One thousand liters of wine and more than three tons of chestnuts at a Marvão fair in Portugal

Published 2021년 11월 4일

Tridge summary

The 37th Marvão Nut Fair is scheduled to take place on the 13th and 14th of November 2021, following its postponement due to the pandemic. The event, famous for its consumption of chestnuts and wine, will feature three and a half tons of chestnuts and a thousand liters of wine this year. Due to the pandemic, the fair will have fewer exhibitors, primarily from the local municipality. The mayor of Marvão aims for the event to boost the local economy and hopes to return to a larger scale in 2022, given its significance to the region's culture and tourism. The fair will include tastings, lectures, and the sale of local handicrafts and products, and will highlight the protected origin of Marvão chestnuts. Additionally, from the 13th to the 21st of November, 14 restaurants in Marvão will participate in the "Quinzena Gastroómica da Castanha" initiative, offering chestnut-themed dishes.
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Original content

More than three tons of chestnuts and a thousand liters of wine should be consumed at the Marvão Nut Fair (Portalegre), after the event was postponed in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic, it was released today. Promoted by the municipality, the 37th edition of the Chestnut Fair – Chestnut Festival in Marvão will take place between the 13th and 14th of this month, and this event is considered one of the 'ex-libris' of that municipality of Alto Alentejo. “This year we will have a more restricted version of the fair due to the covid-19 pandemic, with three and a half tons of chestnuts [acquired from local producers] and a thousand liters of wine. The fair will develop as normal, but with fewer exhibitors, only from the municipality”, said the mayor of Marvão, Luís Vitorino, in statements to the Lusa agency. For the mayor, the return of this event in a context still of pandemic aims to "give a boost" to the local economy. “We are not going to have events in the tent [space where ...

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