by winepleasures | Jul 23, 2010 | Wine Tours, Wine Conference
With Cavas Berdié winery on a hill in the distance, we peddled our way through the Penedes countryside with vines and prett flowers all around us lead by Anthony, wine country bike tour guide at Wine Pleasures and organizer of the tour. While it was a cool day in...
by winepleasures | Jul 9, 2010 | Wine Tours, Wine Conference
Forget cheese and crackers. Enojazz wants to know which jazz song pairs best with wine. At Enojazz, the prequel to the annual VIJAZZ Festival, musicologist Joan Cuscó and wine expert Núria Bigorra narrated a night of tasting and listening pleasure for 60 guests at...
by winepleasures | Jul 6, 2010 | Wine Tours, Wine Conference
Sunlight pours through the tall windows that bound the lobby of Mas Passamaner, where I’m sitting on one of the room’s oversized plush couches surrounded by sleek wicker accents. The manager offers café con leche as he explains that the five-star hotel served as a...
by winepleasures | Jun 30, 2010 | Wine Tours, Wine Conference
Upon arrival at Ferré i Catasús, it is difficult to tell whether the building is a winery or a modern art gallery. Surrounded by bright flowers, gleaming fountains, and rows of blooming grapevines, the Ferré i Catasús winery sits in the heart of the Penedès region of...
by winepleasures | Jun 13, 2010 | Wine Tours
In the high Penedes of Northern Spain is a region made famous for its wine production and especially Cava, Spain’s well know type of sparkling wine. However, today there was a celebration that the region or even Spain isn’t known for, its microbreweries. In the town...