by winepleasures | Aug 7, 2009 | Wine Tours
Wine Pleasures country bike tour. The ride into town is, once again, a pleasantly rolling downhill cruise. I am beginning to wonder, “all that goes down must come back up right?” The thought passes as my stomach, growling at me, brings me back into the...
by winepleasures | Aug 4, 2009 | Wine Tours
I am quite pleased to say that I survived the 30 km excursion winding through the hills (sierra) of the Penedes wine region. We started out on a 3 km trek up the hill where, Wine Pleasures base is located. Road winding this way and that, magnificent, panoramic views...
by winepleasures | Jul 16, 2009 | Wine Tours
Second part of a Wine Pleasures winery visit programme I was lucky enough to witness. Our visit to Parés Baltà was the complete antithesis to Rimarts. For starters, Parés Baltà is an older (established in 1790), much bigger winery with a staff of over fifty and five...
by winepleasures | Jul 8, 2009 | Wine Tours
Before today, I had not realised that some 95% of all cavas are produced in the Penedès region. Armed with that knowledge, it was with mounting excitement that I looked forward to my visit to one of the renowned cava producers of the region, Pages Entrena. Joan Pages...
by winepleasures | Jul 6, 2009 | Wine Tours
The Vilafranca jazz festival, Vijazz, is in its third year and has gone from strength to strength. This year the organisers are expecting 45,000 people to descend on Vilafranca to take advantage of this free festival to see performers that would normally be charging...