has an area of 6,500 hectares endorsed by eleven wineries attached to the Control Board."
The Yecla wine production has experienced in the last decade a tremendous growth, going from 7,000 to 50,000 hectoliters obtained in the last campaign, which is exported to 80 percent.
The manager said autonomic "Yecla is experiencing a revolution in wine, which is allowing his name to expand the channels of commerce, with a very well-developed wine, fruity and very alive, covered by the main variety of the region, the Monastrell.
Cerdá highlighted the efforts of farmers to keep the vine, "a sustainable culture, social, family and highly strategic environmental value that represents, as it helps to halt the advancing desert."
In addition, the Minister said "in the Region of Murcia, this crop accounts for almost 20 percent of the total area of woody crops."
Clean Agriculture techniques in the vineyards yeclanos
Antonio Cerda said that the techniques of Clean Agriculture Program of the Regional Government, which seeks to eliminate the use of plant protection products "are already applied in the one hundred percent of the vine crops covered by this designation of origin."
This measure, launched in collaboration with industry, "contributes to improving the quality of the wines of the region of Murcia, giving added value increasingly demanded in the markets," stressed the Minister.
Wines of the Region of Murcia have participated in recent weeks in various wine fairs as Vinoélite class and the International Wine Competition in Brussels, held in Valencia, and Fenavin in Ciudad Real.
The Wine Selection Contest II Designation of Origin Yecla host various activities like wine tasting, the awards, an award-winning wine tasting and open house of the participating wineries, of which the Minister explained that "will bring the public culture of wine in a town of great winemaking tradition. "
Photo: The general director of Industrial and Agricultural Associations, Gines Vivancos, the council of Agriculture and Water, Yecla, Felipe Martinez-Quintanilla, Secretary of the Consejo Regulador DO Yecla, Antonio Candela, and the Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá
Source: CARM
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