Tag Archives: Penedès
Lazy Sunday Morning in Spain Swapping “Chapas”
When opening a bottle of sparkling wine – whether it be champagne, cava, prosecco, or another – have you noticed the small tin disc that rests on top of the cork? Sometimes it is covered in a picture or sometimes the logo of the winery. I, like I’m sure many people, have noticed it, but [...]
Pedaling on an Eco-Friendly Spanish Wine Country Bike Tour
Waking up early with slightly overcast skies I grew concerned the wine and bike trip I had scheduled with Wine Pleasures might be postponed. However, as I pulled up to the meeting spot my fears were put to rest as the group had just finished unpacking the bikes from the trailer.
The Wine Pleasures team led [...]
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Craving Cava in the Penedes
With Cavas Berdié winery on a hill in the distance, we peddled our way through the Penedes countryside with vines and prett flowers all around us lead by Anthony, wine country bike tour guide at Wine Pleasures and organizer of the tour. While it was a cool day in Catalonia, we still worked up a sweat [...]
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Appreciating the Blend of Wine and Nature at Can Feixes
The 21st century has arrived at Huguet De Can Feixes, a remarkable winery where respect for the natural environment and a dedicated passion for winemaking blend to produce some of Spain’s most extraordinary wines.
The history of Can Feixes dates back to the 1400s, when the Feixes family began to cultivate the lands that the Huguet [...]
Matching Jazz with Wine (Enojazz) during Vijazz Penedès 2010
Forget cheese and crackers. Enojazz wants to know which jazz song pairs best with wine.
At Enojazz, the prequel to the annual VIJAZZ Festival, musicologist Joan Cuscó and wine expert Núria Bigorra narrated a night of tasting and listening pleasure for 60 guests at Vinseum, the Wine Museum of Cultures in Vilafranca del Penedes, Spain.
The concert [...]
Topic: Wine Tasting Tours, Wine Tourism Conference Also tagged enojazz, enoturismo, fransola, Jazz Festival, john cusco, mas la plana, miguel torres, Nuria bigorre, spain, Vijazz, Vinseum, waltraud, Wine Tourism, wine travel Leave a comment
Wine Travel Spain: Plenary Session By Rainer Brusis
Continuing with the publication of the 2nd Annual International Wine Tourism Conference Speaker Notes, we are pleased to publish the talk given by Rainer Brusis of Innova Management which participants and in particualr Tour Operators and Travel Agents found enlightening and usefil. The Plenary Session titled as per [...]



Maria del Mar Bonet Matches Mediterranean Jazz With Cava