Catalan Wines

The wines of Penedès 2025

by  |  03-12-2025

Of all the things that changed for me in 2025, the biggest was my perception of the wines from DO Penedès. As shown by the latest Tasting Report of just under 200 wines, Penedès is... more »

The wines of Eastern Catalunya 2025

by  |  20-11-2025

Let’s have a look at what is, the eastern portion of Catalunya where the denominations of origin for Empordà, Pla de Bages, and Alella are located. I’ll start by admitting there isn’t terribly much that... more »

A new look at Alella’s Can Matons

by  |  14-11-2025

Catalunya’s wine region of Alella is probably unknown by most, including people actually living in Catalunya. One of the more well-known wine stars is Alta Alella (now, Art Laietà) but beyond that, there aren’t that... more »

DO Penedès’s first fully organic harvest

by  |  07-11-2025

Four years ago this month, I was working on an article about the recently-announced changes for DO Penedès and I had to call their offices to ask for some clarification. Instead of putting me on... more »

An arrival to Can Sumoi

by  |  28-10-2025

It had been a lot of back forth (largely due to my travel schedule), but a couple of weeks ago, I finally managed to get up to Can Sumoi, one of the experimental projects of... more »

The wines of Costers del Segre & Conca de Barberà 2025

by  |  16-10-2025

Let’s have a new look at these two regions in the central part of Catalunya which includes separate Tasting Reports for Costers del Segre and Conca de Barberà. It can be rather difficult to group... more »

Corpinnat 2025 harvest report

by  |  13-10-2025

Very shortly after the announcement of 17th member to join Corpinnat, there came the announcements of the 18th and 19th, AT Roca and Mas Bertran. Clearly, this is a group with momentum and last Friday,... more »

L’Inifinit vs Terrers, Recaredo’s new youthful look

by  |  10-10-2025

Recently, famed sparkling producer and Corpinnat original, Recaredo, released a brand-new wine called, l’Infinit. It’s a notable wine for many reasons. The first is that Recaredo is not a winery to constantly drop new labels... more »

Venus la Universal – Dido Negre 2023

by  |  07-10-2025

As an older brother, I have no perception of what it must be like to be the “younger brother”. My younger brother will often remind me that I’m an asshole so I think there are... more »

Demost brings Corpinnat to a sweet 17

by  |  02-10-2025

Long gone are the days when a new member of Corpinnat would see all the current members join up for a photo, toasting the new addition. I think that stopped somewhere around the joining of... more »