We arrived, on a warm Saturday morning, at Finca Valldosera´s sun-drenched estate, tucked amidst its many vineyards and expansive pine forest of the low-to-middle Penedes. Immediately, we piled into a four-wheel drive vehicle and climbed to the top of a nearby peak to...
The Penedes region is Catalonia’s largest region in terms of size and production, and covers an area of 27,000 hectares of vineyards. Varieties include Macabeo, Chardonnay, Subirat Parent, Xarel·lo and Parellada white vines, as well as the red varieties of Mazuela,...
Peanuts and Cava for breakfast; doesn’t get much better right? Well, if that Cava happens to be from Canals i Munné, then it does. We visited this bodega first thing in the morning, a little weary from our tasting of 11 Cavas the night before, but the up-beat Spanish...
You need only whisper the name of Agusti Torello Mata here before a proud smile evokes from the staff at the bodega. This one man is the life and soul of this winery. Having been welcomed by Joan, the commercial director, he directed straight to the pressing room. ...
Cava has always been overawed by its northern rival Champagne, yet it has developed a unique culture and history that dates from the 1870´s. The recent 2010 vintage produced over 244 million bottles!1 Over the next month, the team and I, a graduate of Plumpton Wine...