The quest for 50 Great Cavas 2014 is over and it is once again time to plan for the annual 50 Great Cava Media Trip which will take place from 6 – 10 October 2014. This year we have selected a team of 6 influential writers and photographers. With the Dream Team...
Adega Cartuxa is located at Quinta de Valbom, the former retreat for the Jesuits who taught at the University of Evora in the 16th and 17 th century. When the monks were expelled in 1759 by the then prime minister, Marquês de Pombal, Cartuxa was taken over by the...
Vineyards surround the village of Les Gunyoles d’Avinyonet reaching out from the valley to the steep hills towering (Massís del Garraf) over this small community in eastern Penedès. It is here that in 1985 Josep Cuscó Berga started producing wines and cavas under his...
The Romanian – British cooperation operating under the name Halewood dates back to the 1980’s when John Halewood, an independent UK-based wine and spirits producer, having accomplished a substantial success in the domestic market, started importing and...
Founded and still owned by two passionate brothers – Vital and Lucénio de Almeida – Caves Primavera is celebrating their 65 anniversary this year. The Almeida brothers started as a small company with a goal to grow and develop their business and build a...
The history of second oldest sparkling wine–producing house in Saumur, the Maine-et-Loire department, western France, starts in 1851 with young and venturesome Etienne Bouvet. At the age of 23, together with his wife Celestine Ladubay he bought 8 kilometres of...