Wine and gastronomic workshops and Music of Pitxorines This Saturday they welcomed the RAim Wine Fest in Palma, the ninth edition of the Vi de la Terra Mallorca traveling festival, which already takes place in the Parc de la Mar, where throughout the day you can taste more than a hundred wines from a quarantine of wineries on the island.
In a press release, Vi de la Terra Mallorca, the organizing entity of the festival, announced that, at the time scheduled for the event, the Raïm Wine Fest opened its doors at 1 p.m. at Parc de la Mar in Palma.
The wine and food workshops welcomed young talents from Palma from 1:30 p.m., Michael Serra in the kitchen, offering dishes based on Majorcan cuisine products (almonds, carob, sobrasada, honey) and best sommelier of 2024 in the Balearic Islands, Joseph Juhé, pairing with single-varietal red wines from Mantonegro and Gorgollassa. They were followed by couples of cooks and sommeliers, TOmeu Arbona And Josep Avellà; And Ariane Salvador with Georgia Scaramella.
The arrival of visitors to the Raïm Wine Fest was constant throughout the day and the first visitors were able to enjoy the live music of Pitxorines, in addition to the gastronomic offer of food trucks and local businesses, also present in this ninth edition. Festival and activities for children.
For the mayor of Palma, Jaime Martinez This “It was a long-awaited meeting”. Well, “the Raïm Wine Fest is a reference in the world of Mallorcan wine”. “This is the ninth edition and the first in Ciutat, but there will be many others,” he assured. “It’s about wine, culture, tradition, a Kilometer Zero product… We want to walk with Raïm and we are delighted that he is there,” he underlined.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and the Natural Environment, Jeanne Simonetfor his part considered that it was “very important that Vi de la Terra Mallorca comes to Palma”. “We believe that the peasantry goes beyond the Via de Cintura, but the citizens of Palma must be able to know the wines of Mallorca well, these important local grape varieties that are only found here,” he said. affirmed. “And especially the young audience, who are the future consumers,” clarified.
For the president of Vi de la Terra Mallorca, Magdalena Mesquida, “Coming to Palma was an important step, because there is another concentration not only of population but also of gastronomic offer.” “And what our winegrowers want is to be known, not only outside but also at home,” he stressed.
The Raïm Wine Fest brings together 39 wine estates in this editionwhich takes place this Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. at Parc de la Mar. Entrance is free, with limited capacity. Participants can buy a glass for two euros and each drink of wine costs three euros.
