There’s
only one thing better than a Manzanilla Day, and that’s three. The event will
run from Friday 26th June till Sunday 28th and lots of
activities are planned: visits to the Guzman Palace, Bodegas, Goyatherapy and
tastings. The idea is for Sanluqueños and visitors to know more about and
appreciate their city and what it makes – while having a good time. The mayor,
Víctor Mora has encouraged all the locals to become ambassadors for Manzanilla
wherever they go.
Seprona (a
division of the Guardia Civil) has been running “Operación Resaca” (hangover)
to investigate how “Manzanilla especial para rebujito” (rebujito = Sherry mixed with 7 UP
or similar, widely drunk at Ferias) could be sold to feria stallholders for
less than the cost of its production. Seprona, which has been working in
conjunction with the Junta Ministry of Health and the Consejo Regulador, has
impounded 41,000 litres of wine with falsified Denominación de Origen Jerez and
Manzanilla.
A man has
been charged with offenses of industrial impropriety, consumer fraud and unhygienic
production, storage and bottling, and his operation has been closed down. There
are two fundamental problems with this kind of activity. Genuine producers cannot
compete on price and thus lose sales, and it damages the image of a legendary
wine which gives employment to many families.
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