The third Festa do Botelo in the city of Vigo was celebrated today with a great turnout. About 200 diners tasted the unique bottle accompanied by cachelos and vegetables in the lounge of the Hotel Coia in Vigo. The event was attended by the mayor, Alfredo García and the councilor for Culture and Education, Margarida Pizcueta, accompanied by the mayor of Vigo, Abel Caballero, the president of the Provincial Council of Pontevedra, Carmela Silva and the councilor for Social Services and Training. , Soledad Girón, from the Municipality of Porriño.

The meal started at 14:30 with soup and maravalas empanada, then the bottle was served. The tasting of the bottle, that is, the stomach of the pig stuffed with marinated and smoked ribs and then cooked for consumption, was accompanied by white wine from Adega D´Berna and red wine from Cooperativa Jésús Nazareno de O Barco. For dessert, there was the roxón cake and the music for the closing dance of the event.

This was the last promotional event for the bottle this season. The Barco Council organized a series of activities this year and gave continuity to others in order to continue to make known the sausage king of Valdeorrés winter, the botelo. This Festival of Tourist Interest in Galicia since 2014 celebrated its seventeenth edition last January 21 in the village of Barco. It continued its promotion outside the Valdeorres lands in Coruña last February 11 and finished the activity today in Vigo.