If you are the type that likes a bit of fear in your life and want to enjoy Halloween like never before, be brave and enjoy, with Gourmand Breaks, a unique and unforgettable tour of Spanish winery Bodegas Protos in Peñafiel.
Protos’ warehouse will become a mansion of terror on the evenings of the 30th and 31st of October and the 1st of November. Normally a good tour of the Spanish wineries facilities is highly recommendable, but these particular tours will be additionally really chilling!
The critically acclaimed American wine connoisseur, Robert Parker, was at the Winefuture ‘09 in Logroño last week to do what he does best: enlighten us with his always valued wine tastings.
One would probably expect Robert Parker to be distant, but on the contrary, he is rather modest and cheerful. He transmits he is cultured and wise, yet complex-free. Read through this interesting interview with the world’s most renowned wine critic.
He was asked how wine and its consumption are evolving, since many worry about that in Spain. Read more
That ‘ruby’ in fact, better known as Heretat Mont-rubí and roughly translated as ‘Ruby Mountain’, is the first vineyard in the entire world to produce a single variety wine from the obscure Sumoll grape. And we must say, superbly done!
Sumoll is a red grape variety currently grown on only 100 hectares of land throughout the whole world. Winding through the rocky, tree-covered hills surrounded by vines as far as the eye can see, you will make your way through the Penedés DO region where you will find a great deal of these rare vines at the quaint, family-owned cellar of Heretat Mont-rubí. Situated some 500 meters above sea level where the soil and climate are optimum for growing this particular variety, great care is taken to create the perfect result: a delicious, cherry-flavored, dry red wine with hints of raspberry and vanilla.
Heretat Mont-rubí uses entirely manual procedures throughout the fermentation process, including sampling grapes in the vineyard itself to ensure harvest is at the ideal time. The Spanish wines here are aged in oak barrels and separated by grape variety, and even according to the particular estate of which they are contributed from. The overall mineral quality of the final Spanish wine makes the tasting experience feel as if you could be drinking luscious cherry juices streaming from a stony brook.
To discover something rare and unknown to much of the world is like finding a diamond in the rough – you want to grab hold of it and keep it to yourself! However we at Gourmand Breaks would love to share this “ruby in the rough” with you!
Visit the Penedes Wine Region of Spain on a private tour like our Wine Lovers Tour of Spain and Portugal, covering the La Rioja, Ribera Del Duero, Priorat and Penedes Wine DO Regions in Spain PLUS Portugal and the beautiful Douro Valley and historic Porto.
As wine lovers venture out of Barcelona streets laced with Gaudi’s intricate designs to vineyards in the countryside, they are never left without brilliant Modernist architecture to gawk at. That’s because several of Catalonia’s best vineyards lie next to cellars often called wine cathedrals . When the region’s viticultural renaissance hit its stride in the early 1900s, some of the best Modernista (or Catalan Art Nouveau) architects wanted to celebrate by contributing their designing genius to booming wine cellars. Read more
There’s only one time of year in Spain to come and participate in the grape harvest and it’s here! Most grape harvests, or “vendimias,” happen in September and October, but this week Raimat vineyards owned by Codorniu have already started, according to La Vanguardia newspaper.