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...
As I sipped my glass of 2007 Brute Nature Reserve and reached for a second piece of coca, the traditional cream and pine-nut pastry made in this region of Spain, Mrs. Ferret explained to me just what made Ferret Guasch’s Cavas different from the rest. Quality,...
The XVIIIth-century enchanted country-house of premium producer Mas Can Colomé (MCC) sits romantically atop a hill surrounded by 40 hectares of vines. The Almirall family have worked this land generation after generation to firmly put their stamp on the wine world....
Peanuts and Cava for breakfast; doesn’t get much better right? Well, if that Cava happens to be from Canals i Munné, then it does. We visited this bodega first thing in the morning, a little weary from our tasting of 11 Cavas the night before, but the up-beat Spanish...
Gramona is excellence in a bottle. It is excellence that has been patiently nurtured, crafted and is constantly under constant innovation. It is these qualities that have made Gramona Cavas stand out not only on a national level but also globally. The philosophy at...
My heritage is what has shaped me into the person I am. It’s the traditions and cultures that have been passed down to me through my parents, grandparents, great grandparents and older ancestors. The essence of what heritage really signifies was no more apparent to me...