The Wine Route of the
Marco de Jerez is now the most visited in Spain with 501,783 visitors last year. The Catalán wine route of Penedés
has been relegated to second place despite having 80 bodegas on its route and
Jerez having only 32. In total, Spanish wine routes welcomed 2,714,409 visitors,
a healthy 21% more than 2015. The business generated is enormous, and the association
of wine cities (ACEVIN) reckon that it amounted to 54.2 million spent at member
establishments an increase of 10.66%. This does not take into account money
spent in hotels, restaurants and shops which are not members of the Ruta. The
majority of visitors are Spanish so there is still plenty of room to boost the
figures by attracting more foreigners.
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Grupo Estévez and the
Sanlúcar cooperative Covisan have renewed their collaboration agreement to guarantee grape supply for La
Guita for a further five years. The cooperative has 175 members with around 350
hectares of vineyard. Some of these grapes will be distilled to make fortification
spirit so that the best-selling Manzanilla in Spain can be 100% Sanluqueño. It
is produced in two bodegas; the old one in Calle Misericordia and the more
modern one on the Jerez road, where the bottling line is situated. It is very
busy right now ensuring there is enough La Guita for the Feria de Abril in
Sevilla which kicks off on the 30th. Hopefully they will also be bottling the 2017 La Guita en rama.
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