Fresh Bonito from Burela with a oven-dried tomato, apple and thyme vinaigrette pairing with Godello of the DO Valdeorras

Summer has arrived and with it, by courtesy of the Gastronomic Gourmet Galician "Grupo Nove" and the Regulatory Council of the DO Valdeorras, from the mother of the wine we present you an exclusive vanguard gourmet menu to enjoy, these days, of the best galician cuisine in pairing with one of the most fashionable wines in the international wine scene.

Antonio Botana, renowned chef of the Nove Group and regent of the restaurant named Pandemonium and located in Cambados (Pontevedra), offers us this typical summer recipe so that all those who so wish can enjoy in their houses of the vanguard cuisine, closely pairing with the prestige of the Valdeorras wines.

 

 Antonio Botana describes his cuisine as follows:

“The sensitivity, passion and knowledge must appear in capital letters in the book of this search maverick path and we understand that constant must be defined as cocina.Nos seekers that message that is inside the product. Our sole mission is to decrypt it, and it is that the more and the more we study further the closer we find excellence”.

With all this, Antonio presents his recipe as follows in this video:

The restaurant, Pandemonium, is in a project that aims to develop a cuisine based on local products and a relentless pursuit of the message that the material can be transmitted to understand this as the supreme importance of a direct access to product and study it to find its highest expression. Also known as the fundamental factors contributing to the customer of the restaurant is an experience that transcends the mere fact of cooking, as a dynamic and effective service, offering an extensive wine expectro and an image of the restaurant to complement this.

With this first recipe we open a door to invite you to discover, in the next Fridays, new culinary offerings of the avant-garde and rich cuisine of Galicia which, through "Grupo Nove", are closed with the excellence of the wines under the quality seal DO Valdeorras.

 

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José Luis García Pando has been reelected president of the Regulatory Council of the DO Valdeorras

 Six out of the nine full members of the Regulatory Council of the DO Valdeorras, appointed in the last election, reelected Jose Luis Garcia Pando as the president.

The election took place last Monday at the headquarters of the Regulatory Council in Vilamartín Valdeorras, with the presence of the territorial chief of the Department for Rural Affairs and Sea, Ricardo Vecilla. "The collaboration of the Regional Administration with the new president will be total" he said, immediately after the plenary.

José Luis García Pando received the support of the three wine cooperatives (A Rua, Larouco and O Barco) that also got in the last election, joined by the winery sector group headed by José Guitián, that added another vote, and in the last hours, the trade union “Unións Agrarias” ( Agricultural Union) voted for him too.

The President explained that during the meetings before the plenary, the industrial sector and the cooperative wineries reached an agreement to work together in the Regulatory Council. Jose Luis said that this was the reason for his presidential candidacy, and that his first step will be to create a group to reach consensus issues before bringing them to the plenary. In addition, he said that "this group is opened to those who wish to join it ".

Thus, the new organization chart is constituted as follows:

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Two gold medals in France for Bioca Godello 2011 and A Coroa Lías 2010

New Gold medals for DO Valdeorras' godellos in the competition Les Citadelles Du Vin, France, which will hold its 2012 awards ceremony at Vinexpo Asia-Pacific, in Hong Kong.

Les Citadelles Du Vin, one of the wine contests with the greatest impact on the planet celebrated in France, has returned to elevate the Godello DO Valdeorras with gold medals for Bioca Godello 2011 and A Coroa Lias 2010.

In a context in which spanish white wines have shared four golds, the Godellos DO Valdeorras shine with their own light getting two top honors, and being seconded as far as the Galician wine refers, for two Albariño from Rias Baixas valued with medals silver.

Bioca 100% Godello, elaborated by the winery Maria Teresa Nuñez Vega and that has won a multitude of international awards for its harvest 2011, was one of the great wines awarded  with gold. Its tasting notes are as follows: "Lemon color, very lifted floral style, with jasmine and orange blossom. Good level of acidity, with spice on the midpalate, layers of complexity, and a long finish".

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A Coroa Lías 2010 has been the other DO Valdeorras wine honored with the highest award by the French specialists, showing the great prestige that certifies the winery A Coroa internationally. His tasting notes are as follows: "The wine is big, very fresh, and balanced on the palate. Sensations of mature fruit, hints of balsamic and flowers. Smooth, and gifted with the appropriate acidity.Long persistent aftertaste with a light varietal tartness gives fullness in the mouth".

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Every year, in May, some 40 top level tasters from all over the world meet in Bourg (Bordeaux-France) for three days to elect the best wines out of 800 samples coming from about 30 countries.

The contest has now attained a significant level of samples and international recognition (70% of foreign wines), making the Citadelles du Vin one of the key competitions of the world.

