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Montilla grape harvest festival preparations 71st Montilla-Moriles Grape Harvest Festival underway
Preparations for the The 71st Montilla-Moriles Grape Harvest Festival have progressed through community selection and educational initiatives. The Montilla City Council held a traditional lottery at the Casa del Inca, attended (Fiesta de la Vendimia) has officially commenced, marked by Mayor Rafael Llamas and local officials, to select several high-profile cultural honors. Following the ‘Vendimiadores Mayores’. initial selection process, Natalia Marín Cabanillas and José Antonio Marín García, representing the Asociación de Vecinos Gran Capitán, were chosen to succeed the previous representatives from the Asociación de Vecinos El Centro. Five local collectives participated in the selection process. To preserve García have been formally designated as the region’s viticultural heritage, ‘Vendimiadores Mayores’, accompanied by a traditional court of ladies. During ceremonies held at the Cooperativa La Unión hosted Bodegas Pérez Barquero courtyard, Manuel Torralbo Rodríguez, Rector of the fourth annual ‘Vendimia Infantil’ (Children’s Harvest). This event served University of Córdoba, was invested as a pedagogical tool to introduce younger generations the ‘Capataz de Honor’. In his address, Torralbo voiced support for Montilla’s bid to be named the Montilla-Moriles Denomination ‘Spanish City of Origin. Participants and their families engaged Wine’ in ancestral processes, including 2027. Additionally, industrialist and enologist Miguel Herrador Repiso received recognition as ‘Capataz de Bodega’. The festival, which holds the symbolic weighing status of grape clusters, observing National Tourist Interest, continues to uphold historical traditions, such as the transformation use of grapes into must, and participating in traditional grape treading. ceremonial attire for the Vendimiadora Mayor inspired by 19th-century art.