The Ribeiro dresses up as a Gala

The Ribeiro Wine Regulatory Council accompanies the protagonists of the year at its annual meeting.

La Ribeiro Designation of Origin celebrates its Annual Gala and for the occasion has chosen a privileged setting in the province of Orense, the Monastery of San Clodio in Leiro.

The Ribeiro region, flanked by the Faro and Suido mountain ranges, watered in all its valleys by the water of the Miño, Avia and Arnoia rivers, will experience its annual appointment with the protagonists of the year, around the world next Wednesday, June 29 Of the wine.

Since the 30’s The Denomination of Origin Ribeiro It has been hosting among its values ​​the producers and wineries of the entire region up to the hundred that make it up today.

The well-known actor Sergio Pazos, a native of Sandiás, will be the host and presenter of the DO Ribeiro Awards Gala, from this year 2016, which reaches its fifth edition to become a benchmark in Galician viticulture.

Humor and wine will go hand in hand with winegrowers and winemakers, as well as professionals from the world of oenology such as distributors, wholesalers, journalists and disseminators of all media.

The O Ribeiro Awards

 The Awards to be delivered at the Gala are organized by its Regulatory Council, and the best will receive the award at the event. White and Red Wines of the oldest Designation of Origin in Galicia as well as other entrepreneurial activities and actions related to the world of O Ribeiro.

Among the different categories that will be awarded during the Gala events are:

  • Award for the Best White Winery Wine.
  • Best White Wine Award harvester.
  • Best red wine from the winery.
  • Award for the Best Communication Task.
  • Award for the Best Wine Service in a Restaurant.
  • Award for the Best specialized store or wine bar.
  • Award for the Best tavern or wine bar.

The finalists of this fifth edition of the Awards, we leave them here linked on the website of the DO Ribeiro.

During the Gala, tribute will also be paid, delivering the Honorary Person Award 2016 to the Galician journalist Cristino Alvarez, born in Coruña and accountant or gastroarchaeologist by profession as he calls himself.

The recognition is supported by his long history of dissemination, of the DO Ribeiro wines or of Galician gastronomy through his chronicles, not in vain was he awarded in 1991 with the National Gastronomy Prize.

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