Cooperative Valdeorras. More than 1000 partners begin vintage
The three cooperative wineries of Valdeorras: Jesús Nazareno en O Barco, Virgen de las Viñas in A Rúa and Virgen de los Remedios in Larouco they are working or about to open its doors to collect this year’s harvest.
COOPERATIVE O BARCO: OPENING DAY 19
The first to start collecting was that of O Barco (Jesús Nazareno) last day 19 and in the first days of work received about 250,000 kilos of godello and 200,000 kilos of mencia. The rains are hampering the arrival of grapes to the cooperative and he is expected this weekend, with the awaited good weather, can collect the majority of the grapes. This cooperative, with more than 50 years in operation, has 320 active members carrying their grapes to the winery in the San Roque area with tractors and trailers. Once there the grape is weighed and then dumped in the areas of collection.
Ya dentro de la bodega hay 8 personas que llevan todo el proceso de elaboración que está, en su mayoría, automatizado. Esta bodega cooperativa construyó nuevas instalaciones hace unos años, al lado de la antigua edificación, lo que le permite tener depósitos de acero inoxidable de 50.000 litros cada uno y con capacidad para 2.700.000 litros en toda la bodega.
A COOPERATIVE RUA: OPENING DAY 22
Another cooperative that is underway this week is A Rua. In some of his 348 cement deposits are already entering godello and Mencía grapes. They opened campaign Monday 22 to pick up, for 4 days, godello and mencia varieties. After three days they turn to the palomino and the rest Grenache.
630 active partners (registered 850) underway in the Avenida Campogrande, its grapes Winery and as explained from the cooperative, can bring the smaller partner from 1000 kilos to 70,000 of those who have more vines. With a capacity of 10 million liters cement deposits also have new technologies to control the production of wines such as submersible cold plates. Since the cooperative of A Rúa opt for retaining the original structure of the building and to introduce the modifications necessary to be able to adapt to modern times.
