Malbec Festival, also called the Festival of Wine and Gastronomy is done in Lujan de Cuyo during April (malbec’s month). The venue is the Plaza Gerónimo Espejo, in the center of Chacras de Coria and admission is free. Usually it lasts three days and is done in a whole weekend. The event involved wineries in the region, especially Lujan de Cuyo, offering their wines for tasting.
Every year, a Pairing Contest (also known as Festival of Food pairing) where wineries and participating restaurants offer pairings between food and Malbec, and wineries have their own restaurants cook and exhibit their own pairings. Evaluators juries are two: the popular and the professional.
As for the jury, people who participate in the event access to vote via text message their favorite pairing. Marriage is a daily rate and a general festival. As for the professional jury is composed of an evaluation committee including the mayor, to various government authorities concerning the wine industry, gastronomy and press.
The proposal Malbec Festival also includes the election of the Malbec’s Provincial Queen, for which many young people are presented to the public on several occasions, and finally to the new sovereign is chosen during the last night of the event posit. Stands at the site of the wineries are installed, special tastings are done, you can access posts Chacras Artisans and live musical performances.
