A December with wine from D.O. Ribeira Sacra
D.O.Ribeira Sacra closed this Tuesday the photo contest organized on Facebook, What do you like to accompany your Ribeira Sacra?. During the first fortnight of the month, D.O. Ribeira Sacra wanted to know what the consumer likes to accompany their wines, a special meal, a person, a movie, a landscape, a place, a hobby, ...
The participating photos accompanied their Ribeira Sacra wine, mainly food, there were also literary and landscape accompaniments. Photos were published on Facebook page of D.O. Ribeira Sacra with hastags #elvinodeestanavidad #oviñodestenadal #EstaNavidadpideRibeiraSacra #RibeiraSacracon #GústameRibeiraSacracon
The 3 photos that received the most “likes” before 8:00 p.m. on December 15th are the winning photos in this contest that also aims to encourage visits to the Ribeira Sacra Wine Route. Thus the winners are:
- Sonia López Rivera de Sober. Box of 6 bottles of wine from D.O. Ribeira Sacra + Lunch or dinner (for two people) in a restaurant on the Ribeira Sacra Wine Route.
1st Prize
- María del Carmen Galiñanes Bouzas de Vilagarcía de Arousa. Box of 3 bottles of D.O. Ribeira Sacra + Promotional of D.O. + One night's accommodation and breakfast (for two people) in an establishment on the Ribeira Sacra Wine Route.
2nd Prize
- Luis Taboada Brea de Lalín. Box of 3 bottles of D.O. Ribeira Sacra + Guided visit to the winery (for two people) of the Ribeira Sacra Wine Route with a complete tasting of their wines.
3rd Prize
D.O. Ribeira Sacra will continue its presence on social networks with the Christmas videos of the wineries. On December 16th the wineries of D.O. Ribeira Sacra begin to congratulate us on Christmas and show us their wishes for the new year.
And this Thursday 17th, starting at 7:00 p.m., sommelier Mercedes González, offers the second of the virtual tastings: Ribeira Sacra, the wine of this Christmas; tastings that will continue to take place in January. The wines that will be tasted on the 17th are:
- Finca Cuarta Godello 2019 of Rubén Moure
- Brandán Godello 2019 of Algueira
- Décima Mencía 2019 of José Manuel Rodríguez González
- Casa Moreiras Mencía 2019 of Casa Moreiras
- Adega dos Beizos Mencía 2019 of Óscar González Rodríguez
- Mouro Mencía 2019 of Belarmino Compañía de Vinos
- Rectoral de Amandi Mencía barrica 2017 of Rectoral de Amandi
- Muras do Fortes Mencía 2019 of J. Antonio Fortes López
- Saíñas Mencía 2019 of Javier Fernández
- Sete Tolos Barrica Mencía 2017 of Víctor Manuel Rodríguez.
In addition to the different activities of the Christmas Campaign, D.O. Ribeira Sacra celebrates this Friday, December 18th, at 1:00 p.m. the awards ceremony of the latest edition of the “Mondial des Vins Extremes”, which was held in the Italian Valley of Aosta, in August. On this occasion D.O. Ribeira Sacra presented 64 samples, 53 of red wines and 11 of white wines, belonging to 36 wineries.