Cycling Spain’s Cava & Penedès Wine Regions

Cycling Spain’s Cava & Penedès Wine Regions

by | May 25, 2011 | Wine Tours

The ride along the high Penedes region of Spain brought us misty mountain top views, lively local flora and fauna, and short history lessons along a fun and sometimes challenging route. Spotting an eagle soaring in a sea of light blue sky on the way out of the Wine...
Cava Glittering over Champagne

Cava Glittering over Champagne

by | May 8, 2011 | Wine Tours

My bag not even down, freshly arrived in the Penedès region, I am offered a glass of cava. Does anyone know a better way to be welcomed in a region, than tasting its source products? Frankly, I don’t. But why the different name, should I ask, this looks like...

Catalonia – Where’s That?

by | Apr 24, 2011 | Wine Workshops, Wine Tours

This might seem like a silly question but the truth of the matter is that many wine importers we have come across over the last 7 years at Wine Pleasures have not known where Catalonia is. Our answer to the question is usually Barcelona, Spain and that gets them...

Jané Ventura Wines; For the Love of the Landscape

by | Mar 25, 2011 | Wine Tours

Instilling local identity into the art of winemaking  Since I don´t claim to be a complete connoisseur when it comes to taste analysis, I enjoy it when my wine comes with a bit of a story behind the label – or even on it.  Jané Ventura, a small winery in the Baix...

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