Wine and tourism of the municipality of Cangas del Narcea (Asturias, Spain)

The objective of this work is to reconstruct the process of decline and the present hope of the wine sector of the municipality of Cangas del Narcea in the southwest of Asturias region in Spain, with attention to its relation with tourism. The stagnation of its wine sector commenced from a mid twentieth centuries by the several technical, economic and social problems. Some local actors with preoccupations react against the decay since 1990s. The attempt of recovery at wine works is parallel with several tourist initiatives. They are a wine museum, visit to wine caves, and some events related with the wine culture. These initiatives are also interesting to combine with other projects like the tourism and cultural interchange.