Wildfire threat to Mas Martinet’s Els Escurçons vineyard

A wildfire broke out in Gratallops, Priorat on June 9th on the mountains around Mas Martinet and quickly moved towards the vineyard of Els Escurçons. Planted in 2000 by Sara Peréz when she took over running the winery from her father, Josep Lluís Peréz, this vineyard is the source of their namesake wine, Els Escurçons. The cause of the fire was determined to be from a lighting strike. These are a relatively common occurrence in Catalonia where the terrain is usually quite dry, scrubby, and otherwise flammable. This fact was […]