Ruta del Vino Almansa has elected its new president and Board of Directors for the next four years. During the General Assembly which took place last Monday 10th March in the Tourist Office of Almansa, the results and objectives achieved in 2024 were evaluated, as well as the election of the new Board of Directors who will lead the route. The new incorporations of companies and firms associated to the Almansa Wine Route were also confirmed.
As far as the position of president is concerned, which has been in the hands of Adolfo Cano since the creation of the route, it will now go to Antonio González, manager of the Restaurant + Ideas in Higueruela. The new president of Ruta del Vino Almansa has highlighted that, in the first place, the objective from now on is ‘to consolidate the association of the route with the founding members and at the same time, to make it possible for new members to join and to continue the bet and line of work set in motion by the previous board of directors’.
He also stressed that ‘although we have only been running the route for two years, we have a solid basis on which we can work on new concepts. We must involve the partners even more with new activities, taking their cooperation to a new level in order to continue promoting our route’.
A commitment to the wine bus and new excursions in municipalities along the route
Antonio González also stressed the need to promote ‘some innovative project, such as the wine bus, which we are sure we can combine with excursions around the different municipalities. We are going to have to work hard to be able to take advantage of all the public aid from which the route can benefit’. On the other hand, he praised the new board of directors of the route, which has ‘people who are very committed to representing each sector, who know the needs of our environment and who are therefore going to do a good job as a team in 2025’.
From the new board and presidency of Ruta del Vino Almansa, the lines to be followed by the route for this 2025 were established, which will continue with the commitment to the different actions of promotion of the route, with the enoexperiences, attendance at wine tourism fairs of the sector at national level and together with the proposals of work that can be established from Rutas del Vino de Castilla-La Mancha and Rutas del vino de España. In addition, active promotion will continue on social networks and in the media, with the aim of continuing to promote the wine tourism offer of the route in regions such as Madrid and the Valencian Community, the main sources of visitors to our route.
New board and staff
During the General Assembly, the challenges to be faced by Ruta del Vino Almansa throughout 2025 were also addressed. During the General Assembly, the challenges to be faced by Ruta del Vino Almansa throughout 2025 were also addressed. In addition, the new incorporations of members adhered to the route were approved, which are detailed throughout this news. In this way, the Board of Directors of Ruta del Vino Almansa is conformed in the following way: In this way, the Board of Directors of Ruta del Vino Almansa is conformed in the following way:
Positions
President: Antonio González of Restaurant + Ideas, restaurant representative.
First Vice-President: Manuel Martínez, from Viajes Almantour, representing travel-leisure agencies and gourmet-wine establishments.
Second Vice-president: Javier Boj, from Almansa Town Council.
Secretary: Javier Bonete, from Bodegas Piqueras, representing the wineries.
Treasury: Adolfo Cano, from DO Almansa
Members
Andrés Navalón from Casa Rural de La Peña, representing the accommodation, and the rest of the members of the board are the representatives of the town councils of Alpera (Isabel Belén Iniesta), Higueruela (Isabel Martínez) and Hoya Gonzalo (Eliseo Fernández).
New additions to the Almansa Wine Route in 2025
Además, la Asamblea General también sirvió para confirmar la incorporación de nuevas empresas a Ruta del Vino Almansa. En este caso, desde Almansa tendríamos la llegada de La Crema del Café como nueva firma adherida. Por otra parte, se incorporan como alojamientos la casa rural de La Laguna de Alpera y también la casa rural La Tortuga Feliz de Higueruela, junto con el alojamiento del Restaurante Los Ángeles (La Casa de la Abuela), también en Higueruela.