In 2012, the award ceremony and the promotion of the prize winning wines will take place during Vinexpo Asia-Pacific, the very influential international wine and spirit exhibition held in Hong Kong.

With this new recognition it has been strengthened the international boom that has positioned the wines of the DO Valdeorras as ones of the trendiest in the international wine sector, becoming creditors of the highest awards given by the industry and giving a deserved correspondence to the work of producers, processors and the Regulatory Council under the seal of quality DO Valdeorras.

  

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Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada, the largest international wine competition in North America, gives its Gold Medal to Godello A Coroa 2011

 New recognition for Godello A Coroa 2011 that, in just one week, has become one of the most fashionable wines in North America through the recognitions recieved from The New York Times, The Best Spanish Wines for USA and, just yesterday, from the Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada, the largest international wine competition of this continent.

New recognition of the professional industry of North America to the Valdeorras wines, that has found in the Godello A Coroa one of its greatest ambassadors in North America.

 A Coroa Godello 2011, which has been described by The New York Times as the best wine of its variety  sold in the EE UU,  has ratified this distinction a few days later by becoming the winner of the Silver Medal in the competition The Best Spanish Wines for USA and confirming all expectations about its excellence. Furthermore, just yesterday was also honored with the Gold Medal in Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada.

 

Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada is the most important wine competition in North America. It is held. It is held in Canada in Quebec city. This competition of prestige created into 1983 is held under the high patronage of the International organization of vine and wine (OIV), the International union of oenologists (UIOE) and of the World Federation of Major International Wine and Spirits competitions (VINOFED). 

In 1994, Sélections Mondiales des Vins Canada was one of the founding members of the World Federation of Major International Wine competitions (VinoFed) comprised of the most important wine competitions in the world, for example: Vinalies internationales in Paris, Vinandino in Argentina, Vino Ljubljana in Slovenia, Bacchus in Spain, Mondial du Pinot Noir in Switzerland, Mundusvini in Germany, VinAgora in Hungray and Premios Zarcillo in Spain.

The samples submitted were evaluated by an international jury of 79 experts from over 27 countries across 5 continents, whose members are recognized for their competence, integrity and independence.

With this new award, 'the promise of the spanish wine', a name with which the variety Godello was qualified by The New York Times, has almost become a reality, giving a well deserved award to the wineries that belong to DO Valdeorras, in general, and to the winery A Coroa, in particular.

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New North American professional wine industry awards the DO Valdeorras Godello "A Coroa 2011"

A Coroa 2011 receives a silver medal in the competition named The Best Spanish Wines for USA,  held in Miami Beach and that follows the trail of the Challenge to the Best Spanish Wines for Asia, held in 2011 in Hong Kong.

If a few days ago the professional sector leading critics of the U.S. wine industry were considering the Godello as the great promise of the spanish international wine world, yesterday arrived  new recognition that gives prevalence to the great prestige of the DO Valdeorras  in the USA market.

Again, the Godellos of the winecellar A Coroa, after being rated the best godello marketed in the USA by The New York Times, becomes the great ambassador of the Galician wines in North America, winning a silver medal in the competition The Best Spanish Wines for USA.

This award joins the following received by winery A Coroa in 2012: Gold and Silver medal at International Wine Challenge Catavinum, Silver medal at the Lyon International Wine Competition, Silver Bacchus 2012, award for excellence in Select Wine ProWein Challenge 2012 and the Tender of the monopoly market of Sweden.

The jury for this competition was composed of 20 judges, among which included importers, distributors, sommeliers and buyers of the hotel industry in the country. They took part of a blind tasting of a total of 136 wines from different appellations of origin.

Among the tasting committee members it must be highlighted the presence of the chief sommelier of the hotel Ritz Carlton Florida, Jorge Mendoza, the director of Terra Spania Wines, Antonio Gomez, or Cesar Basurto, well known buyer of the recognized  importing firm Southern Wines. The president of the jury was the drinks purchasing director of St. Regis Hotel Beverage Miami, the host institution.

 The event's success achieved in this first edition has ensured continuity, and the second installment of the USA Challenge will take place in April next year, with expectations of "increasing the number of wines participating, all these with an excellent value for money" organizers said.

To make clear the importance of the USA market in the wine industry internationally, is only necessary to skim the data received of the report made by  the Vinexpo and the International Wine & Spirits Research (IWSR), which informs that in the USA were consumed 2,800 million liters of wine during last year, a figure that puts the country ahead of wine powers like France and Italy. Moreover, prospects for growth are 10% through 2015.

This new award does nothing but reaffirm the great international prestige of the DO Valdeorras wines that, according to experts, will continue to grow in coming years to bolster the increasingly widespread  maximum which rates the wines of this DO as "the winemaking revolution of the century".

 

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