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The new vintage of the Tomás Ferro wine, made at the Agri-Food Experimental Station of the same name, on La Palma, is already on the street.

The Rector of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), Alejandro Díaz Morcillo, has presented along with the director of the UPCT School of Agricultural Engineering, Arantxa Aznar, the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón and the director of the Tomás Ferro Foundation, Antonio García, two varieties of this wine, one 'young, which is fresher than those of previous years to enhance its aromatic potential' and another that has macerated for two years.

The 2,000 liters of bottled wine come exclusively from the vineyards planted in the Tomás Ferro farm.

The white wines are from the Merseguera grape variety, recovered by researchers from the Polytechnic and of which only 25 hectares are planted in the field of Cartagena, compared to the 300 hectares that were fifteen years ago.

'It is a Mediterranean and traditional wine from a grape that is found in the countryside of Cartagena', assured the director of ETSIA.

The Rector of the UPCT has recalled the 'close' collaboration between the University and the City Council, thanked the work of Jesus and Pedro Albaladejo, the producers of these wines and said that it is a wine 'recognized by all world'.

The mayor of Torre Pacheco, Antonio León, has been the godfather of the vintage this year collecting the witness of the former mayor of Cartagena, José López, who has ensured that during the year Tomás Ferro wine has come to be known in Jumilla and Yecla .

He has asked the new sponsor to get a farmer to put grape vines in the field so that 'the UPCT can continue researching'.

The sponsor, meanwhile, stressed that the municipality he represents lives on agriculture and that for him 'it is all a recognition' to sponsor the vintage this year.

Another novelty this year is that during this weekend the two varieties of Tomás Ferro wine can be tasted and purchased in some booths that have been installed in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.

Source: UPCT