More than 3,000 people met the first AOVEs at the Fiesta del Primer Aceite de Jaén in Sabadell – Linares28 – El diario digital de Linares

More than 3,000 people visited the Fiesta del Primer Aceite de Jaén last weekend in Sabadell, promoted by the Provincial Council with the collaboration of the Junta de Andalucía. Plaza Argub, located in Parque Cataluña in this city of Barcelona, ​​was a beautiful showcase where you can taste and buy some of the best extra virgin olive oils produced in the province of Jienna in this campaign.

Francisco Javier Lozano, Deputy for Publicity and Tourism, evaluated the result of this event very positively, “not only because of the flow of the public, but also because, in our opinion, the managers of thirty cooperatives and diamond mills because of the good level of sales. , as well as olive oil cosmetics companies participating in this night. In this sense, Lozano stands out and “appreciates the effort, care and labor of our farmers to present freshly squeezed olive juice, a product of the highest quality that surprises those who know it and those who taste it for the first time. quality”.

Institutional support played a key role in the success of the Fiesta del Primer Aceite de Jaén in Sabadell, according to Lozano. “We are very grateful to Sabadell City Council for all the opportunities it has given us to be able to celebrate this promotional action with the support of the Diputación de Barcelona and the Generalitat, whose president visited us on Saturday de Cataluña, with the presence of President Salvador Illa at the closing.

This festival, managed by the Diputación de Jaén, allowed residents and visitors of the Catalan city to taste 32 extra virgin olive oils produced by cooperatives and mills in Jaén these days, and to participate in the gastronomic tastings of Degusta Jaén products. Asistir flamenco shows like Carmen Laguna, Carmen Laguna, “Hijos de Bedmar en Cataluña” and “Añoranza de mi tierra”. Likewise, the public was able to learn more about the characteristics of olive oils and their different qualities through the various experts responsible for the Protected Geographical Indication Aceite de Jaén (IGP Jaén) and the Sierra Mágina sect. In the same way, it is possible to buy cosmetic products made with olive oil and olive wood artesanía.

From Valencia to Sabadell, where the first Fiesta outside the province of Jaen was celebrated in 2015, this promotion of extra virgin olive oils obtained from the early harvest passed through Vigo, Bilbao, Hospitalet, Gijón, Pamplona, ​​Alcala de Henares. y Victoria.