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  • Viñedo San Miguel wins gold and silver at the Brussels World Contest

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    Viñedo San Miguel praised the region's wine culture by receiving gold and silver medals in the last edition of the Brussels World Contest.

    Judges from different parts of the world participated in the Contest, as well as sommeliers and members of the specialized press, who tasted a wide variety of wines, to finally give their verdict. 

    Cabernet Sauvignon-Malbec (2020) and Blend (2019) were the winners with gold and silver medals, respectively, of the eight participating wines in this edition of the competition. 

    The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles began on November 29 at the Trasiego restaurant with a welcome meal by our chef David Quevedo, and ended on December 3 at Mineral de Pozos, with David Quevedo also preparing the farewell dishes. 

  • Viñedo San Miguel receives wine experts from the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles

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    Viñedo San Miguel and Trasiego were the venue for the welcome meal of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, a benchmark event in world wine competitions, bringing together people from different countries to evaluate their standards. 

    Last Monday, November 29, the welcome meal was held at our facilities, with the presence of Juan José Álvarez Brunel, Secretary of Tourism of Guanajuato, Baudouin Havaux, president of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, as well as judges from various parts of the world, press specialized in wine culture and members of expert associations.

    The attendees were able to enjoy the tour and explanation of the process of our wine, to then go on to taste the gastronomy in Trasiego, consisting of a four-course meal, which included beetroot cappuccino cooked on the coals, suckling pig confit in sweet sauce from Celaya and pumpkin in tacha cooked with piloncillo. 

    The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles has been held for 20 years, bringing together specialized journalists, ethnologists and researchers from 51 countries, all with the aim of recognizing the highest quality wines.

    Viñedo San Miguel has been recognized four times by this Contest: the silver medal was awarded in 2017 for our Blend 2017 wine, and the gold medal in 2017 and 2019, for our Malbec 2016, Rosé 2018 and Malbec Reserva 2017 wines, respectively.

    The awarding of the participating wines will take place next Friday, December 3, in Mineral de Pozos, a magical town in Guanajuato.

  • The third edition of VINUM Guanajuato is held at Viñedo San Miguel

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    With the aim of disseminating and sharing wine tourism in the region, the third edition of VINUM Guanajuato was held, an event that began on November 23 and ended on November 24, bringing the tourism sector closer to current wine trends in Guanajuato.

    The theme of this event revolved around the gastronomy and wine culture of the state of Guanajuato, based in Viñedo San Miguel and Trasiego, attended by recognized experts and owners of state wineries, who tasted 14 different wines.

    The event was also attended by the Secretary of Tourism, Juan José Álvarez Brunel; the president of CANACO León, Elizabeth Vargas; the municipal president of Comonfort, Claudio Santoyo; Germán Cervantes Vega, municipal president of Salvatierra and Ana María Arias, director of Vinotelia.

    There were 5 international speakers who spoke about the importance of ethno-gastronomic tourism in the region: Lucero Villagrán from Peru, José Félix Paniego and Adela Pereira from Spain, and José Bahamonde and Gabriel Fidel from Argentina. 

    Through hybrid conferences, the facilities of Viñedo San Miguel witnessed conferences where the importance and transcendence of wine in the region, a tourist destination that everyone should know, was exposed.

    During this edition, a gastronomic sample of Guanajuato was carried out by the executive chef of Trasiego, David Quevedo, and also by traditional cooks from the state, demonstrating the diversity of flavors and foods that our region has. 

  • Chef David Quevedo wins first place in the V World Tapas Championship

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    David Quevedo, Executive Chef of Viñedo San Miguel y Trasiego, put the name of Mexico and Guanajuato high by winning first place in the "V World Tapas Championship" in the city of Valladolid, Spain.

    The Ceremonial Taco was the dish with which he participated, which consists of a chili stuffed with stewed rabbit and wrapped in a ceremonial tortilla, a tradition of the Otomí and Chichimeca culture, mounted in a paper Galereña.

    This presentation takes the meaning "of the sacrifice made by the traditional cooks of the Chichimeca and Otomí civilization, to deliver a tapa to their entire family" mentioned the chef.

    Thus, with his Ceremonial Taco, David Quevedo swept the gastronomy of various countries such as Argentina, Panama, Chile, the United States, Canada, Ireland, Japan, Ukraine and France, among others.

    Chef David Quevedo is originally from San Luis de la Paz, and during his career he has dedicated himself and painstakingly to the preservation and representation of Guanajuato gastronomy, participating in various national and international festivals and exhibitions.

    This dish and more are part of our signature cuisine at VSM and trasiego.

  • Barra México

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    These past August 27th, 28th and 29th we were in the latest edition of Barra México. An event that gathers different wineries and producers of different alcoholic drinks.

    This time, Barra México took place in the winery Viñedo San Lucas, in San Miguel de Allende and it had a beneficial purpose: saving endangered species like the jaguar and the vaquita.

    The assistants could enjoy different options of food and special drinks, among them our wines from Viñedo San Miguel; as well as seminars, tastings, among other experiences.

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