The battle lines have long been drawn in regards to the whole “natural wine” debate. While we’ve written about the growing trendiness of natural wine in Catalonia, the issues around this were further emphasized in a recent article by Alice... more>

With our new Priorat guide off to the printer and available shortly, we need to mention a wine that didn’t make it in to this first edition of the book which is from Castell d’Or. As we found out, while... more>

Having spent quite a bit of time in Priorat, blogging about it, and most importantly, drinking it, last Saturday I was invited to attend the 1st Cooperative Fair at the Castell del Vi museum in Falset and was of course... more>

Last year, when working on finishing tracks for the high speed rail connection from Barcelona to France, the construction workers unearthed what was basically a 2,000 year-old wine cellar just north of the city. It wasn’t much of a surprise,... more>

The Vitis Vinifera fair in Barcelona last week was an overwhelming assault of the top end portfolio from local distributor, Cuvée 3000 and was really too full of interesting wines to completely cover. But, one bottle from Terroir al Límit... more>

Browsing around the internetz this morning (as that’s what Tuesday mornings are for) I came across a new company offering guided winery tours. These are a dime a dozen these days in Spain as due to most all of the... more>

Sometime back, I joked that the Costers del Segre winery, Raimat was more reliable than god. The reasoning behind this is that they have a very nice price point for their wines and so you find them on countless menus... more>

We were recently the lucky winners of a bottle of Garnatxa Blanca (White Grenache) 2012 by Celler Tern down in the Terra Alta region of Catalonia, in a giveaway at the Circ de Tarragona website. They’ve been bandying about this... more>

Starting last year, Cap de Creus’s Martin Faixó did something a little novel. As they had two restaurants in Cadaqués prior to opening their winery in 2007 they decided to hold an event that celebrated both their tasty endeavors, namely... more>

In the land of awesome, all-encompassing events in Spain, the Fòrum Gastronòmic (or Fórum Gastronómico if you’re in to that whole Castilian thing) ranks up towards the top. There are tons of smaller, local events all around Spain that promote... more>