Once again, the Manilva Grape Harvest celebration has featured one of its most traditional moments, the Grape Bunch Competition, held after the procession of the Virgen de los Dolores. The event symbolises the offering of the best harvests to the Virgin and once again highlights the quality of the town’s grapes.
This year, the competition has also borne witness to a magnificent harvest, with bunches of exceptional size. The winner was Nieves Rojas, whose bunch weighed 2 kilos and 45 grams, surpassing the two-kilo mark and becoming the heaviest specimen of this edition.
Second prize went to Antonio Luque, with a bunch of 1 kilo and 815 grams, while third place went to Alejandra Castillo, with a specimen of 1 kilo and 715 grams.
Fourth prize went to Marta García, whose bunch weighed 1 kilo and 645 grams, thus completing the four specimens recognised in this edition of the traditional competition.
The competition rewards the four heaviest bunches among all those offered to the Virgen de los Dolores and keeps alive a tradition closely linked to the agricultural and wine-growing history of Manilva. The specimens are examined by a jury, which must check, among other things, that each one is a single bunch.
Beyond the prizes, the competition each year is a recognition of the work, effort and dedication of Manilva’s farmers, who continue to keep alive a tradition that forms part of the town’s identity.
This year’s edition has also served to confirm the good feelings left by the season, with a particularly generous harvest and bunches of great quality and size that once again took pride of place at this celebration.
With this traditional competition, Manilva celebrates the arrival of a new grape harvest and pays tribute to the Virgen de los Dolores, patron saint of farmers, in one of the municipality’s most deeply rooted traditions.
