Olite will host the tenth edition of the international competition "Garnachas del Mundo" to be held from May 4 to 6. A contest focused on an emblematic grape variety in Navarra with which white, rosé and red wines are produced.
Navarra will become the venue for the wine competition "Garnachas del Mundo". (Grenaches du Monde), which celebrates its tenth anniversary in Olite from May 4 to 6. The event will bring together around a hundred international professionals in the town and has the collaboration of Reyno Gourmet. After the official reception that will take place on May 4 at the Palacio de Olite, during two days there will be different tasting sessions of more than a thousand wines made with Garnacha, from different countries. This grape variety is emblematic in the Denomination of Origin Navarra which currently has more than 2,600 hectares of red and white Garnacha vineyards.
The program of activities planned for the event includes a technical seminar for professionals: Getting to know Grenache which will be held on Thursday, May 5 at the Estación de Viticultura y Enología de Navarra (EVENA) in Olite. The highlight of the program will be GarnocheThe Great Night of the Garnacha Navarra to be held in the Hall of Arms of the Citadel of Pamplona on Friday, May 6 with the collaboration of the City Council of Pamplona. An event aimed at the general public who, after purchasing their ticket at Enterticket (includes three pinchos made with Reyno Gourmet products and a crystal glass as a gift) from April 27, you can enjoy the tasting of wines presented to the competition, with 70 from the Navarra Designation of Origin. Garnoche will feature performances by RazkinNavarre musician of wide and recognized trajectory. "We proudly welcome the Garnacha del Mundo competition in our appellation because it is an opportunity to extol the value of this grape variety that is so much our own. For three days, we will place Navarra as the epicenter of Garnacha on the world wine map..", says the president of the Regulatory Council of the Navarra D.O., David Palacios.
The Denomination of Origin treasures a valuable wine heritage in terms of Garnacha. Navarra, master in the elaboration of white wines with this grape that show the environment where its roots are rooted, the rosés that bring it so much fame and honest red wines of recognizable identity. The five zones that divide the vineyards of the D.O. Navarra shape the character of the Garnacha grape, expressing itself in different ways according to the climatic and geographical conditions that prevail in each one of them. Thus, the Denomination of Origin includes the most Atlantic Garnacha grapes from some of the northernmost vineyards of the Iberian Peninsula and the mountains, as well as the most continental Mediterranean ones from the Ebro Valley. All of them, garnachas that offer the freshness of the north and bring a vibrant historical richness to the region.
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