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 no longer a “space in between”. By this I mean that it’s simply not only a physical space between what I believe to be the two highest-quality regions of Catalunya, Priorat and Empordà. Nor is it simply the conceptual space between DO Cava and DO Catalunya. The former being the dominant force in sparkling wines […]

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