Regions: Contest 7 Portugal wonders sit at table.
7 Wonders the Bureau® It is the seventh election of 7 Wonders of Portugal®. Wines, dishes and snacks, scripts, events and eno-gastronomic experiences will make the "tables" in the competition.
The organization of 7 Wonders of Portugal® has released election theme 2018. 7 Wonders the Bureau® is the seventh election held in Portugal, promoting heritage that mark our national identity. The project has just boot, with the phase of applications to open 17 November.
"It's time to elect some of the most appreciated by the Portuguese heritage: Gastronomy associated with wines and Tourist Routes. Let's vote the pleasure of being at the table and also happy to go there, to get there, to be there. This is why eating, drinking and walk tourist itineraries, enjoying the best that life has to offer us. We want to harmonize cuisine with wines, but also the pleasure of touring the country, discovering the charms of wine tourism ", He explained Luis Segadães, President of 7 wonders® the official launch of the project in São Lourenço do Barrocal, overlooking Monsaraz, village voted one of the 7 Wonders of Portugal® in 2017.
At the official launch in São Lourenço do Barrocal was presented a tasting table made up:
Gastronomy: tidbit: Marinated Partridge, Fish dish: Pike-perch (fish alqueva) com poejo crumbs and Prato Meat: organic veal São Lourenço do Barrocal in the oven, with sweet potato puree and grilled vegetables from our garden.
Wine and Olive Oil: White wine 2014 São Lourenço do Barrocal, Reserve Red Wine 2012 São Lourenço do Barrocal and varietal olive oil Galician São Lourenço do Barrocal.
scripts: Hotel unit: São Lourenço do Barrocal.
Once elected Villages Wonder this year, which they have been explored various cultural heritages, historical and gastronomic, as 7 wonders® now advance to a territory that forms a bond with what comes out of our land, with the experience that we took when visiting the Portuguese wine-producing regions and what we present to the table.
This election will promote the true experience of eating and drinking to a Portuguese table, reason why we are increasingly becoming a tourist destination of reference.
"It was inevitable that 7 Wonders would eventually enter the territory of wines, which are essential differentiating factor in promoting Portugal abroad, and return to the cuisine of the universe, already elected in 2011 and now opens up a whole new range of promotional opportunities to be ally of wines and itineraries and experiences that make our only table in the world ", said Luis Segadães.
Here will result not a, but seven tables representative of our country.
The process follows the path of previous years, with the vote of a panel of experts on the long list of candidates, from which will result a list of 49 pre-finishers, 7 of each region. The entire process has the monitoring and supervision of a Scientific Council and the vote is audited by PwC.
Are these 49 Pre-finalists tables that will be voted on by the public, to elect the 7 Wonders the Bureau®, a table for each of the 7 large regions of Portugal, a single route.
the tender applications will be as "tables", but a broad concept, which includes the best an area has to offer: his dishes, wines, bread, olive oil or cheese, but also what can be experienced, as an event, a wine cellar, um laws, a museum or a walking path.
Each region will choose 7 heritages, including food, wines and a choice in tourism. This choice will be called "Table (name of the place, village, town, City, restaurant or hotel)"And compete with tables from all regions of Portugal, the title of Wonder. Each application will be made up 7 heritages to choose, must always include a heritage of each category: Gastronomy; Wine and Olive Oil; and Tourist Guide.
It is a project with the High Patronage of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, the Tourism Secretariat of State, and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, developed in partnership with the Association of Portuguese Municipalities Wine.
About the 7 Wonders the Bureau®
The ultimate goal of 7 Wonders the Bureau® It is to promote the regions and the countryside, through gastronomy and wine, boosting tourism and experiences in the territory. A small country, but so rich in its diversity of dishes north of the south and islands and their harmonization challenge with the locally produced wines and the adjacent tourism.
Applications may be submitted by any entity, public or private (including restaurants and hotel units), provided they comply with the regulations in force. The Regulation will be available on the official website, in the area of applications. In 7 galas with television broadcast will be elected 2 finalists tables, in total 14. The winners will be top rated in each of the 7 regions of Portugal, obtaining a single script gastro-ene, of national expression.
Stakeholders in the press conference at the table: José Calixto, Mayor of Reguengos de Monsaraz; Luis Segadães, President of 7 wonders; Carlos Coelho, presidente da Ivity Brand Corp; José António Uva, Administrator São Lourenço do Barrocal; Pedro Ribeiro, President of the Association of Portuguese Municipalities Wine; Frederico Falcão, President of the Institute of Wine and Vine; António Ceia da Silva, President of Alentejo and Ribatejo Tourism.
