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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
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
The Best Biodynamic and Best Organic Sparkling Wines are both Spanish!
CSWWC 2024 The medal winners of the 11th Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC) were announced on 16 September with a total of 167 Gold
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
The absolute blind tasting
There is a wine shop & bar in the centre of Barcelona, where even wine experts can be tricked and fooled.
The ‘Black Bastard’ and the others
‘Texturas de Pedra’ is literally ‘Textures of the Stone’ and the name comes from the rocky soil of the vineyard Vinya Més Alta.
Llopart and Naveran in Wine Enthusiast Top 100
The annual top list US influential wine magazine has two Spanish sparkling wines, both happen to be from Catalonia.
23 years on the lees: Turó d’en Mota 1999
The longest aged sparkling wine from Spain was released after 23 years of ageing on the lees.
Juvé & Camps cava among Wine Spectator’s Top 100 wines
The influential US wine magazine has revealed the annual list of their top 100 wines. This year there is one Spanish sparkling wine on the list at the 43rd position: Juvé & Camps Brut Nature Cava Reserva de la Familia Gran Reserva 2018.
1st Corpinnat Saloon in Barcelona
Long ageing is just one of the secrets of Corpinnat sparkling wines. On the 20th of November professionals and wine connoisseurs will have the chance to taste sparkling wines from all the 12 members of Corpinnat.
Two Spanish (Catalan) World Champions at CSWWC
The “Oscar of sparkling wines” is undoubtedly the contest found by Tom Stevenson and held annually in England. Spain has won the world cup in two categories! Congratulations to Maset and Gramona!
Misery and joy: harvest 2023 in Penedés
The 3rd consecutive year with barely any rain, loss of quantity, also some loss of vines in the vineyard, yet there is hope. Is it a grape variety? Is it irrigation? Is it just simply adapting and raising price? We have asked a couple of key players of Penedés wine scene.
Harvest feast with bubbles and tears
Corpinnat event at Llopart in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia (Penedés, Catalonia) The 2nd edition of ‘Nit de Verema’ (Harvest Night) event was held last Thursday, this
Gramona is the most successful at the “Oscar” of sparkling wines
3 gold medals at the 10th Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships The world cup founded by top sparkling expert Tom Stevenson is undoubtedly the
Are you good at blind tasting? Win 30 000 euros!
Tasting contest in pairs in Barcelona Vila Viniteca import company organizes the 16th edition of the blind tasting contest in Barcelona on 3 March 2024.
Resurrected from the 17th century
STILL good:) (Though SparklingSpain is dedicated to sparkling wines, I write about still wines as well, especially if there is a connection.) Purity and richness
Pét Nat in can?
Yes, it is possible, what is more, it exists! Castelo Pedregosa has a whole range of canned wine products, and MI Pét-Nat is one of
Josephine, the eccentric mademoiselle
Tasting Recaredo Intens Rosat in another way On my recent visit at Recoredo I discovered a new glass brand, the unique shaped Josephine. Recaredo team
Catalan rosé sparklings tasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW
The renowned British rosé wine expert, Elizabeth Gabay Master of Wine tasted 18 rosé sparkling wines from Penedès wine region, Catalonia. The wines were collected
Albet i Noya – saviours of the planet
Big words, aren’t they? However, the first organic estate in the whole of Spain sacrifices even the 70% of the crop in some vintages to
