XII Week Promotion Wines and Cavas of Alt Camp with DO to be held from 3rd to 9th of August

Valls. Costa Dorada.The 12th Week Promotion Wines and Cava of Alt Camp with Designation of Origin (DO) will be held from 3rd to 9 th of August of 2009, and offers great new features such as the drawing of two batches of wine and champagne courtesy of bottlers in the region and a new promotional image with pa-pais. Besides being able to consume the wine cellars of the region and in the restaurants attached to the Week of the different populations of the Alt Camp. Hotel Class in Valls host on Monday 3rd of August to 19 hours of the 20:30 kick-started the XII Week Promotion Wines and Cavas of Alt Camp: a "Showroom" of wines and champagnes from the Alt Camp with DO. There will be an exhibition and tasting of products from the ten bottlers involved in the initiative are: Caves Vidal i Ferré, Vinos Padró, Agrícola de Bràfim, Celler Mas Vicenç, Cavas Vives Ambròs, Caves Magrinyà Calaf, Vinícola de Nulles, Vinya Janine, Sociedad Agrícola de Valls y Bodega Cooperativa de Vila-rodon. The presentation is handled by the enologist from Valls Elisa Ribé. In addition to the restoration of the region, have been convened in the cities of Tarragona and Reus. On 4th and 5th of August at the stand of the Consell Comarcal de l'Alt Camp -DO Tarragona in Firagost (Valls) was able to taste the wines and cellars of the Alt Camp with DO. Furthermore, it may participate in a lot of wine and champagne courtesy bottlers participating in the initiative. From 3rd to 9th of August was able to taste these wines and champagne consumed in restaurants in the Alt Camp. We could choose from 23 establishments in the region, including restaurants and hotels to know more of these quality wines and champagnes produced by bottlers in the Alt Camp. Tourism of wine In this region live up table different appellations of origin, a fact quite exceptional in our country: DO Tarragona, DO Penedès, Catalonia and DO Consell Regulador del Cava. In addition, several populations of the region have a shop where you can buy wines and champagne from local winemakers. We must also remember that the modernist cellars of Vila- rodona and Nulles also offer guided tours, as well as the Celler Mas Vicenç and Janine Vine Winery. Other possibilities offered by the Alt Camp on the world wine tours landscapes are marked by the vines, gathered in the Hiking Guide: by “Caminos del Alt Camp"published by Cossetània and the Consell Comarcal de l'Alt Camp in 2007. Courses are also offered wine tasting and horse riding through the vineyards. In the presentation of the XII Week Promotion Wines and Cavas, the President of the Regional Tourism Alt Camp, Marti Barberà, highlighted the stakes of the Consell enotourism: "We have wine and champagne in a ratio excellent price and cooperatives that are true cathedrals of wine and wineries also offer private tours and other activities. In Alt Camp have to boost tourism that seeks to offer this". For its part, the president of the Consell Regulador DO Tarragona, Josep Lluís Grogués, said: "In events like this to get to know more our wines and champagnes, which are high quality and can be competitive".

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