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The School of Agricultural Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) today introduced the new vintage of their wine Thomas Ferro, prepared in Experimental Agrifood station of the same name, in La Palma, with the grape variety Merseguera, traditional Field of Cartagena.
2,000 liters of white and red bottled 1,200 this year come exclusively from vineyards planted on the farm Thomas Ferro.
The white wines are grape variety Merseguera, recovered by researchers at the Polytechnic and of which only 25 hectares are planted in the field of Cartagena, off the 300 ha that fifteen years ago had its hegemonic presence before the arrival of irrigated crops.
"The current trend is wine back to the authentic and traditional flavors," says Pedro Antonio Albaladejo, Thomas Ferro responsible wine.
"Our asset is the Merseguera in Cartagena, which allows us to differentiate a product of very high quality grapes," he argues.
The authenticity of Thomas Ferro includes wine yeast used for fermentation.
"We use the yeast present in the grape itself, not the homogenized using most wineries," Albaladejo said.
Thomas Ferro wine combines the tradition of a variety adapted to the local climate and soil with the use of modern agricultural technologies that enhance quality and allow water savings during production.
A portion of the profits from their marketing they will go, as every year, to Jesus Forsaken.
The Minister of Water, Agriculture and Environment, agronomist Martinez Adela Martinez-Cache, this year has been the sponsor of the vintage wine Thomas Ferro.
During the presentation of wine, Martinez-Cache praised the "national and international" prestige of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena.
In addition, it has been worth agronomists that form in the UPCT.
"Agriculture is a strategic sector for the region and it is essential that engineers that form in the UPCT are great professionals as they are, thanks to the hard work of the Polytechnic", he assured.
For his part, the Rector of the University, José Antonio Franco, stressed that the activity in agricultural engineering school "is well defined" in the process of winemaking and has indicated that the project has a "social commitment" because the benefits of wine will go to the nonprofit organization Jesus Forsaken.
Finally, the director of the School of Agricultural Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Alejandro Perez, recalled that this project came about a decade ago and used to train students, which is involved in the entire process.
Source: UPCT
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