Enjoy – Sparkling Spain

Trainspotting in the Capital of Cava

A visit at Celler Vell I often conduct tasting for my guests, and to make a tasting flight complete, I like including a sparkling wine with some barrel ageing, but it is not easy to find one (a balanced, elegant one at reasonable price). At Prowein I came across the booth of Celler Vell, a […]

Torbato – an almost Catalan rarity

Alghero, Sardinia To prepare for the festive season, why not getting a rarity with plenty of stories? Oscarì is a dandy of exciting origin, and he speaks Catalan with a cute accent. You can invite him to your home, but it is even better to visit him in his home town, in his estate, where the […]

Catalan tasting menu with 6 or 10 sparkling wines

If you visit Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, you will have more than enough wineries to visit, but when it comes to having dinner or tasting different sparkling wines at one place, well, the Capital of Cava cannot offer much nowadays. There are a few bars selling mostly beer and a few brands of sparling, and restaurants […]

Spanish bubbles for a good cause

Masterclass in Timișoara (Romania) on 17 November By Ágnes Németh RoVinHud – as the name suggests – is a „winy reincarnation” of Robin Hood, the legendary rebel, who helped the poor. Zoltán Szövérdfi-Szép, the brain and the engine behind RoVinHud annual wine event has been working tirelessly to collect fund to help people with disabilities. I am proud to be […]

The estate of the happiest wild boars

Celler Eudald Massana and its biodynamic paradise – tasting Innat cava without added sulphur

Rare grape Autora wine for fighting breast cancer

Though Xarel·lo is a well know variety in the land of cava, its variation, Xarel·lo Vermell is less known and only a few estates bottle it is a varietal wine. Cava Bertha family estate (near Sant Sadurní d’Anoia) makes a varietal wine of Xarel·lo Vermell called Autora, what’s more, Autora is a complex project all […]