Catalan Wines

What wineries can learn from Espelt’s new website

by  |  19-01-2015 ~ 2 Comments

I've known the wines of Celler Espelt for a very long time and have talked with director, Anna Espelt on various occasions to the point where I hold a great deal of respect for her... more »

Being in the wine

by  |  17-01-2015

You know how January can be, you're tired of your old place and so you close up shop at the end of December and start up somewhere else at the beginning of the year. It's... more »
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It’s impossible for the little cellar in Spain

by  |  12-01-2015

If you haven't seen it, there's a very good read by Jancis Robinson about how the marketing shift for European Union wine funds is towards promotion in the Asian markets. Of special note in regards... more »

Three wine kings

by  |  06-01-2015 ~ 2 Comments

In countries where Christmas is celebrated there seems to be a split based upon whether you think gifts should be exchanged on Jesus's birthday, December 25th or likely when the Three Kings showed up to... more »

Cava, the good and the ugly

by  |  05-01-2015

Cava, the (generally) Catalan sparkling wine is a tricky beast and two little news items came about recently to illustrate this point incredibly well. First, the ugly one which is that in this post-New Year's,... more »

La cuesta de enero

by  |  02-01-2015

Broken, battered, spent--and that's before we get in to the state of our wallets after the holidays. In January, we always find ourselves at the point wherein we have to dig ourselves out of what... more »
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Alta Alella Privat – Laietà 2011

by  |  30-12-2014

Awhile back I had written an article about DO Alella needing a "killer wine" and by that I didn't mean that they needed to have a mind blowing wine produced from the region but more... more »
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Returning to the original grape

by  |  29-12-2014

Last Friday in the Guardian, an article ran about the efforts to save the native wine grapes of the world. It focused mostly on Spaniard, Fernando Martínez de Toda and his quest to preserve what... more »
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In The Glass – Caralluna del Montgrí Vi Gees 2013

by  |  22-12-2014

Rafel Faixedas and Carles Xuriguera are two comedians in Catalonia. A few years back they planted some vineyards near the village of Vulpellac in Baix Empordà which sits a touch south of Montgrí Massif (nice... more »

Celler Comalats

by  |  21-12-2014

When it comes to wine regions in Catalonia, DO Costers del Segre doesn't get a lot of love. Spread out over various chunks in the most remote province of the region (and the only one... more »