Tag Archives: La LLacuna

Water to Wine Pleasures… cont

By winepleasures | Published: August 7, 2009
Wine Pleasures country bike tour. The ride into town is, once again, a pleasantly rolling downhill cruise. I am beginning to wonder, “all that goes down must come back up right?” The thought passes as my stomach, growling at me, brings me back into the moment.  We ride through town in search of a simple sandwich and [...]
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Water to wine bike tour (Penedès) – taste the difference!

By winepleasures | Published: August 4, 2009
I am quite pleased to say that I survived the 30 km excursion winding through the hills (sierra) of the Penedes wine region. We started out on a 3 km trek up the hill where, Wine Pleasures base is located.  Road winding this way and that, magnificent, panoramic views jump out from around the next [...]
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Wine Bike Tour & Wine Pleasures in the High Penedès

By winepleasures | Published: June 28, 2009
A cycling tour of the Catalonian countryside interspersed with a visit to local sights and a regional winemaker; sounds ideal doesn´t it? Cycling up undulating roads through the pine trees of the high penedes overlooking the Montserrat mountains, sipping wines and seeing local sites of interest seems like the perfect way to spend the day. Our [...]
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It's Simply Red for Chris & Jorge at Wine Pleasures

By winepleasures | Published: March 23, 2009
Ex Simply Red drummer, Chris Joyce together with Jorge Chenea participated in the Wine Pleasures Reverse Trade Mission last week. On their last day they were able to visit La LLacuna and sample some of the local cured meats – fuet, butifarra blanca etc aswell as the tasty alberquina olive variety. C & J Fine [...]
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