by winepleasures | Jul 18, 2018 | Wine Tours, Wineries Review, 50 Great Cavas, 50 Great Sparkling Wines, Wine Travel, Interviews
Up in the Alt Penedès, watched over by the impressive peak of Montserrat, Mas Codina is a small organic family winery, which maintains very much of a local and traditional feel, growing 40 hectares of red and white grapes. A lazy Saturday morning provided the perfect...
by winepleasures | Apr 24, 2018 | Wineries Review, 50 Great Cavas, 50 Great Sparkling Wines, Events
Organisers of two annual sparkling wine competitions, Wine Pleasures takes a selection of the 50 Great Sparkling Wines of the World and a sample of some of the 50 Great Cavas from Spain (the only competition exclusively for Cava) to the London trade and media at the...
by winepleasures | Dec 4, 2017 | Wine Tours, Wineries Review, 50 Great Cavas
4 December 2017 Yet again the only annual wine competition for Cava has uncorked a breathtaking range of Brut Nature and Brut Cavas from young to long aged ready for Christmas and throughout 2018. Freixenet Casa Sala 2007 wins the competition with Gold and receives a...
by winepleasures | May 22, 2017 | Wine Tours, Wineries Review, 50 Great Cavas, Wine Travel
A patchwork quilt of vineyards greets you as you wind your way down the 2 lane road the leads to the small town of Sant Sadurní d’Anoia. Off in the distance, you see the silhouette of the jagged mountains, and as you get closer to Cellers Most Doré (producing...
by winepleasures | May 2, 2017 | Wine Tours, Wineries Review, 50 Great Cavas, Wine Travel
The Torelló estate dates all the way back to the 14th century shown by a document dated the 17th of June, 1395. Throughout the years the name has changed through marriages but today it remains the original Torelló name which is the 22nd generation on this estate....
by winepleasures | Apr 24, 2017 | Wine Tours, Wineries Review, 50 Great Cavas, Wine Travel
Low seated bush vines separated by fields of golden wheat follow the rolling hills within the basin of the small county of Conca de Barbara in the town of Pira, 115 km northwest of Barcelona. As you approach Celler Carles Andreu, you feel the serenity of the crater. ...