The Mayor of Cehegín, José Rafael Rocamora, and the President of the Regulatory Council of the DOP Bullas, Francisco Carreño, have presented today the DOP Bullas Exhibition, an event that will be held in Cehegín on Monday, the 11th. December, at 8:00 p.m.
It will be at the School of Wine and the Palace of Tercia.
Cehegín is one of the five municipalities of the Region of Murcia whose municipal term is included entirely in the Production Area of ​​the wines covered by the DOP Bullas, together with Mula, Pliego, Ricote and Bullas;
territory that is completed with vineyards on the part of Moratalla, Caravaca, Calasparra and Lorca.
The DOP Bullas in Cehegín sample is part of the initiative of the Bullas Protected Denomination of Origin Regulatory Council to make itself known more broadly in the municipalities that make up the Bullas PDO, within which Cehegín is located.
This itinerant event is a vertebrating activity of the territory so that all the municipalities join in the defense of an autochthonous product, of quality, that generates activity, employment and feeds a natural and cultural heritage of the first magnitude.
The exhibition aims to link the cultural aspect and the wine offer of the area, as well as to recognize the environmental value of the vineyard in the regions that make up the production area;
At the same time that awaken consumer interest in the areas of origin of the wines consumed, thus encouraging a culture of wine as a fundamental ingredient of the Mediterranean diet.
The event will take place in La Tercia de Cehegín House with the Wine Lounge in which the wineries belonging to this designation of origin will participate, and an important representation of Bullas wines, so that attendees can catch up on the most recent references and get up close and personal with the stories behind each wine.
The exhibition will serve to raise awareness of some of the monumental, archaeological and heritage resources of Cehegín around the world of wine and are a tourist reference in the area.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín