by DMS3 Marketing | Aug 28, 2009 | Wineries Review, Wine Tours
WinePleasures.com held our first ever Live Wine Tasting Event on Friday August 28, 2009. The event was hosted hosted at Bohigas Winery (DO Catalunya – Spain) and was a huge success. Check out the archived event video and live chat discussion below. <a...
by DMS3 Marketing | Aug 24, 2009 | Wine Tours
To celebrate the launch of the new *Wine Pleasures Website 2.0, we have organised a live wine tasting direct from the Finca Mas Macià data 1290 of the Bohigas winery (DO Catalunya). Jordi Casanovas, owner and wine maker will lead the wine tasting in the old family...
by winepleasures | Aug 20, 2009 | Wine Tours
Malvasia has a place in history, Shakespearean literature and Vega de Ribes, as I learned on a recent trip to the winery. Legend has it that the Duke of Clarence, brother to King Edward IV, chose to die of drowning in a cask of malvasia when sentenced to death for...
by winepleasures | Aug 14, 2009 | Wine Tours
We saddle up for our 2 hour ride to the Artcava Winery at 9 am needing to be there by 11:30. The beginning of which was a wonderfully winding 12k downhill. I remember feeling a bit guilty that I had the pleasure of cruising down the mountain upon seeing the faces of...
by winepleasures | Aug 7, 2009 | Wine Tours
Wine Pleasures country bike tour. The ride into town is, once again, a pleasantly rolling downhill cruise. I am beginning to wonder, “all that goes down must come back up right?” The thought passes as my stomach, growling at me, brings me back into the...
by winepleasures | Aug 4, 2009 | Wine Tours
I am quite pleased to say that I survived the 30 km excursion winding through the hills (sierra) of the Penedes wine region. We started out on a 3 km trek up the hill where, Wine Pleasures base is located. Road winding this way and that, magnificent, panoramic views...