Cava Glittering over Champagne

Cava Glittering over Champagne

by | May 8, 2011 | Wine Tours

My bag not even down, freshly arrived in the Penedès region, I am offered a glass of cava. Does anyone know a better way to be welcomed in a region, than tasting its source products? Frankly, I don’t. But why the different name, should I ask, this looks like...
Douro Girls

Douro Girls

by | May 2, 2011 | Wine Tours, Wine Conference

Think Douro and you may think The Douro Boys. Think again! During preparations for the 2011 International Wine Tourism Conference the Wine Pleasures team in collaboration with DOC-DMC team made extensive visits around Portugal in order to set up Blogger/Media and Tour...

Catalonia – Where’s That?

by | Apr 24, 2011 | Wine Workshops, Wine Tours

This might seem like a silly question but the truth of the matter is that many wine importers we have come across over the last 7 years at Wine Pleasures have not known where Catalonia is. Our answer to the question is usually Barcelona, Spain and that gets them...

Dungeons and Dragons…and wine at Torre del Veguer

by | Apr 7, 2011 | Wine Tours

On a fine sunny day as usual in the Penedes, with the vines just starting to sprout, we pulled into the drive of the castle and were cordially greeted by Joaquin Sr, who was to show us around….hold on, did I say castle?! Yep, that’s definitely what we saw at Torre del...

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