These are tough days. The coronavirus keeps in state of quarantine to the entire Spanish population, confined to their homes until at least the last day of March. Later this situation will surely be extended, which each person tries to handle as well as possible. From the Regulatory Council of the Protected Designation of Origin Jumilla want to liven up the next three Fridays by offering online wine tastings. These will be carried out by sommeliers and winemakers from their homes, of course. Any wine lover who wishes to participate in these events, via telematics, can do so from their living room or kitchen, through the channel of Facebook of the PDO. Do you want to know even more about this attractive initiative? Continue reading
Under the hastag #Convinamiento, online wine tastings
With all sectors 'infected' by the coronavirus and the health crisis that it has caused in Spain, companies linked to the wine world have also had to adapt. Thus, from the PDO Jumilla have seen how the cancellations or the postponements of events already organized for this month of March. The state of alarm has also moved its workers to remain locked in their homes, adding to the teleworking. At least, in the jobs and functions that allow it. In addition, from the headquarters of the Regulatory Council The provision of minimum services for both wineries and winemakers has been reorganized. Because the goal is that all this crisis affect the activity of the sector as little as possible.
In this context, also with regard to communication with consumers and regular customers of the excellent Jumilla wines, a campaign de wine tastings online will be launched. Under the hastag #Convination, the Protected Designation of Origin intends that lovers of good drinking enjoy at home. With those drinks as a family and with that learning through the screen, since the next Friday, March 20 and 27 and even April 3, from 20:00 p.m., these tastings will be broadcast live. Each one will have different wine experts who will give notions of the subject while they will talk about various types of wines.
Discover the wines of Jumilla and ask live
Thus, through the official page of Facebook - @VinosJumilla, online wine tasting They will enter the homes of all those interested in spending a different Friday. Confined yes, but enjoying an innovative event. Those who follow that direct will be able to write and send their questions at the same time. On the other side of the screen, the specialist will respond kindly while introducing the wines of the PDO Jumilla: white, pink, red, sweet and sweet liqueur. What do you think of the proposal? Do you want to join her, glass in hand? Well be careful because from eight in the afternoon you have a wine appointment every Friday that this quarantine lasts. These will be the participating experts:
- March 20: Maria Quilez, sommelier of the PDO, from his home.
- March 27: Esperanza Perez Andreo, sommelier of La Gracia Encanto Liquid (Mule).
- 3 April: Diego Cutillas, Jumillano winemaker of the Murcian Association of Winemakers, also from home.
An optional and punctual modality
The proposal that has started from Jumillan lands is in line with a modality -the non-face-to-face- that is observed in a specific way in the wine sector. And it is more than evident that the client or the lover of wine tourism prefers the live and in-person assistance to the place of the event. To be able to go to a Denomination of Origin or to the facilities of a wine cellar concrete is a much more enriching experience. At a distance, via telematics, the sensations are not the same, since everything is colder.
On the other hand, in those natural environments full of hectares of vineyards, where you can see up close how the work of the viticulturist is, it is very different. That padding of the bottles inside the cellar, that gastronomic accompaniment, that company of both specialists and other lovers of good drinking ... It is clear that this tasting is lived with all the senses, while the modality of online wine tasting it is relegated to the optional or, in this case in which we are now, circumstantial. There is no alternative but to stay home. But who says that it is not possible to enjoy wine knowledge?
