The Regulatory Council of Guarantee of Origin Valdeorras presented in Compostela the 2009 harvest. The event was held at the Hostal de los Reyes Católicos, and was attended by over 400 professionals from the fields of hotels, restaurants, specialized press, assessors and, in general, aware of the Galician wines. The chairman of the Regulatory Council, José Luis García Pando, welcomed by a large host of this event, held in Santiago for the third consecutive year.

During the presentation, García Pando defined the 2009 harvest as "excellent quality though not abundant, given the specific climatic conditions that affected the Galician Community in the last year. However, the president of the Regulatory Council said it was "very happy" with the evolution of Valdeorras wines in recent years, remembering that this is a G.O. which already has a widely recognized quality standards, "sometimes even beyond our borders than in the domestic market."

José Luis García Pando forward them to the attendees at the event that the next October, the Regulatory Council will make a presentation of the wines in New York, a market, offering American, said, "a great business prospects" . In this sense, also stressed that "the development of exports is very positive and compensates for the national market crisis." The crisis, in any case is not affecting too much of the appellation, according to the president, but if you notice more difficulties in distribution.

For its part, the technical director, Jorge Mazaira, defined the 2009 harvest as "Atlantic", the degree of acidity and freshness to present their white wines, and "high quality." In what respects the said red aromas "fresh fruit" and, in both cases, "wines kept in perfect conditions due endure three to four years in the bottle without losing anything of their qualities."

Twenty wineries benefit from the G.O. were responsible for filing more than sixty marks of white, red and ripe red barrel tasting by themselves commented by winemakers.
With this public presentation, the G.O. Valdeorras would make known in the capital of Galicia wines from this region of the northeastern province of Ourense, you schedule a second presentation of the harvest next June in Vigo.

CYCLE OF WINE: WINE HARVEST

In the rural Valdeorras, just like in the rest of Galicia, and many parts of the world, the western calendar, is based on the nature's cycles. In this way, the wine, as well as other crops, has its own cycle with the seasons of the year. Here it is in this video, the cycle of wine corresponding to the wine harvest, in Autumn time.

Related celebrations date back to the days when wine was a bridge between Gods and men. So that in Valdeorras the cultural oral tradition is still alive and that is the reason why, older harvesters while vintaging, relieve their fatigue with popular songs of oral tradition.



Despite this times where we live in rural depopulation around the world, it is a pleasure and fortune to see in this region that new generations of boys and girls follow the traditions of their grandparents going to harvest with them.