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<\/p>\n\n\tA hundred years of the cooperative moment, a hundred years of teamwork in Priorat. Various cooperatives are commemorating this year their first century since they were created, a time where the hard work of the lands and trying to overcome adversities has allowed them to guarantee, these days, the production of some of the most highly regarded vines in the world. <\/p>\n
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\n\tBellmunt del Priorat\u2019s Cooperative will host, between 15 April and 14 May, a showing that exhibits the history of the local cooperative moment by using some of the tools Carmen Pallach, Maria Teresa Torn\u00e9 and Maria Secall have been collecting from the various rural houses in the village. Thanks to the land\u2019s machinery and utensils, one can trace farmers\u2019 life on crops such as olives and vines. This is a wide range of historical images that help rounding up and contextualizing the showing. <\/p>\n
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\n\tBellmunt\u2019s Cooperative was born to \u201cguarantee a higher and fairer price for unpacked wine, previously and mostly sold in France\u201d, says Joan Barcel\u00f3 Mart\u00ednez, current president of the entity. They used to grow Garnacha, Cari\u00f1ena\u2026 which slowly gained higher prestige, but also a higher price. <\/p>\n
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\n\tFor decades, Bellmunt\u2019s Cooperative shared economic prominence with the so-called \u201cMines\u201d, as the main economic and social engines in this Priorat village. Now, \u201cMines\u201d have been turned into a cultural and tourist piece of equipment, and Cooperative now has 35 partners, far from the 150 it had over their golden age. However, future is about optimism: \u201cWe have new young partners and harvests that been sold already!\u201d, claims Joan Barcel\u00f3, as he also adds vine production is sold to various cellars within Priorat.<\/p>\n