November 15 Wine tasting competition in Yecla!

Pit your tasting skills against the best at the annual Certamen Enológico “Fiestas de la Virgen” in Yecla

The Escuadra Minerva group is once again holding a wine tasting competition in the days before the annual Fiestas de la Virgen in Yecla, including a special event for amateurs and a presentation given by Juan Carlos Garrido Gallardo, acknowledged as the finest Spanish ham slicer in the world, and Víctor Fernández named “Cuchillo de Oro 2025” (The Golden Knife of 2025).

This is the 14^th time the event has been held and proceedings begin at 10.30 with the amateur tasting competition at the home of the Consejo Regulador de la D.O. Yecla (click for map). The wines involved are all from the 5 wineries of affiliated to the D.O. Yecla label: Bodegas Evine, Bodegas Castaño, Bodegas La Purísima, Bodegas Barahonda and Bodega Conde de Montornés.

(Click here for more information about these wineries and other aspects of the Yecla Wine Route)

In the evening the venue changes to the Feria del Mueble building, where at 20.00 the ham slicing presentation takes place, and this is followed by the awarding of prizes for the earlier tasting competition (with the winner taking a handy 200-euro cheque!).

Registration for the tasting competition is available online here at a price of just 5 euros.

More visiting information is available from the tourist office of Yecla or, for more local events, news and visiting information in English, go to the home page of Yecla Today.