Pollensa Wine Fair 2015.

[Lovell]

We will be there again. 5 days to go until we set off.

 

[snowy2007]

Is it today yet?.

 

[mopezone]

Visited yesterday, going back this morning!
The event is well up to scratch once again, the Spanish do this sort of thing so well, they don't muck about with the format, if it ain't broke don't fix it!
36 vineyards present, 3 more than last year, including 4 new ones.
As a wine snob, if I had to make a judgement I would say the overall quality of the wines is slightly down on last year, but perhaps it wasn't such a good vintage?
We had a roaming bagpipe group as well, which was very entertaining if you're from a piping region like me (no, not Scotland since you're asking!) I had a chat to the guys and it turns out they're Mallorcan, which was a surprise as I thought they sounded Galician - who'd a thunk it??!!
Anyway, my advice is to just go - 10 euros including a souvenir glass and a 3 euro voucher off the cost of a bottle? No-brainer!

 

[Sparky]

As a wine snob, if I had to make a judgement I would say the overall quality of the wines is slightly down on last year, but perhaps it wasn't such a good vintage?
Anyway, my advice is to just go - 10 euros including a souvenir glass and a 3 euro voucher off the cost of a bottle? No-brainer!

Perhaps the dry winter and Spring of 2013/14 had affected the grapes .

 

[snowy2007]

Visited yesterday, going back this morning!
The event is well up to scratch once again, the Spanish do this sort of thing so well, they don't muck about with the format, if it ain't broke don't fix it!
36 vineyards present, 3 more than last year, including 4 new ones.
As a wine snob, if I had to make a judgement I would say the overall quality of the wines is slightly down on last year, but perhaps it wasn't such a good vintage?
We had a roaming bagpipe group as well, which was very entertaining if you're from a piping region like me (no, not Scotland since you're asking!) I had a chat to the guys and it turns out they're Mallorcan, which was a surprise as I thought they sounded Galician - who'd a thunk it??!!
Anyway, my advice is to just go - 10 euros including a souvenir glass and a 3 euro voucher off the cost of a bottle? No-brainer!

The biggest problem yesterday was that some of the stalls run out of supplies and closed down early. But still enough to try. Great day followed by a great meal in the busting old town.

 

[debz1]

Drank 'em dry eh Snows

 

[kate1]

What a great afternoon/evening that was! I'd agree that the quality of wine overall wasn't quite as good as the last time we went but on the other hand there were more vineyards there - we found the best wine seemed to be from the smallest vineyards who were making only one or two sorts of wine. There were some really lovely wines on offer (if you got to them early, before they all blurred into one!) - particularly reds, as you'd expect, but also a couple of delicious dry Muscats which should be drunk as aperitifs rather than with dessert. I think that's what they said. They might on the other hand have been telling me that I appeared to have drunk the desert dry. Anyway, a glorious way of spending a couple of hours in the sunshine - followed by tapas at Bar Nou and then a very atmospheric trip to the Square welcoming the Ultra Tramuntana runners home from the first leg of their epic journey - when we arrived they'd been running for ten hours, if you can believe that. And then the next day I think they had to do it all over again. I was exhausted just lifting all those glasses of wine...

 

[mopezone]

2016?

OK, phew, just about recovered now!

I know it's a bit early, but any indications of the date for the 2016 Fira del Vi, Sparky?

Usually announced in October, isn't it? But I've got so many commitments next April and May...........hope springs eternal

 

[Sparky]

As you said it's far too early .