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PROMOTING BALEARIC WINES A TOTAL of 17 wineries offering 150 different wines shared a large stand at the FENAVIN Na‐ tional Wine Fair in Ciudad Real. The Balearic Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mae de la Concha, and the Director General of Policies for Food Sovereignty, Aram Ortega attended the opening cer‐ emony on Tuesday May 10 to show their support for those taking part. The participants repre‐ senting the Balearics are offering wines classified as being DO Binissalem, DO Pla i Llevant or IGP Vi de la Terra Mallorca. The producers, who in 2021 greatly increased their marketing within the Islands and exports abroad believe that at‐ tendance at FENAVIN will help increase their sales in the Spanish market, where at the moment they sell just 3 per cent of the total produced. “We are here to in‐ crease the wines’ pres‐ ence and importance by introducing the product as unique and of the high‐ est quality from the Balearic Islands,” said Councillor De la Concha, who added that island wines “are surprising more and more people.” The sector is recovering pre‐pandemic turnover figures and looks to con‐ tinue to expand.
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The Branson family with Rafa Nadal.
SIR RICHARD BRANSON spent time with Rafa Nadal in Manacor dur‐ ing a recent visit to Mallorca where the Virgin boss is about to open a new hotel. On May 10, he wrote in his popular blog that he was delighted to be invited with his family by Nadal to visit the tennis academy where they reminisced about previous meetings. Branson was in the process of inspecting what he refers to as “the beautiful Virgin Limited Edition resort in Son Bunyola” which is due to open shortly,
in time for the summer season. According to his blog, “Rafa was deep into preparations for the current Masters tour‐ naments, building up to the French Open he has dominated for so long. “But he was good enough to give us a few hours to sit and chat about what is go‐ ing on in the world ‐ and of course share some of his tennis wis‐ dom. I’m still looking to improve!” They spoke about the last time that they had played tennis together
which was on Necker Island, Branson’s pri‐ vate island in the British Virgin Islands, where they were com‐ peting for the Necker Cup. Originally, the match was supposed to be a singles competition be‐ tween Branson and American singer and songwriter Jimmy Buf‐ fett, who suddenly turned up with (at that time) world number one doubles specialist Mike Bryan, so in order to even things up Sir Richard persuaded an‐ other guest, Rafa Nadal to partner him.
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BAN WANTED THE UK branch of PETA has called for a ban on horse drawn carriages in Mallorca in support of the demands of local animal activist group Progreso en Verde. On their UK website they encourage members to send a carefully worded email or letter to the mayors of Alcudia, Palma and Sant Llorenç des Cardassar where they say dozens of exhausted horses are forced to pull carriages laden with tourists through the busy streets. Echoing the statements of Progreso en Verde they say that many of the debilitated animals collapse, espe‐ cially in the summer, when temperatures regularly reach 40 degrees. Others get caught up in noisy traffic, which often leads to accidents as the honk of a car’s horn or even just an insect bite can be enough to trigger the horses’ instinct to bolt. Citing the actions of cities such as such as London, Paris, and Toronto which no longer issue licences for horse‐drawn tourist carriages they add that many, in‐ cluding Oxford, Barcelona, New Delhi and Tel Aviv have already banned them altogether. By switching to using electric vehicles instead, Mal‐ lorca would be making its streets safer and providing tourists with a more compassionate and eco‐friendly way to explore the island’s sights. Although this campaign targets Mallorca, there are still many towns and cities around Spain that offer simi‐ lar services to tourists and in some cases also offer don‐ key rides.