Tag Archives: Priorat

Priorat’s Stairway to Heaven Inspired Led Zeppelin Hit?

For those of you who remember and are fans of the 70s rock group Led Zeppelin are sure to remember one of their most loved songs: Stairway to Heaven”? Well did you know that the Stairway to Heaven actually exists? It’s is to be found n the heart of Spain’s Priorat wine region and starts [...]
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It’s Tough Wine & Food Blogging in the Priorat

Hopping into a Toyota four by four run by Cornudella Turistic we bounced our way down the narrow dirt path leading up to the Siurana nature reserve. A quick stop to open the park gate – made possible by our driver’s connections to a park ranger that had provided him with a copy of the [...]
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Mas Perinet is Music for Priorat Wine Tourism & Travel

We descended into the valley of Priorat midmorning to spectacular views of vines and wineries. Classic Spanish buildings spotted the hillsides. The Montsant mountains hovered in the near distance. It was quite the welcome to this up and coming wine region. Arriving at Mas Perinet Winery, Margarita welcomed us and we learned she had been with [...]
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Priorat Wine & Culinary Tourism gets French Touch

The unique landscape of the Priorat region is best known for its wine and olive oil.  However, it contains another hidden gem in the town of Siurana, a city dating back to prehistory as a flint workshop and later as a Muslim stronghold, specifically La Siuranella Hotel and Restaurant. Driving up mountain switchbacks to Siurana, we [...]
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Mas Passamaner Rings Wedding Bells for Spanish Wine Lovers

Sunlight pours through the tall windows that bound the lobby of Mas Passamaner, where I’m sitting on one of the room’s oversized plush couches surrounded by sleek wicker accents. The manager offers café con leche as he explains that the five-star hotel served as a private home for most of the 20th century, until it [...]
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Barcelona & Penedès Ring Wedding Bells for Norwegian Couples

Weddings are great sources of revenue for all the varying kinds of providers involved – wedding dress consultant/shop, florist, photographer, limousines, hotels, travel agent,  and of  course the reception venue which tends to be a restaurant. Most couples prefer to do the organising themselves particularly if they are to get married in their home town [...]
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Say Cheese!

Wine Pleasures en su sede en la Calle Vino y Sol (La LLacuna) imparten cursos prácticos relacionados con la gastronomía y el vino. Entre ellos destaca el curso de Maridaje de Quesos, Embutidos, Pans y Vinos. Todos los quesos utilizados en el Curso están elaborados por Sant Gil d’Albió, (aún sin una página web) una empresa [...]
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Celebrity Desirée Anderson Enhances Spanish Wine Exposure Worldwide

This year’s Wine Pleasures International Wine Tourism Conference, held close to Barcelona, Spain brought together more than 200 wine, tourism and wine tourism professionals from around the world. Many of the over 40 talks at the Conference touched on or specifically focused on the importance of having a blog and implementing social media tools to [...]
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Wine Pleasures Live ORGANIC Wine Tasting

Wine Pleasures Live Organic Wine Tasting
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Celebrity 1st Time Visit to Catalonia’s Wine Regions

Celebrity Wine Review is an online wine review show centered around the premise that wine does not have to be pretentious or uninviting. Host, Kelli McCarty (Former miss USA and known actress), reviews wines in a variety of formats all centered at entertaining and engaging audiences and enhancing their exposure to the wine world. Some [...]
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