by winepleasures | Jul 22, 2013 | 50 Great Cavas, Wine Tours
On a Saturday morning in mid-July we set off on the bike tour to the Rovellats Winery from the High Penedes. Beginning at the Wine Pleasures Estate we got ourselves prepared with the bikes, helmets and support car pulling a trailer with a spare bike and room for more...
by winepleasures | Dec 31, 2012 | 50 Great Cavas, Wine Tours
Traveling down the winding roads in the Penedes, it is hard not to spot Vallformosa from a distance. With 397 hectares of vineyards, Vallformosa is the 4th biggest winery in terms of production. But, this winery offers much beyond its impressive structure and large...
by winepleasures | Oct 24, 2012 | Wine Tours, 50 Great Cavas
After a long work week, I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my Friday morning than at a winery. And, Finca Valldosera certainly did not disappoint. The adventure began with a drive down a long, gravel road leading to the main property. On the road, I began to...
by winepleasures | Oct 3, 2012 | 50 Great Cavas, Wine Tours
Today the Penedes region is Spain’s proud leader in the production of organic wine, but a bit more than thirty years ago words like “ecological” or “organic” had not much to do with Spanish wine. That was before the Albet i Noya family got into the business. In the...
by winepleasures | Aug 2, 2012 | Wineries Review
The 2012 edition of 50 Great Cavas e-book will be soon available to all the cava lovers (of course, being also an interesting and useful read for those who are just about to discover this amazing sparkling wine). The project, successfully introduced last summer,...