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A Second Week in Penedès Region Tasting Cavas

June 5, 2015 – 6:13 am

We spent a Second Week in Penedès region of Catalonia visiting cava producers, tasting cavas for the 50 Great Cavas book, and of course writing. The weather continues to be beautiful. We continue tasting cavas that we find are terrific sparkling wines. Most of these are made with the indigenous grapes Macabeo, Parellada and Xerl.lo. […]

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A Week in the Penedès Tasting Cavas!

June 1, 2015 – 2:05 pm

We’ve been in Catalonia for a week now. Everyday has been a fine, sunny day (#fsd). As we co-author a book on the 50 Great Cavas, we are continuing to visit cava producers in the Penedès region.

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Roundup of Catalonia-style Food and Cavas

October 16, 2014 – 6:53 am

We recently returned from Catalonia, a region of Spain where we discovered fine foods, cavas and still wines. Along the way we posted 11 Wine Trail Traveler blogs featuring the wines and foods easy to discover in this Mediterranean region.

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Cava Tasting to Help Obra Social San Juan de Dios

October 12, 2014 – 12:11 pm

On October 17 at the Hotel Hilton Diagonal Mar, the hotel will host a charity cava tasting. The organizers expect about 150 people to attend making this one of the largest charity wine tasting events in Barcelona.

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What Does Cava Have to Offer Wine Lovers?

October 10, 2014 – 12:41 pm

While on Wine Pleasures 50 Great Cavas Media Tour, visiting Cava producers and tasting numerous Cavas in Catalonia, we discovered a wonderful enthusiasm for Cavas.

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In Search of Cavas Found in Stone

October 8, 2014 – 12:28 am

Tasting Cava in a stone hut built in a vineyard. A century ago, stone huts were used for shelter by vineyard workers.

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On Top of the World

October 6, 2014 – 6:22 am

While not on the summit of the highest mountains in the world, we felt like we were on a pinnacle of vineyards in Priorat and Montsant. We were visiting Capafons Osso Cellars that has vineyards in both in Priorat and Montsant. They also have two wineries, one in each region. We were visiting the vineyards […]

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A Qvevri or Something Else?

October 6, 2014 – 2:17 am

An underground vessel was discovered near terraced land in the Penedes wine region of Catalonia, Spain.

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Priorat Rocks!

October 5, 2014 – 1:41 am

Yesterday, Saturday, October 4, we squeezed in visits to four wineries south of Barcelona in the Priorat region. It was a busy day but we had a great time and learned more about Catalonian wines.

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