García Faugeras and Manso win the Bodegas Ramón Bilbao Tournament | The Best of Rioja Wine
Several participants, during the development of the tournament /
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Rafa Benítez and Cristóbal Ruiz de Ubago win in the ‘Handicap’ mode, tied on 82 points with Francisco Lavilla and Inmaculada Camprovín
Luis Alberto García Faugeras and Víctor Francisco Manso have been proclaimed champions, in the ‘Scratch’ category, of the Bodegas Ramón Bilbao Tournament held this Saturday at the Logroño golf course. The third event of the Rioja & Wine Golf Tournaments organized by Diario LA RIOJA, in collaboration with Etilisa, Abanca and the Government of La Rioja, as well as six Rioja wineries, has had the participation of 46 couples, that is, almost a centenary of players. In second position were Pablo Santolalla and Diego Lasheras, and third, Miguel Ángel Aguirre and Ernesto Fernández, dominators of the competition so far. On this occasion, the game modality was the Canada Cup, in which the influences of the two players of the couple were added.
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Tournament Prize Giving /
Rafa Benítez and Cristóbal Ruiz de Ubago were the winners of the ‘Handicap’ category, a condition that allowed them to beat the second-place finishers after finishing level on 82 points with Francisco Lavilla and Inmaculada Camprovín. In third position were Javier Romero and Juan Carlos Cuesta and, in fourth, José Luis Ortega and Nuria Abadía. The organization of the tournament has also awarded different awards to the closest balls in different holes, such as the Lomejordelvinoderioja.com Award (Hole 5), to Luis Alberto García Faugeras; the Government of La Rioja Award (Hole 8), to Luis Salas; the Etilisa Prize (Hole 13), to Alberto Ruiz; and the Abanca Award (Hole 16), to Rubén Pérez.
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The game day, which was held in the morning, ended in the afternoon with the awards ceremony and a tasting of Bodegas Ramón Bilbao wines led by Javier Gómez-Vivancos, oenologist and head of the vineyards at the winery. Haro, in which they have been able to taste the Ramón Bilbao Reserva 2015 and the Ramón Bilbao Rosado 2021. After the dispute of the Finca Valpiedra, Marqués de Riscal and Ramón Bilbao tests, the halfway point of the Rioja&Vino Golf Tournaments is reached, which will continue after the summer, first on September 24 with Bodegas Marco Real and then on October 22 with Bodegas Perica and on November 19 with Bodegas Montecillo.
On Wednesday, July 27, a next special supplement of Diario LA RIOJA will collect everything that happened in the competition, as well as photographs, chronicles and classifications. In addition, the image galleries of the game, the tasting and the awards ceremony will be published on the Lomejordelvinoderioja.com/golf portal.