by winepleasures | Aug 25, 2010 | Wine Workshops, Wine Tours
Some 95% of Spain’s answer to Champagne is produced in Catalunya under the Appellation of Cava. The industry is dominated by the two mass producers Freixenet and Codorniu whose acrimonious rivalry has at times acted as a brake on Cava’s progress rather than a spur to...
by winepleasures | Dec 31, 2009 | Wine Conference
On February 1st 2010 over 200 wine tourism professionals from around the world will descend on the little know Catalan village of La Beguda Baixa in the Penedès & Cava wine region of Catalonia, Spain for the 2nd edition of the Wine Pleasures International Wine...
by winepleasures | Sep 27, 2009 | Wine Workshops, Wine Conference
2nd edition of the Wine Pleasures International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop 1- 4 Feb 2010 On February 1st 2010 over 200 wine tourism professionals from around the world will descend on the little know Catalan village of La Beguda Baixa in the Penedès &...
by winepleasures | Aug 14, 2009 | Wine Tours
We saddle up for our 2 hour ride to the Artcava Winery at 9 am needing to be there by 11:30. The beginning of which was a wonderfully winding 12k downhill. I remember feeling a bit guilty that I had the pleasure of cruising down the mountain upon seeing the faces of...