The municipality of Lezama held last Sunday the "Txakolinaren Eguna", a local fair which aims to promote the txakoli (local white wine) of the Txorierri region.

Nine wineries of the Txorierri who took part offered the attendees about 600 liters of txakoli to taste. The wine-makers that were present at the fair were the following ones: Garkalde Txakolina, Basalbeitiko Txakolina, Txakoli Ayarza, Bodega Aitabitxi, Magalarte Txakolina, Larrabetzuko Torre Txakolina, Erdikoetxe Txakolina, Sasikoetxe eta Txakoli Sasines. The central act of the event, presented by the journalist Kepa Uriarte, was dinamized by bertsolaris (local singers). Besides, the players of the women section of the Athletic Club Bilbao football team gave three prizes of 200€, 150€ and 100€ to the best decorated txakoli stands. These prizes were awarded to Erdikoetxe Txakolina, Aitabitxi Txakolina and Magalarte Txakolina respectively.

There were not absent in the Txakolinaren Eguna diverse producers of the agricultural world of Biscay who offered to the people gathered in Lezama cheese of sheep and goat, bread, Basque cake, honey, vegetable, fruit and pork products.

The goal of the fair was to thank the efforts made by the txakoli producers of the Txorierri to elaborate a first leve winel and make the name of the region well-known within all the corners of the Basque Country.  pictures