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On Wednesday, January 25, the mayor of Cartagena, José López, held a meeting with the president of the Regulatory Council of the Denomination of Origin of Jumilla, Pedro Lencina, after which he announced the celebration of a wine fair in the Which will promote the Jumillano product in Cartagena during next spring in the Port area.

Thus, the mayor has emphasized the commitment of the Consistory for the promotion of "products of the earth."

In this regard, he recalled that the wine of the Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena and others in the Campo de Cartagena is already used in official acts, just as it has shown its commitment to continue along this line with the wines of Jumilla and the rest of The Autonomous Community.

"Time will taste the wines of other Autonomous Communities," stressed Lopez, while pointing out that "I think it is the duty of all leaders to help make known the benefits of the products of the earth, in this case , The Denomination of Origin of Jumilla ".

In this way, the first mayor of Cartagena has advanced, "we are delighted that they come to Cartagena and work to make that fair in spring a reality."

For his part, the president of the Denomination of Origin of Jumilla thanked the mayor for the collaboration to promote the Denomination of Origin in Cartagena and has given a sample of the broth that was bottled on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the denomination, While stressing that the meeting with Lopez has been "great."

Thus, he recalled that this visit is part of the contacts they are maintaining with localities such as Hellín, Albacete and Murcia to promote, in a series of 'mini shows' for several hours, the Denomination of Origin of Jumilla.

"We were missing Cartagena," said Lencina, who has pointed out that these events can mobilize up to 5,000 people who "can taste the wine we have in our region."

In this sense, Lencina has remarked that the Jumilla wine is "one of the things we can sell proudly around the world".

In addition, he explained that this type of initiative, as well as the holding of the National Contest of the Denomination of Origin of Jumilla, which has invited the mayor to attend on 31 March, allow "to put, among all, our grain Of sand to commercialize the wine of Jumilla ".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena