{"id":27303,"date":"2022-10-05T10:56:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T09:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estournel.com\/27165\/"},"modified":"2022-10-06T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T09:00:05","slug":"27165","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.estournel.com\/en\/home\/cos-chronicle\/27165\/","title":{"rendered":"Loyal Harvesters"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”fadeInDown”][vc_column][vc_column_text el_class=”custom-intro”]E<\/span>very year since 1974, they have travelled to Cos from their Andalusian village of Alcal\u00e1 la Real. Forever loyal, our Spanish harvesters allow us to face each harvest with serenity. It is a story of mutual trust<\/a> from one generation to the next that they are delighted to share with you today! <\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”27233″ img_size=”810×810″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Mercedes Gonz\u00e1lez Serrano<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab I came to Cos three times without my husband, first when I was fourteen. Then I got married and we left the children with their grandparents. That\u2019s when we began coming to Cos together, my husband and I, every year.
\nThe work isn\u2019t necessarily different from what you can find in Spain, but it\u2019s a good way to complement our earnings, and they treat us very well, almost affectionately. The people are kind and the food and housing are very nice. We have it pretty good! <\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”27185″ img_size=”810×810″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Mercedes Monta\u00f1es Garc\u00eda<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab I have been coming to harvest at Cos since I was sixteen. I came every year until I turned twenty-five and then stopped for ten years. Now I\u2019ve been coming to Cos every year for the past thirty years.
\nWhy am I so faithful? The wages are good, of course, but it\u2019s more than that: the ambience is pleasant, the people are nice, and the boss is quite kind-hearted. They ask us to come back every year and send us a note every time to thank us and tell us that they are counting on us. I think it\u2019s a very good experience.<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeInDown”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”27215″ img_size=”1080×810″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Jaime Olmo Garc\u00eda, Head of the group<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab My uncle introduced me to Cos d\u2019Estournel. He was the one who started bringing everyone here. They all started coming to Cos from a young age because there was no work in Spain.
\nThen my uncle asked me to head the group, and since I liked Cos d\u2019Estournel so much, I accepted. The people who come harvest here have been doing so from generation to generation, and sometimes this has resulted in significant events: marriages, births\u2026
\nIt is really the best place you could imagine working at because they take very good care of us here, and the feeling of trust we share with the teams is very important to us. We even stay in touch beyond the harvest period to make sure everything is going well and to maintain this beautiful relationship. <\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”fadeInDown”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”27271″ img_size=”810×810″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Mar\u00eda Del Carmen Castillo \u00c1lvarez<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab We\u2014my husband, my daughter, and myself\u2014have been coming to harvest here for fifteen years. We tried working somewhere else, but we changed, and it suits us well! I think it goes both ways: the team at Cos d\u2019Estournel must think we work quickly and well. At least, that\u2019s what we try to do, as well as we can, especially by bringing more and more young people with us each time! <\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”27179″ img_size=”810×810″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Maria Roc\u00edo Jim\u00e9nez Palomino<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00ab I have been coming to Cos for four years. My parents came for seventeen years, and then my brother and I took over. We come back every year for the conviviality that we find here and nowhere else. <\/em>\u00a0\u00bb<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every year since 1974, they have travelled to Cos from their Andalusian village of Alcal\u00e1 la Real. Forever loyal, our Spanish harvesters allow us to face each harvest with serenity. It is a story of mutual trust from one generation to the next that they are delighted to share with you today! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1749,"featured_media":27281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journal-de-bord","category-article"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t