Category: Travel
AV Bodeguers and the garage of Conxita Vilarmau Pal.
In the DO Emporda, in the village of Vilamaniscle is the winery AV Bodeguers. The sons of Conxita Vilarmau Pal and their wives guide this excellent property.
Time to Dali
Posted On Dec 03, 2018
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Salvador Dali spent a great part of his life in Costa Brava. We took some time off from looking for wine to explore the region.
Dreaming of trouts and other wines of Ferré i Catasus.
For a family run winery, there is a lot of breadth to the wines produced here. We are familiar with many of the wines of this estate and therefore decided to taste only the ones we were not acquainted with or the ones we wanted to revisit. So, here are some of our impressions from [...]
Ferré i Catasus – A gem in the Penedès Wine Country
Ferré i Catasus is a family run winery in the Alt Penedès. This winery has a history rooted in the region and their portfolio reflects the art of the land.
Be the Cava – A method act in the Penedès Wine Country
Posted On Nov 01, 2018
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When you stack layers of bottles on top of each other, it is called a “Rima”. Rima is Catalan for Rhyme. What a word to use for stacked wine bottles! If you stack bottles of Cava on each other, it is still called a rima, but it looks cooler than just regular wine bottles. But, [...]
The wines of Barthomeus
A cloudy yet beautiful day. We were fortunate to sit down with Carme Llasat and her husband Jaume and taste the wines of Barthomeus. It was a cloudy day in Penèdes and rain clouds were threatening the harvest. We sat in the courtyard of the Masia Bartomeu with cypress trees to our left and our [...]
Connecting the dots in Penedès – history at Barthomeus
A visit to the Penedès is enhanced by a visit to Barthomeus winery. This property that focuses primarily on the red varieties Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot dates back to almost 1700 years! The wines are beautiful.
Tasting the wines of Bodega Cerron
We sat down with Juan José Cerdan, Ilaria Martini and Carlos Garcia to taste some of the new bottlings of Bodega Cerron. This is a Jumilla estate. This is a Fuente-Alamo estate. They feel their provenance demands more than just being under the Jumilla blanket. Yes they do Monastrell really well as it is expected [...]
Discovering a new energy in Jumilla.
Bodega Cerron is a special winery in Jumilla. Located in Fuente Alamo, this is one of the northern most wineries of this valley of Monsatrell fame. The young winemakers of this estate are taking this property in exciting directions.