The streets are filled with stalls selling crafts and traditional products. Visitors can participate in many of the festive events. including a dramatization of the transporting of the grapes in typical Asturian grape-carts and the traditional pressing of the grapes by stamping with the feet.
Naturally, visits to local vineyards are prominently on the program.
A brilliant article detailing the Spanish culture and their close relationship with the land and wine making culture during the fall harvest season.
ReplyDeleteHere, in Canada, as a Spaniard i too make wine in September that will be ready for bottling in October. I typically enjoy making both the tempranillo or the rioja Spanish grapes.
Nothing says enjoyment, when you sit down to eat a cocido Madrileño or lentejas con chorizo with friends, like a nice bottle of Spanish Rioja!
Long live Spain, a great country that has given so much to the World in the arts, culture and culinary arena!
And long live the Spaniards, like myself, who wear their Boina Vasca on a daily basis.