Aecovi received the visit of the best japanese venenciadores - 20/02/2012

Last January, Aecovi received the visit of 10 professionals of the drinks and wine sector from Japan. They visited one of Aecovi’s cooperatives, Nuestra Señora de las Angustias, in Jerez.They had the opportunity to taste some of our wines : Cream "Alexandro", served with ice and a slice of orange, and Pedro Ximénez "Mira La Mar" accompanied with pastries.

The visit of the Marco de Jerez was the prize awarded by the Regulatory Council to the winners of the venenciadores competition organised in Japan every year.
Two of the best Japanese venenciadores of the year 2011 were invited, Mrs Izumi and Mr Yokoo, and also Mrs Mari Kaneko, who was the winner of the Cocktail Competition with Sherry Wines in 2011. They were accompanied by 7 other professionals, with among them,Mr Kishi, the president of the Japanese barmen association and also Yoshiko Akehi, writer and delegate at the Sherry committee in Japan.

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Aecovi joins the technological area - 20/02/2012

Aecovi Jerez reinforced its bet in the research and the development for the launching of new and innovative products with the creation of its new centre of R+D+I (research, development and innovation), located in the agribusiness technological park of Jerez (PTA of Jerez) which gather agribusiness companies with high technological component.

The PTA centre is adapted to the new needs of Aecovi, according to its strategy to create new products based on techniques of R+D+I, with new facilities which make easier the development of its range of innovative products. This investment, which is possible thanks to the operative program R+D+I of the European Union (FEDER), includes the acquisition of the latest technological machines but also, on a smaller scale, the development of its wine research program.
The quality laboratory represents the key point of this investment, as it will enable the analysis and the development of new products, in the case of coloured wines or new range of vinegars and sauces with the current work of the oenologist of Aecovi, Elena Alejos.

The innovation effort realised by Aecovi can be showed by the launching of three innovative products, which are the results of R+D+I technology, with the Arrope (grape must reduction), the balsamic sherry vinegar and also the Pedro Ximénez - the only one that could be considered as 100% from el Marco de Jerez, if we consider the grapes, the techniques of elaboration but also the use of its own facilities-. They are the leading products of the brands Arvum and Alexandro which also include more traditional sherry wine and vinegar.

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The Portuguese press visits Aecovi - 24/01/2012

The Consejo Regulador of the Denomination of Origin Jerez-Xérès-Sherry in collaboration with the Commercial Office of Spain in Lisbon organized a program focused on the Sherry vinegar to the Portuguese press. The group of journalists visited one Aecovi´s cooperatives, Nuestra Señora de las Angustias in Jerez, and had the opportunity to taste the full range of Arvum Vinegars and Sauces.

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