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The official opening of the Festival will be in the Jelsa Park on Thursday\u00a0 May 23 at 7pm,<\/b> <\/b>followed by a Gastro-Show by students from the High School of Catering, who will present their Mediterranean food dishes, alongside products by members of the local association ‘Trim’ and Cooperative ‘Faria’. <\/span>Ivana Krstulovi\u0107 Cari\u0107<\/b>, dipl.ing.agr, representing the association ‘Sustainable Island’ (‘Odr\u017eivi otok’),\u00a0 will present event\u00a0Through<\/b> the four seasons in our vineyards on Hvar – The Mediterranean Diet’<\/b>, <\/b>explaining more about the direction the island is taking, with interesting details relating to the dishes and .<\/p>\n On Friday and Saturday, 24th and 25th May from 8pm onwards, all the participants in the Festival will be represented in a tasting of local wines and olive oils (the list of wine producers to date: Cari\u0107 Wines, Pinjata Wines, the Svir\u010de Agricultural Cooperative, Mario Cari\u0107, the Plan\u010di\u0107 Brothers, Hulji\u0107 Wines, Plenkovi\u0107 Wines; olive oil producers: Radojkovi\u0107 and Curin).<\/p>\n During the day on Friday a workshop by Mirella \u017daneti\u0107 on extra virgin olive oil in Mediterranean food is planned, as well as a guided tour around the best-known Hvar wineries and oil mills, with tastings in Hvar’s exquisite surroundings (tour price 250 kn, bookings via: Info@tzjelsa.hr<\/a><\/u><\/span>).<\/p>\n Within the Festival is a celebration of the local Chakavian dialect, and there will be a special variety programme of recitations, acting, dancing and singing by local children. On Saturday morning the Festival programme will start with a workshop by Professor Marija Vukeli\u0107 titled “The Mediterranean in a glass of wine (and in verse)”, followed by a tour of the wineries. From 7pm there will be a special event called ‘the Bonkulovi\u0107 Evening’, with a range of Mediterranean culinary specialities on offer, prepared by Jelsa’s restaurateurs. The programme will last until midnight, with guest appearances by the \u0110akovo folk dancing group and tamburica players.<\/span><\/p>\n Apart from local participants, the first Wine, Oil and Heritage Festival will also be welcoming guests from Bulgaria. The well-known Bulgarian oenologist Galina Niforou (Wine MBA, BIWC Managing Director) will conduct a workshop titled “Diversity is Our Treasure – indigenous Bulgarian and Croatian grape varieties”. <\/span><\/p>\n The Festival closing ceremony will take place on Sunday 26th May at 11am, and will include the distribution of certificates of thanks.<\/p>\n All the workshops are free of charge, while the winery tours cost 250kn, reservations via: Info@tzjelsa.hr<\/a><\/u><\/span> .<\/p>\n We look forward to welcoming you on your visit to discover the local treasures of Hvar Island. #eatlocal<\/p>\n