by winepleasures | Oct 13, 2011 | Wine Tours, Wineries Review
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 | Wineries Review, Wine Tours
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 | Wineries Review, Wine Tours
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...
by winepleasures | Sep 27, 2011 | Wine Tours, Wineries Review
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,...
by winepleasures | Sep 25, 2011 | Wineries Review, Wine Tours
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....