The arrival of a new year means a new phase where there is room for any and every resolution. Do sports or lead a healthy diet which is amongst the most common, making health a priority objective. From JULIAN SOLER we encourage you to pursue this goal incorporating grape juice in your diet as an energy and antioxidant drink. Because we want to add more years to your life and life to your years.
In Spain, Epiphany is celebrated on January 6 to honor the Three Wise Men (Los Tres Reyes Magos). This holiday is a part of our Culture. It represents the day the Three Wise Men gave gifts to Jesus Christ, and this date closes the Christmas festivities. It’s also the day the people in Spain exchange gifts and the favourite day for the little ones of the house!
The “twelve grapes” (”doce uvas”) is a Spanish tradition which consists of eating twelve grapes in the exact moment that the 31st ends and the new year begins, the 1st of January. The twelve grapes symbolise the twelve months of the year. They ought to be eaten individually at each stroke of the clock. Following this tradition guarantees good luck in the coming new year. The origin goes back to the end of the XIX century. A period in which Spanish Royal families influenced by their French equivalent, had the tradition of bidding farewell to the year with champagne and grapes. This elitist nature disappeared when some of the less well-off social classes decided to take it up as their own and turned up at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid to carry out the ritual. Since then, the twelve grapes have been popularised until it became a Spanish tradition in every home.
With our appreciation for being by our side through this difficult year. We wish that 2021 brings HEALTH and PROSPERITY. Merry Christmas!
Raisins are dried grapes.The sweetest variety of grapes and those which contain less seeds are chosen to be desiccated. Within Spain they are produced mainly in the province of Málaga, where they still currently perserve the traditional process of drying. This unique process consists of sun drying ripe grapes of the Moscatel variety. The bunches are arranged carefully on sloping surfaces called paseros (grape dryers). Once dried, the bunches can be deseeded by hand or mechanically. Rasins have a high nutritional supply, seen as they are rich in carbohydrate content, potassium and fibre.
