by winepleasures | Apr 7, 2011 | Wine Tours
On a fine sunny day as usual in the Penedes, with the vines just starting to sprout, we pulled into the drive of the castle and were cordially greeted by Joaquin Sr, who was to show us around….hold on, did I say castle?! Yep, that’s definitely what we saw at Torre del...
by winepleasures | Mar 30, 2011 | Wine Tours
On the approach to Masia Cal Costas, as the road ends, the large white masia gleams in the morning light while the roof tiles glow an earthy red. The view stretches out towards the sea with field after field of vines with a mixture of manicured straight rows and more...
by winepleasures | Mar 4, 2011 | Wine Workshops
The 2011 Wine Pleasures Workshops Buyer meets Iberian Cellar and the International Organic Workshop closed last week, following a great week of business, meetings and networking. This year’s 7th Wine Pleasures attracted more than 60 wineries represented on 41 workshop...
by winepleasures | Feb 19, 2011 | Wine Workshops
The 7th edition of the “Buyer Meets Iberian Cellar” and 5th edition of the “International Organic Workshop” Wine Pleasures Workshops will be held February 23 – 25 in Barceló Montserrat Hotel, Barcelona, Spain. The Workshops bring together small to medium sized wine...
by winepleasures | Feb 16, 2011 | Wine Tours
Excelling Food and Wines located in Vilafranca del Penedès acts as the export department for several small wineries in Spain. They represent winemakers from nine Designations of Origin (DO) with products ranging from cava to sherry to table wines. Esther Ponsa,...