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    • Spain drives innovation in the olive grove

    The olive oil sector, through the Interprofessional Spanish Olive Oil, promoted for years the momentum of the research on mechanization of UCO, which were preamble MECAOLIVAR project, for which the University has continued to benefit the support of the sector. The bulk of the funding is for ERDF (80%) through the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. The new devices born with the aim of reducing costs in basic tasks like data collection, application of pesticides and soil management. The traditional olive grove, the most important in our country, will be the main beneficiary of these developments.

    The Wines earn your site

    Ernesto Gallud, writer and wine expert, prepares the guide Sin Mala Uva (2015-2016 edition) for readers to "begin at the beginning" in this sector so fashionable today. It is a journey through the depth varietal wines, that is, those wines that are made from a single grape variety or very high in this (which should always be above 85%) percentage.

    Agrícola Café Viñedo Day in Villarrobledo

    Editorial Agrícola Española, in collaboration with the Wine Cooperative of Villarrobledo and UPA Castilla-La Mancha, organized the conference "Agrícola Café Viñedo Day", on November 18 in the Wine Cooperative of Villarrobledo (Albacete). The debate is the current situation of the sector and its future prospects and where experts will gather to provide an overview of it but analyzing each of the means of production and the possibilities of improving their profitability. Comes the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development of Castilla-La Mancha, Francisco Martinez Arroyo.

    Argentina: three Spanish firms under the PDO “Priego de Córdoba” awerded in Argoliva 2015

    Spanish olive oil quality triumphs again in Argentina. The fifth edition of Argoliva 2015 recognizes excellence of extra virgin olive oil with prieguense seal. With these new international awards, the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) "Priego de Córdoba" re-affirm the excellence of its AOVEs and opens the way for a new campaign that hopes to get new awards, but above all to strengthen its national success and international.

    Spain: II Musts of Jerez competition

    Close by the celebration of the 80th anniversary of our Denomination of Origin Jerez-Xeres-Sherry, the Regulatory Council launches the second edition of the contest musts. Jerez institution encourages all wineries and registered viñistas to participate in this initiative which is expected to become a classic of this season, in the assurance that contribute to rebuilding those issues directly linked to sherry with his Origin: the vineyard.

    The meat industry rejects the classification of red meat and processed as carcinogenic made by WHO

    The European Meat Manufacturing Industry has proactively stepped forward with the aim of providing as many details as possible, to serve as a complete basis and source of information for the consumer, to have a wider understanding of both, the hazard identification and the risk assessment associated.

    Processed meat, with more risk of generating cancer, according to WHO

    Processed meats such as hot dogs or hamburgers, increase the risk of cancer. This was made public today the World Health Organization in an analysis of the consumption of red meat and derivatives. Although this association was mainly observed in colorectal cancer, it has also been seen in pancreas and prostate tumors.

    Mexico & UK: Bodegas Riojanas celebrates its 125th anniversary

    Bodegas Riojanas celebrated the 125th anniversary of the founding of this historic winery with individual signature culinary events organized in Mexico and the United Kingdom who attended the winery clients, journalists, opinion leaders and representatives of institutions. In both cases they have had the role of the Rioja cuisine thanks to the collaboration of the Echapresto brothers, responsible for the Rioja Michelin-starred restaurant Venta Moncalvillo, which featured an excellently paired menu with wines of Bodegas Riojanas and that fused the Mexican cuisines and British with the peculiar style of the Rioja cuisine. The final surprise, to the delight of all the guests, was the tasting landmark Mount Royal 1964 harvest, the best vintage in the history of Rioja in the opinion of many experts. The president of Bodegas Riojanas, Luis Zapatero, and the director general Santiago Frias, highlighted in their speeches the exporter spirit which since its founding in 1890 has always encouraged Bodegas Riojanas and led to his being co-founder of the first union of Exporting Wineries Bodegas Rioja in 1907. Although export Riojanas journey began many decades ago, intensifying its presence in major markets has now become one of its main strategic objectives. In addition, this winery founded in the locality of the Cold Ashtray and wine growing families Artacho late nineteenth century, without losing the familiar character, has followed in the last decade a diversification strategy that has led him to incorporate a range of wines the highest quality from five denominations of Spanish origin. The scenarios of the two celebrations were dining restaurant Club 51 Floor of the Torre Mayor in Mexico and restaurant The Vincent Rooms school Westminster Kingsway College, one of the most prestigious in the UK, which this year celebrates 105 years and whose Students collaborated in preparing the menu and dinner service. Chef Ignacio Echapresto explained that the choice of menu was very measured, always on the basis of which the protagonists should be the perfect pairing wines and with different dishes. "I wanted to give each dish a our character, a Rioja identity, but at the time I had some fusion cuisines of Mexico and the United Kingdom". Source: Bodegas Riojanas

    Rioja, “Spanish Hero” for their marketing campaign in Great Britain

    D.O. Ca. Rioja has received the award for "best marketing campaign in the UK" in the annual "The Spanish Heroes Awards 2015" award which aims to recognize the different organizations, companies and individuals, both Spanish and British which they have most successfully contributed to the promotion of Spanish wine.

    Peru and Andalusia, together by research in the world of olives

    The UNIA and Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University of Peru made an international course of Technologies applied to the processing of table olives and olive oil production. Both universities have signed an agreement to collaborate in the organization of academic activities.