Meeting of Padrinos and Friends 2023, a milestone to remember

Last 12th March, more than 50 friends and “padrinos” of Ralda & Friends gathered in Godall to celebrate their traditional annual encounter. The good weather welcomed the meeting and they could enjoy a great open air networking activity and the “Mil-lenària” Oil and Asparagus Fair which took place in the central streets of the village around the Church Square.

From 10:30 am, the Ralda’s house welcomed the guests where they enjoyed a coffee with delicacies such as “carquinyols” made in the village’s own oven. Pierre and Lorena explained both the project and the family history, especially to the most recent friends, and afterwards, they carried out a tasting of our Trio Pack oils to discover the differences between the single-variety DOP olive oil made exclusively from the local Morruda variety, the extra virgin oil and the Extra Virgin olive oil with Protected Designation of Origin ()D. O. P. Baix Ebre Montsià, which is home-grown and made exclusively with the three autochthonous varieties of the Baix Ebre-Montsià region: farga, morruda and sevillenca.

Around midday, the group went on a hiking (lasting an hour and a half) that took them to see some of the most spectacular thousand-years-old olive trees in the area. Later, they enjoyed the activities of the fair, where many took the opportunity to buy traditional products from the area and taste the local gastronomy, such as “borraines” or asparagus omelette.

The finishing touch of the meeting took place in “Temps de Terra”, an organic farming farm located in a spectacular natural area between Amposta and Freginals where the friends of Ralda & Friends enjoyed a great “calçotada” with local products from Terres de l’Ebre.

We would like to thank all the people who joined us, from places as diverse as Brussels, Madrid, Valencia and Barcelona, and who took the time to come to our village and share with our family a meeting to remember.

Alfredo & Pierre RALDA