by winepleasures | Nov 9, 2014 | Wine Tours, food, 50 Great Cavas
The final day of the Wine Pleasures 50 Great Cava Tour found our intrepid group in Sant Sadurni d’Anoia, the epicenter and world capital of Cava. Our first stop was at the Centro de Interpretación de Cava – La Fassina de Can Guineu where we were able to learn...
by winepleasures | Oct 12, 2014 | Wine Tours, 50 Great Cavas
I’ve tasted wine in a vineyard. I’ve sipped and slurped in many a dull function room. I’ve sampled wines in rustic cellars, on metal gang ways high above the fermentation tanks, next to barrels in quite a few cobweb-filled cellars. I’ve drunk...
by winepleasures | Oct 2, 2014 | Wine Tours, 50 Great Cavas
A Dream Team of 6 influential writers and photographers will soon be descending on the Penedès wine region to discover some of the 50 Great Cavas 2014. They will be visiting wineries, matching cavas with local delicacies such as Fideua, Calçotada, Xató del...
by winepleasures | May 21, 2014 | 50 Great Cavas
Three Generations of Grape Growers – Meeting the makers behind Mas Codina, a ‘50 Great Cava’ producer. On a cloudless day, Mas Codina’s vineyard offers clear views of Montserrat’s mysterious peaks. Toni and Imma Garriga, the husband-and-wife team behind Mas...
by winepleasures | May 12, 2014 | Wine Tours
Young business entrepreneurs improved their English language skills and learned about cava at ‘Improve your English with 50 Great Cavas’ Last Saturday (10 May 2014), students from Jove Cambra Internacional de Vilafranca del Penedès gathered at Centre Agrícol to kill...