You like the culture, the products of the region but especially the good wine…

We propose to visit the annual Wine Festival in Banyuls from 5 to 10 October.
An appointment should never be missed when talking about wine.
You can meet there the winemakers, visit the expositions, attend conferences but also participate in cultural animations.

ALFMED organises for its students the scheduling of the 10 October, departure at 9 o’clock at the Academy.
In the program: picnic, discoveries and good humor.


Program for Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 October:

Saturday 9 October

From 9.30am: regional market in the streets of the city centre
10.00am: musical animation with the bands AOC’S and God Save the cuivres
11.00am: Serenade of the choir « Les Copains d’Après », place Aristide Maillol
14.30pm: Pressing of the vintage by the students of the school, place Dina Vierny accompanied by the band «les Enjoliveurs» and their presentation Bacchus Delirium
14.00 to 19.00pm: Taste workshop at the Espace Vigneron at the enclosure of the phine
From 16.00pm: Selling of wine glasses, marguerite, bandanas, hats… in front of the town hall
17.30pm: Conference « la vigne et la vendange : surface transport and maritime transport »
21.00pm: fireworks offered by the municipality
21.45pm: great ball with the orchestra Lithium

Sunday 10 October
From 9.00am: Selling of wine glasses and products of the festival in front of the town hall
9.30am: benediction of the crop 2009, church forecourt
10.00am: new enthronements of high level sportsmen in the brotherhood (confrérie vineuse), place Paul Reig
Musical animation in the streets of the village with the following bands: AOC’S, God Save the cuivre, the brass band of Minervois, Marcelle Coulazou, la Basse Cour…t, les Enjoliveurs
10.00am to 13.00pm: tasting of the vintage of 2008 at the Place Vigneron, enclosure de la Phine
13.00pm: lunch of the paste application
15.30pm: arrival of the vintage arrivée de la vendange by the sea
17.00pm: Singing and traditional music with Agram.

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