ARCHIVED - 1st March Final fiesta to conclude the Ruta KM0 Tapas Route in Jumilla
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This tapas event paying homage to DO Jumilla wines concludes with a bang!
10 bars and restaurants have been taking part in the KM-0 tapas route in Jumilla every day of the week throughout February, offering special snacks and D.O. Jumilla wines daily.
All of the bars and restaurants taking part are affiliated to the Jumilla Wine Route, and the wines offered to “taperos” during the event are supplied by 16 of the bodegas who subscribe to the route. Each dish is priced at 4 euros, including the glass of wine, and free surprise gifts awarded to lucky customers include cheeses visits to wineries, bottles of wine and wine glasses.The route continues until 29th February.
In addition, anyone visiting all ten establishments and collecting the stamp on their route maps is eligible for a prize draw in which trips to wine producing regions throughout Spain and Europe are the prizes.
On 1st March all of the establishments will take their tapas and wines out into the streets for one final event to close the route for this year, with live music, the prize draws for the completed tapas route cards, and of course, plenty of tapas and wine!
Anyone wishing to enter their cards into the prize draw can do so until midnight on the 29th February, after which the collection boxes will be gathered up for the prize draws on the 1st.
This event is taking place in Paseo Poeta Lorenzo Guardiola with live music from Granujas De Medio Pelo, and stands run by the 28 members of the Ruta del Vino offering their products and is open between 12:00 and 16:00.
A ticket to participate in the sampling of the many products on offer is 12 euros and can either be purchased in advance from the participating bars or on the day of the event from a ticketing booth.The 12 euro ticket includes a wineglass, two wines, two tapa from the participating restaurants, one tapa from the Horno de Rufino and another from Embutidos Gilar.
The establishments taking part are the following:
Bodegas BSI
Bodegas Bleda
Bodegas Carchelo
Bodega Cerrón
Bodegas Juan Gil
Bodegas Xenysel, Viñedos y Bodegas JM Martinez Verdu
Bodegas Luzón
Bodegas Alceño
Bodegas Silvano García
Bodegas Viña Campanero
Bodegas Viña Elena
Bodegas Pío Del Ramo
Bodega Madrid Romero
Bodega Sierra Norte
Bodegas Ribera del Juá
Bodegas Fernández
Esencia Wines Cellars
El Obrador de Fran
Horno Rufino
Embutidos Gilar
Restaurante-Bar Casa Sebastián (Avenida de Levante, 6, telephone 968 780194)
Restaurante-Bar San Agustín (Avenida Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, 62, telephone 968 781314)
Restaurante De Loreto (Calle Canalejas 73, telephone 968 780360)
Restaurante-Bar La Macarena (Calle Cánovas del Castillo, 36, telephone 638 392556)
Restaurante-Bar Duque de Lerma (Calle Álbano Martínez 34, telephone 968 784121)
Restaurante-Bar Reyes Católicos (Avda. de los Reyes Católicos, 33, telephone 968 781283)
Restaurante-Bar Los 3 Soles (Calle San Pascual, 15, telephone 606 025822)
Restaurante-Bar Venecia (Calle Doctor Fleming, 7, telephone 968 783298)
Nuestro Bar (Calle de los Milanos, telephone 625 430009)
Mesón El Álamo (Calle de Huerta 12, Fuente-Álamo in the province of Albacete, telephone 967 321262)
Further information is available at the tourist office of Jumilla.
For more local events, news and tourist information including the wineries of the Jumilla wine route, visit Jumilla Today.
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