Jumilla celebrates the grape-picking season in its own inimitable way The annual August Fiestas de la Vendimia in Jumilla, which are held to coincide with the beginning of the grape-picking season, reached its climax on Saturday as crowds of thousands gathered and drenched themselves and each other in 70,000 litres of the red wine for which the area is famed! The Cabalgata del Vino began life as a procession celebrating the wine tradition in..

History, wine, breathtaking landscapes, a medieval castle and some of the most widely acclaimed Spanish wine! Jumilla, which lies in the “Altiplano” area in the north of the Region of Murcia, is one of the many towns in Spain which are full of attractions for visited but which are too often ignored in favour of other destinations closer to the coast. It’s true that it is a fair distance from the nearest beaches (between 75 and 90 minutes..