Three items today:
Grupo Etevez has announced the completion of its 2012
harvest. Production is down on last year by about 20%, but the company, being
the largest vineyard owner in the area, has still picked one sixth of the
entire Jerez harvest.
The quality of grapes harvested is good, however, with good
acidity and a Beaume reading of around 12 degrees. But the grapes are small due
mainly to the drought, with rainfall being just under half the usual 700 l/m2.
The company used pickers during the mornings and machines during the night in
order to bring in the harvest in the best possible condition.
Jose Maria Ruiz Mateos insisted yesterday that the man who
bought Nueva Rumasa from him, Angel de Cabo, give it back to him because he has
not, in almost a year, fulfilled his promise to pay back shareholders.
Ruiz Mateos has also been trying to avoid appearing in a
court case against him in Mallorca. After being detained in Madrid, flown to
Palma and physically taken to court at the behest of the judge, he exercised
his right not to declare in a case in which he is accused of fraud in
connection with the purchase of a hotel in Mallorca. He has also accused the
judge at the court in Palma of being ”A
demon, a criminal. She has no heart or feelings. She is a bug proud and
arrogant.” This may not help his case…
Jerez Town Council has launched an initiative to promote and
improve the ambience of the Fiesta de la Vendimia to be held between the 11th
and 16th of this month. Officials met with the leader of local businesses
and have come up with 2 ideas. One is to promote local wines: a copa of Sherry
and a tapa for 2.50 euros, and the other to promote Flamenco. 18 bars will be
involved. Complementary to this will be the Rutas Flamenco y Vino. Details can
be had from discoverjerez.com. Looks wonderful! Meanwhile Fedejerez (the body
which represents the bodegas) has agreed with the Consejo to display old Fiesta
de la Vendimia posters from 1948 to 1985 in shop windows throughout the town
centre. There will also be an exhibition of photographs about the vendimia by
members of the Asociacion Fotografica San Dionisio at the Alcazar from tomorrow
till the end of the month.
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