PROGRAM


Tuesday 26 Feb:
18:00 hrs.
Opening of the Plastic Arts & Photograph exposition at Galerias Vallarta shopping Mall

20:00 hrs.
Vallarta Wine Fest official Inaugural Ceremony at the City Hall main esplanade.

• Introduction of the Festival Directors
• Vallarta Wine Fest invitation
• Introduction of the Ambassador of Italy or person in his representation.
• Presentation of participant Restaurants.
• Presentation of the official program from February 27th to March 1st.
• City’s Mayor Discourse.
• Cocktail in a musical ambience.

Wednesday 27 Feb:
11:00 hrs. to 13:00 hrs.
Training & Qualification Centers
2 Centers:
Hotel Marival in Nuevo Vallarta & Restaurant “La Petite” in Puerto Vallarta.

13:00 hrs.
Conference – Lecture
Hotel Marival Puerto Vallarta

Conference – Lecture
Hotel Marival at Restaurant “La Petite France”.

18:00 hrs.
Fest Opening at all participating Restaurants with Wine degustation and Pairing Menus.


20:00 hrs.
Cultural Event.

• Photograph Exhibition
• Painting Exhibition from the group “Centro 10”.
• Exhibition of 30 paintings of Wine as main theme.
• Reading of two winning poems.
• Wine Poetry Contest Awards
• Welcoming to the Art Walk
• Presentation of the PNEUMUS Group.
  
  PNEUMUS is an intense and surrealistic multimedia experience sound mastered in a bright and original way with rhythms from the 20’s such as Swing, Polkas, Cha Cha Cha and Mambo, this group shows how a multiracial aspect can be mixed together as an integrator phenomenon to enrich the culture of the World. This incredible journey made in the style of the old silent movies accompanied with live music and where the audience becomes part of the performance has become the success of this fine spectacle, making it one of the most original entertainment proposals in Mexico.
  
  

PNEUMUS – A sound experience journey – A sound production performed by passionate musicians. Fans of the celluloid that play melodies collected on trips by train, boat, plane and screens. www.pneumus.com

Thursday 28 Feb:
Ongoing Wine degustation and Pairing Menus at all participating Restaurants.

11:00 hrs. to 13:00 hrs.
Continuous training at both centers: Hotel Marival Nuevo Vallarta / Restaurant “La Petite” Puerto Vallarta

13:00 hrs.
Conference – Lecture
Hotel Marival Nuevo Vallarta

Conference – Lecture
Hotel Marival at Restaurant “La Petite France”

20:00 hrs.
Musical Concert “Grupo Siglos Pasados” (Past Centuries Group) under the Direction of Masterful Musician Enrique Flores (Music from the Middle Age).

With “Siglos Pasados” we can admire old musical instruments from the West as well as instruments from the Middle East which had an enormous and lasting influence over the European music development: Flutes, Viola da Gamba, Viola de Rueda, Bagpipes, Curtal, Lutes, Harps, Crumhorns, Drums, Tambourines, Jingle Bells and some other old instruments fulfill the music of this fine interpreters that form this group. “Siglos Pasados” offers a selection of music that reproduces timbers from the past with flexibility, combining playing and improvisation just in the same way as it is believed the ancient players and street jugglers did from the X to the XVII century, as well as original and copies of the musical instruments used during those times.

Friday 29 Feb:
Wine degustation and Pairing Menus at all participating Restaurants.

11:00 hrs. to 13:00 hrs.
Continuous training at both centers: Hotel Marival Nuevo Vallarta / Restaurant “La Petite” Puerto Vallarta

13:00 hrs. - 14:30 hrs.
Meeting – Professionals Forum.
Owners- Wine Makers – Sommeliers - Brokers – Restaurant Owners – Participation open to the Public.

20:00 hrs.
Jazz Music Concert at “Los Arcos Del Malecon” with TROKER jazz band.

TROKER brings together the sound of strings, percussions and wind instruments as well as the sound of vinyl scratches to perfectly permeate this music generated by this sextet group from Guadalajara, Jalisco. The musical proposal of TROKER stems from the rhythmic possibilities of Funk and Breakbeats, where the double bass supports the ensemble of the instruments on structured songs with the possibility for improvisation and divertimento.

“That search, that’s what Jazz is for me; the search for the elements and conjugation, not so much the style, not if you are traditional Jazz or Fusion Jazz or Latin Jazz, but the coexistence that you can create with the instruments and the genders you can actually feel”….Gilberto Cervantes ….Trumpeter.

Sat 01 March:
Wine degustation and Pairing menus at all participating Restaurants

9:00 hrs. - 10:30 hrs.
Breakfast with Sommeliers and invited Press

11:30 hrs.
Boat Tour by the Bay for Sommeliers and invited guests including Whales watching and invited biologist.

21:00 hrs.
Country Fair - Dances, Music Bands, Snacks and Wine Sale at discounts prices, the Village Party at the Wine Fest.

Photography Contest Award