Ricardo's Blog

Summer storms damage 10000 hectares of crops in Utiel-Requena.   The spectacular electrical storm and thunderstorms which lit up Valencia´s skies on Friday night have caused serious damage to the vineyards,olive and almond groves of Utiel-Requena ( damage now estimated at 3.

The DO Utiel-Requena wants your attendance on 26June!   Your attendance on the evening of 26 June is requested by the CRDO Utiel-Requena, governing body of the wine area. They have teamed up with ¨Social Security¨, a well known pop/rock band to film a video promoting the wine of the area.   The video will be shot in the square surrounding the CRDO HQ, the Bodega Redonda at 7.

Utiel-Requena Seeks UNESCO Cultural Heritage Status.   Tomorrow, 22 April  Vicente Perez, President of the controlling body ( CRDO) of the Utiel-Requena wine region near Valencia will sign an agreement at a press conference together with Carmen Perez,  the Director of the IVCR ( Valencian Institute for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage ) and  with the Archeologist responsible for

17th Artisan and Quality Sausage Fair, Requena 2010.   Requena's annual sausage fair proved ever popular despite the snow falling on Saturday! Crowds enjoyed this important tourist and serious gourmet fair in minus temperatures.   Beginning in the Sausage marquee the gastronauts had a choice from 5 of the 12 exhibitors affiliated to the Requena Sausage Makers Association ( www.embutidoderequena.

Requena Sausage Fair 12-14 February 2010.   Valencia´s gastronomic year really takes off in a fortnights time with the Sausage Fair in Requena.   The 17th Exhibition of quality artesan made sausages and other meat products is one of the regions most popular as well. Organised by the Consejo Regulador de la Iniciacion Geografica Protegida ( C.R.I.G.