{"id":14972,"date":"2021-09-01T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/?p=14972"},"modified":"2021-09-02T10:52:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T08:52:45","slug":"mas-blanch-jove-love-land-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/en\/magazine\/mas-blanch-jove-love-land-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Mas Blanch i Jov\u00e9, love for the land and art"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Love and respect for the land, together with art, make the Blanch i Jov\u00e9 winery, in the Costers del Segre DO, a unique place for tasting good wines and strolling through nature and art.<\/b><\/h3>\n

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In the Garrigues region, at an altitude of over 700 metres, we find the <\/span>Mas Blanch i Jov\u00e9<\/span><\/a> winery. It is a young winery, born 15 years ago, the result of the initiative of Sara Jov\u00e9’s parents, the current manager, who fell in love with the region and bought a piece of land where vines, almond, and olive trees were grown. Sara Jov\u00e9 explains that their love of the land goes back a long way: “Her godparents and great-great-grandparents were already working the land, and these origins made their parents decide to start this project in Les Garrigues, despite the fact that their origins are from La Segarra and Urgell”.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sustainability as a distinctive feature<\/b><\/b><\/h3>\n

Mas Blanch i Jov\u00e9 wines come from the Costers del Segre D.O. (Denominaci\u00f3 d’Origen), a sub-zone of the Garrigues region. The estate is 700 metres above sea level, has stony soil, is poor in organic matter, and produces low yields. Sara defines the project as organic and sustainable: “<\/span>Everything we do is organic<\/b>. In all the products we produce: wine, oil, and almonds, no pesticides or herbicides are used” and she proudly adds: “The bodega runs 100% on energy that comes from solar panels, 110 panels with 48 batteries, and we have a water purification system”. She also highlights the work they do to <\/span>recover the stone walls,<\/b> which they consider not only the cultural heritage of the area, but they also value for the work they do to prevent erosion of the land and the creation of natural ditches.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We work to be part of the solution to the environmental problem. <\/span>We are concerned about climate change, but we are working to prevent it<\/b>. Drought has become chronic and, without water, there is no life. We have irrigation to support the vines, with the drop-by-drop system. It is the only way to keep the vines alive. And we have to work in a way that does not deplete the land’s resources. It has to be a sustainable way of working, so that the land regenerates itself, without stressing it”. He says that their philosophy is summed up in respect for nature and the environment, a fact that makes them aware of where they are: in a dry, very Mediterranean area, with fauna and flora that are very characteristic of the area, which they try to look after and protect, even providing watering places for the animals.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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