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Music, Leisure and gastronomy complete the perfect pairing to enjoy wine at the foothills of the Pyrenees
From next July 30 to August 2, it is celebrated in the Huesca municipality of Barbastro the XVI Edition of the Somontano Wine Festival.
El Regulatory Council of the Denomination of Origin of Somontano He is in charge of organizing and coordinating the socio-cultural activities that surround the summer event.
The cultural performances of each day, together with the gastronomic activity that accompanies the celebrations of the event, will delight attendees who seek in these meetings to unite their holiday activity with the wide range of leisure and culture that these events offer us.
Day and night activities that are grouped into four different categories so that everyone can choose where and when they want to participate in the party:
- Shows
- Gathering of bloggers
- Tapas contest
- Wine tourism
The scenic activity that goes hand in hand with gastronomy
Among the different shows, plays and comedies such as “A Happy Wedding”, recent finalist for the Moliere Award for the best French comedy, will be performed. He will be accompanied in subsequent days by the performance of the better half on Tuesday and 13, Millan Salcedo with his show “De green when ”.
The musical activity will be carried out in the evening music evening by the grupo B Vocal, and as a culmination of the activities the illusionist Jorge Blass, will put on a magic show that is sure to delight the whole family.
Each filtering bag wines from the Somontano Designation of Origin They will accompany the celebrations during the four days through the different premises that surround the festive activity, offering the visitor local products, as support for the dissemination of the local gastronomy.
As a complementary activity you can attend the Gastronomic show that will be exhibited in the Barbastro Fair Institution, where its 13.000 m2 are used for catering or tasting tents and wine tastings.
The Tapas contest and its participants
It will be possible to taste and contribute the opinion of each diner through the tasting of the tapas that are presented in the contest in this II celebration of the Fair Tapas contest.
Tapas and glasses coexist within the vouchers for the participants of the sample that will be able to accompany any of the 25 exquisite snacks from local restaurants such as El Portal del Somontano, Casa Samper and Pyrenees, IberJabugo, Iris Pastry, Güerri Pastry, Sabores d’Entonces, La Feria, El Lagar del Vero, Coarse Salt, La Brasería, Cueva Reina, El Placer, El Portillo, La Bodeguita, Las Torres, Pisces or Las Casas de Adamil.
Each one with their catavinos will walk and enjoy the fair activity that will surely bring us incredible adventures from the hand of the event’s co-sponsors such as the EnoDestino travel agency, together with the Regulatory Council and the DO Somontano wineries, which has prepared many and outstanding activities related to wine.
So we can live the Somontano with tasting courses, visits to wineries, adventure sports or doing historical tourism through the municipalities of the region and the Sierra de Guara.
The cultural activity of the province has always revolved around winter sports, but in recent years different events such as the Polifonik Sound Festival or the recently held Drawing Workshops with Taste, diversify the recreational activity especially in these summer months where the snow It is conspicuous by its absence and helps to enhance the magnificent wine that is developed in the area.