Wine

02.04.2013 - 07.32 pm The cava sector sold of 243 million bottles in 2012, a 1.53% increase thanks to exports The exports of this sparkling wine very similar to Champagne reached 161 million bottles sold, representing an historical record. 41 million bottles...	09.10.2012 - 12.05 pm Penedès wine’s museum reopens its doors after a big renovation to strengthen enotourism Located in the centre of Catalonia, the area of Penedès is known for its high quality wine and cava. Due to the long tradition in this region of the...	12.09.2012 - 08.40 pm Cava starts to become the sparkling wine of choice in Europe with record levels of exports 150 million bottles of Catalan Cava were exported last year. It is a historic record for Cava producers with Germany and the United Kingdom being the...	23.08.2012 - 07.59 pm Start of the grape harvest in Penedès that will produce an ‘excellent’ vintage The Penedès wine appellation is expecting “excellent” wines from this year’s harvest. Catalonia’s most important viticultural area has already...
20.08.2012 - 08.00 pm Alella wineries begin a grape harvest of “exceptional” quality and comparable to 2005 Alella wineries, in Greater Barcelona, have started this summer’s harvest, with predictions that this year’s vintage may be better than 2005 thanks...	13.08.2012 - 10.22 pm Riding through the vineyards of Penedès Catalonia’s most known wine and cava appellation is Penedès and now it is possible to ride through its vineyards. This is a new activity to...	09.07.2012 - 10.04 pm Empordà Designation of Origin sells more than four million bottles of wine in a year for the first time 34% of the bottles have been sold in the Girona region, but Barcelona is still “the pending market”. Sales have been 5% higher in comparison to 2010...	22.06.2012 - 11.07 pm A 2000 year old wine cork retains all its properties The cork corresponds to a jar from a sunken ship at Port de la Selva, on Catalonia’s Costa Brava. The Catalan Center for Underwater Archaeology (CASC...
04.06.2012 - 10.35 pm Catalan Wine on show in New York A selection of wines and cellars from Catalonia have travelled to New York to find new distributors. The event is being held on Tuesday June 5th at...	10.04.2012 - 05.32 pm Alella DO, one of the oldest wine regions in Spain on Barcelona’s doorstep Alella offers a unique opportunity to enjoy a wine culture in vineyards just 15 kilometres from Barcelona. One of the smallest and oldest Spanish...	21.02.2012 - 11.01 pm Cava wine sales abroad grow by 2.07% in 2011 The total amount of sales of the Catalan wine fell by 2.14% last year, due to poor results in the domestic market. The record of 152 million cava...	11.02.2012 - 02.11 pm Barcelona International Food and Drinks Exhibition puts on its most international show Alimentaria 2012 is one of the most important trade fairs in the world focusing on food and drinks. It is organised in the Catalan capital every two...
29.11.2011 - 10.20 pm Jean Nouvel designs a gastronomy and cultural centre for Barcelona’s beer company Moritz The Catalan beer company Moritz will open an innovative space at the former factory of the well-known drink and residence of its owners in downtown...	12.09.2011 - 06.00 pm Priorat wines from 2011 will be scarcer but of greater quality The strong heat diminishes the production of grapes of the wine region Priorat, but their quality is better. Priorat’s Protected Geographical...	05.09.2011 - 06.00 pm The DO Empordà begins its harvest, for the production of high quality wines Production this year is expected to exceed last year by 15%. The traditional pressing of the first grapes, held in Palamós, officially opened the...	26.08.2011 - 01.35 pm The Terra Alta wine making region expects to collect about 36 million kilos of grapes Seven wineries that are part of the Terra Alta protected geographical indication (PGI) have begun the harvest of white varieties. This is the second...