THIS WILL TAKE PLACE 23 FEBRUARY IN THE ALFREDO KRAUS AUDITORIUM FROM 10:00 HOURS.

The objective of this day is to disseminate and promote the island's wines., in addition to achieving regional marketing among professionals in the restaurant sectors., tourism and distribution.

The day will be inaugurated by the General Director of Commerce of the Government of the Canary Islands, Arturo Cabrera; the treasurer of Chamber Las Palmas, Manuel Santana; the Minister of agriculture, Demetrio Suarez; the delegate councilor of the Area of ​​Agriculture and Livestock of the Ayto. of Las Palmas, Margarita Torrent and the president of VINIGRAN, Pedro Suárez.

Among the speakers is Luis Tolosa Planet, sociologist and author of several books on wine. One of them, Rioja wines and wineries, It has earned him two international awards: Best European Wine Book and Best World Book on European Wines.

Luis Toulouse Planet (Barcelona, 1968) he is a sociologist, writer, editor and director of studies at the Audiencias de la Comunicación y la Cultura Foundation (Foundation). He is co-author of several books on Penedés Denomination of Origin wines. (1989), Wines and Cavas of Catalonia (1992), He has published more than a hundred articles on gastronomy and a dozen popular books on gastronomy and other topics..

 

Carry 15 years publishing wine books, and with one of them Wines and wineries of Rioja, obtained in 2007 the awards for Best European Wine Book and Best World Book on European Wines, the latter awarded by the international jury of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, the most important contest in the world on wine and gastronomy books.

To achieve this he had to surpass others 5.000 books of 90 different countries. Vinos y Bodegas de Rioja had already been distinguished four months earlier as the Best Wine Book in Europe in the Spanish language.

His latest book to date is Los Supervinos 2010, a guide designed so that you don't need to be a connoisseur or have a lot of money to enjoy excellent wines.

Its pages include a selection of 100 super wines and super cavas at pocket-friendly prices that, In addition, They are found in the usual supermarkets. None of the recommended wines reaches the 7 euros and no cava reaches 12 EUR, and, However, all wines are good, and some even very good.

Without a doubt,It is a good time to approach the wines of Gran Canaria from a different perspective.