by winepleasures | Nov 15, 2011 | Wine Tours
We spoke with Adriano & Sergio Ferraz the Commercial Directors of Grenache Importadora de Vinhos in Brazil about the ‘Buyer Meets Spanish Cellar’ workshop in November to find out more about Grenache and what he will be on the look out for at the workshop. Can you...
by winepleasures | Nov 3, 2011 | Wine Tours, Wine Workshops
In the lead-up to the 2011 ‘Buyer Meets Spanish Cellar’ Workshop we chatted with Oenologist Juan Manuel Gonzalvo and Wine Journalist Isaac Fernandez about their exporting company Vinicom, how and why they choose wineries to represent and how the 2011 harvest is...
by winepleasures | Oct 24, 2011 | Wine Workshops, Wine Tours
Paul Clear is the CEO and Founder of Terroir Wine Cellars in Florida; we had a chat with Paul prior to the ‘Buyer Meets Spanish Cellar’ workshop to find out why the wine world is abuzz over organically produced wine and how he has come to be not only an importer but...
by winepleasures | Oct 13, 2011 | Wineries Review, Wine Tours
From the get-go, I was intrigued by the name of this bodega and the anchors shown within the family crest; thankfully, I didn’t have to wait long to hear more since we were greeted by the proprietors daughter and she was happy to explain. We learned that the winery...
by winepleasures | Oct 6, 2011 | Wine Tours, Wineries Review
After visiting Raventos i Blanc in the heart of Sant Sadurni D’Anoia, the thing that continually comes to mind is absolute opulence and attention to detail. When you arrive at the entrance to their property, you drive through row after row of their beautifully...
by winepleasures | Sep 30, 2011 | Wine Tours, Wineries Review
After a 15k bike ride from the Wine Pleasures Estate in the high Penedes Mountains, the first thing I needed to do when we arrived at Rovellats winery was to use ‘el bano’. Turns out, this wasn’t just a ‘down the hall, to the right’ sort of bathroom tour; I was led...