Ponte de Lima: “Green wine is certainly one of the great products we have” – ​​Correio do Minho

Ponte de Lima: “Green wine is certainly one of the great products we have”

Alto Minho

“Green Wine is surely one of the great products we have and one of the great riches of the region and that has most contributed to the wealth of the country “, said yesterday the Prime Minister António Costa, who after being greeted with applause, inaugurated the Center Green Wine interpretation and promotion in Ponte de Lima, participating thus in the commemorative ceremonies of the Day of the City, who yesterday marked the passing of 891 years.
 “It gives me great pride to inaugurate the first that a device was soon treated to Intrepretativo Center Vinho Verde. Ponte de Lima was certainly marked my story, “said António Costa.

The prime minister expressed his” satisfaction “to limianos and all invited to the official ceremony, including many mayors Minho , representatives of various local institutions and individuals to see your name on the wall of a device like this interpretive center, considering it an example, “because it is based on the value of our indigenous resources that can point to the country’s growth.”
 In the solemn ceremony of Ponte de Lima Day, António Costa left a word of appreciation to all winegrowers – “because they are exploiting and value this great wealth that is wine and that more than ‘a glass of delights us’ representing all an opportunity for development of culture of our territory and the country by exporting, establishing itself as a major source of wealth and job creation. “

the Prime Minister stressed, this way, the relevance that has a device like the Interpretation Centre and Green Wine Promotion “to give Cognac Ecer its history and its value.” “This intrepretativo center will serve as an encouragement not only to Ponte de Lima, but for all the Vinho Verde region because it will create a circuit, promote animation around the wine tourism and create more attractive so that more people know best vinho verde”.
 “I feel a great satisfaction to see this center intrepretativo running and what it represents and can represent the value of that wealth which is the green wine,” said the Prime Minister. The Mayor of Ponte de Lima, Victor Mendes, praised the fact that the prime minister be present in the ceremony of the Day of the City, with the main objective of “we get to know better.”

“This equipment – which were invested 1.6 million euros through ON2 – New North – will reveal, going forward, Ponte de Lima, in the entire region of Vinho Verde as a national relatively excellence destinations the wine tourism, tourism product that attracts, day after day, a large number of enthusiasts, to which it binds, it could not be, cuisine, striking in the region and other areas of agro-forestry and agri-food sectors, in which can highlight significant private investment and the courage of many entrepreneurs seeking innovation and creativity to generate wealth in rural areas, “said the mayor. Pointing to strategic sectors for the county as wine tourism, gastronomy, indigenous races, crafts, nature tourism, equestrian and sailing, sports, among others, Victor Mendes asked only to Prime Minister Antonio Costa to “bureaucracy” in the process, to speed developing the rural world needs.

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