Yeongcheon City Mobilizes Efforts to Boost Local Economy and Welfare Through Wine, Garlic, and Dementia Management Initiatives

Yeongcheon City is focusing its administrative capabilities on cultivating specialized talent using local specialty products, promoting industrialization, and enhancing citizens' health and welfare.

First, Yeongcheon City is recruiting students for the 2026 Wine School to enhance expertise in the wine industry and spread wine culture.

Yeongcheon City is recruiting students for the '2026 Wine School' program. Photo by Yeongcheon City

This year’s program will select and operate a total of 49 participants: 25 for the wine brewing course and 24 for the newly established wine cuisine course.

In particular, the wine cuisine course features a systematic curriculum that teaches cooking methods and table manners paired with wine, in line with the latest consumer trends.

Anyone aged 19 or older can apply, and applications are accepted until May 22 through the Yeongcheon City Hall or Agricultural Technology Center websites.

Through this initiative, the city aims to foster Yeongcheon wine as a high value-added tourism resource.

Yeongcheon Byeol Garlic Health Functional Food 'Blood Circulation Care.' Provided by Yeongcheon City

There have also been achievements in expanding the market and enhancing the brand value of Yeongcheon garlic, a regional specialty.

The health functional food "Farm Deli Circulation Care," developed by the Yeongcheon City Medicinal Crop Industrialization Support Center, will be launched nationwide through a live broadcast on Gongyoung Home Shopping at 4 p.m. on April 28.

This product features patented odorless garlic technology, which reduces the characteristic scent of garlic while increasing the content of the key ingredient, alliin, to more than three times that of regular garlic.

It is a product capable of five-fold comprehensive care, including improvement of blood pressure, blood cholesterol, post-meal blood sugar, and blood circulation. Special benefits will be offered during the broadcast, such as discounted bulk packages for customers seeking long-term management.

Yeongcheon City Dementia Relief Center signed a business agreement with Sungwoon University on the 24th. Provided by Yeongcheon City

In addition, the Yeongcheon City Dementia Safety Center signed a business agreement with Sungwoon University on April 24 to strengthen the community dementia management system.

The two institutions agreed to work closely together in various fields, including support for early dementia screening, operation of prevention programs, and the Dementia-Friendly Village project.

In particular, by establishing a government-academia network utilizing professional personnel, they plan to eliminate local dementia blind spots and focus on creating a dementia-friendly environment that citizens can experience firsthand.

Yeongcheon City is striving to revitalize the local economy and improve citizens' quality of life by developing tourism content that combines wine and food culture, industrializing garlic as a high value-added product, and building a comprehensive dementia management network.

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