October 24 and 25 Matavendimia wine festival in Jumilla

Jumilla celebrates the end of grape-picking season with another year of top-drawer wines already being produced

This year’s annual Matavendimia event in Jumilla, which is held to coincide (more or less) with the end of the grape harvest, is being held on 24^th and 25^th October in the Paseo del Poeta Lorenzo Guardiola and the car park of the municipal indoor swimming pool, due to the refurbishment work currently taking place at the indoor public market.

In order make it easier for people from other localities to attend a tourist bus service will be in operation offering transport to and from Murcia, Cartagena, Lorca and Caravaca, and among the activities they can enjoy, aside from the numerous wine tastings and musical performances, are others related to the journey of local grapes from the vineyards of the area into the bottles served at restaurants throughout the world-

The Ferio del Vino takes place all day from 11.00 onwards on the Saturday and from 11.00 to 17.00 on the Sunday, with numerous of the “DOP Jumilla” bodegas (wineries) taking part. Tickets will go on sale the week before the event on the website matavendimia.com: entry to the fair is free of charge and commemorative wine glasses are available at 3 euros each.

At the same time, four excellent guided tours are being held in and around the town centre on Saturday 24th October: click here for further details. 

This is the 5^th time the Matavendimia has been held in Jumilla and it is now becoming one of the most important dates in the wine calendar of south-eastern Spain.

The programme in and around the Paseo Poeta Lorenzo Guardiola includes the following:

(Please note: registration for most events is available online here)

Saturday October 24

11.30: The opening wine tasting with Almudena Alberca.

12.00: Esparto grass weaving on the main stage.

12.00: Painting workshop with Vikusia, accompanied by wine and coffee.

12.00 to 14.00: Clay pottery workshop.

13.00: Live music from Gallopedro on the main stage.

13.30: Wine tastings and pairings with Mariajo Ayala.

14.00: Music is provided by DJ Dani Vidal.

16.00: “De la Vid a la Piel”, a workshop in the tasting room with Maibo Organics.

16.00: Jaleos DJ Set.

17.00 to 20.00: Watercolour painting and collage workshop in the children’s area.

17.00: Esparto grass weaving workshop.

18.00: Wine and chocolate with Eva López in the tasting room.

19.00: Jutxa DJ on the main stage.

19.30: Organoleptic tasting with Sergio Gallego.

21.00: Daftbass on the main stage.

21.00: Armonías, a tasting with Guillermina Sánchez-Cerezo in the tasting room.

Sunday October 25

11.30: Blind tasting competition in the tasting room.

12.00 to 14.00: Cork workshop in the children’s area.

12.30: A performance by the Coros y Danzas de Jumilla group on the main stage.

13.00: Danzantes de Isso on the main stage.

14.00: M. Lacroix DJ Set.

14.30: Armonías, a tasting with Esperanza P. Andreo.

The wineries taking part in this year's festival are Casa de la Ermita, Bodegas Xenysel, Bodegas Bleda, Silvano García, Bodegas San Dionisio, Bodegas Salzillo, Bodegas Alceño, Bodegas Viña Elena, Pío del Ramo, Ramón IZqierdo Vinos, Dobledeperez, BSI, Viñas Familia Gil, Permín Gilar, Finca Monastasia, Bodegas Luzón, García Carrión, Delampa and Bodegas Carchelo.

Images: matavendimia.com

For more local news, events and visiting information please contact the local tourist office (968 780237) or go to the home page of Jumilla Today.