After being rescheduled, the Provincial Envero Festival will take place on June 22 and 23, in San Martín, precisely at the Las Bóvedas museum. This important event is organized by Emetur, the Institute of Rural Development (IDR) and the Olive Association of Mendoza (Asolmen).
As part of the extra long weekend that will run from June 20 to 23, throughout the country, the Provincial Veraison Festival will be held, a meeting that will bring together olive producers in the province.
The event will feature food courts, tastings and tasting of extra virgin olive oils. In advance of the opening of the event, olive trees will be planted in the “Francisco” Congress Center located in the Agnesi Park in San Martín.
In addition, there will be different shows where the Cancionero Cuyano will be present, with performances by Marcelino Azaguate, the Raíces Huarpes Municipal Ballet, Rosa Chiquini, Dúo Busto/Mercado, Cara y Cepa and Roberto Mercado. The departments that will participate in this first meeting will be San Martín, Maipú, Guaymallén, Lavalle, Junín, Rivadavia, San Rafael and Luján de Cuyo.
When the festival was presented in April, the president of Emetur, Gabriela Testa, commented that this event has to do with “highlighting the strength that the industry has, how production and institutions such as olive growers associations have been growing.” private companies, which are also accompanying us in this process.”
In addition, the official highlighted that this activity is part of the Vivencias Mendocinas program, of Emetur and that “it aims to diversify the tourist offer of Mendoza, with identity themes, such as the olive; Patios Cuyanos, with the music of our land, and a series of programs that highlight identity issues and that seek to provide job opportunities for entrepreneurs or small, medium and large businessmen.”
Feast for the senses
Veraison is the process in which the olive goes from being green to taking on violet or black tones and is the moment in which the olive is ready to begin producing extra virgin olive oils early and before reaching its maturity. point of full maturity.
The province of Mendoza is an important olive-growing region in Argentina and concentrates a large number of producers and companies that grow olive trees, produce canned olives, olive oils and products derived from olives.
The olive growers that will participate in this first edition will be Familia Minotto (Maipú), Domingo Lo Vecchio (Maipú), Azaguate (Maipú), Quatrolivas (Guaymallén), Ánforas de Atenea (San Rafael), Laur (Maipú), IG Mendoza, Exigente ( Maipú), Finca Familia Robles (Rivadavia), Flor Mía (San Martín), Molino la Tebaida (San Martín), Envero (Lavalle), Campo Re (Maipú), María Ravida (Rivadavia), Pisi (San Martín), Inta Este (nursery and EVOO production), Lesilem Oils (Guaymallén).
Among the gastronomic proposals that will be at the festival are Maximiliano Hernández (Rivadavia), Catering Di Carlo (Rivadavia), Sabores del Secano (Lavalle), Romina Paredes (Guaymallén), El metrato (Guaymallén), Street Food (San Martín), Flavors of the East (Junín) and La Focachería (Junín).
In addition, Mendoza residents and tourists will be able to visit stalls of the entrepreneurs of Guardiana de telas (Lavalle), Manos del Arenal Cerámica (Lavalle), Alfajores Malambo (Guaymallén), Viento botánico (Guaymallén), Más que woods (Guaymallén), Clave de Luna Malabar (Guaymallén), Culto Olibec (Guaymallén) and Bombón Cydonia (Junín).
Provincial Veraison Festival Schedule 2024
Saturday 22 – Las Bóvedas Museum
11.30 Planting olive trees at the Francisco Congress Center.
13.15 Opening remarks Dr. Raúl Rufeil – Las Bóvedas Museum.
13.30 Presentation of the Olive Tree Paths – Gabriela Testa – Las Bóvedas Museum.
13.45 Presentation of El Canto de Cuyo – Diego Gareca – Las Bóvedas Museum.
15.00 Marcelino Azaguate
16.00 Rosa Chiquini
16.20 IDR Book Presentation – Recipe Book
16.30 Duo Bustos Mercado
Sunday 23 – Las Bóvedas Museum
14.00 Roberto Mercado
17.15 Cara y Cepa Group Show / Raíces Huarpes Ballet.
