by winepleasures | Jul 19, 2011 | Wine Tours
When I arrived at the Wine Pleaures Estate for the 25k-Mighty Oak Wine Country Bike Tour, I didn’t know what to expect. It was a surprise to find that my fellow mountain bikers were from Iowa, the U.S. state home to my mother´s entire family. A small world indeed! ...
by winepleasures | Apr 24, 2011 | Wine Workshops, Wine Tours
This might seem like a silly question but the truth of the matter is that many wine importers we have come across over the last 7 years at Wine Pleasures have not known where Catalonia is. Our answer to the question is usually Barcelona, Spain and that gets them...
by winepleasures | Apr 7, 2011 | Wine Tours
On a fine sunny day as usual in the Penedes, with the vines just starting to sprout, we pulled into the drive of the castle and were cordially greeted by Joaquin Sr, who was to show us around….hold on, did I say castle?! Yep, that’s definitely what we saw at Torre del...
by winepleasures | Mar 11, 2011 | Wine Workshops, Wine Tours
“In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of” calçots! (with apologies to Alfred Lord Tennyson). Calçots (pronounced cal-sots) are a traditional Catalonian dish which is served only when the calçots are ready for harvest which is any time...
by winepleasures | Nov 4, 2010 | Wine Workshops
Last in our series of interview article with producers and wine importers participating in the upcoming Workshop Buyer meets Catalonian Cellar conducted during the 2010 harvest season. This time we took time out to talk to Jaume Mussons owner ( as the name suggests!)...