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Producer profile: TorresIt’s the most famous name in Spanish wine. But with its head, Miguel Torres, retiring this year, speculation is mounting as to who will succeed him, and where the producer will go from there.
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Priorat and Montsant wines masterclassA one-hour tour of Priorat and Montsant wines...
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Wine Legend: Alvaro Palacios, L’Ermita 1993Find out why it has legendary status...
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Decanter travel guide: Cava country, SpainA tour of Catalonia’s centres of sparkling wine production is an unbeatable way to immerse yourself in the region...
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Lost pensioners mistakenly destroy vines in CataloniaDamage estimated at €8,000 after vines flattened...
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Priorat wineries facing ‘shortage of grapes’A shortage of grapes in the Spanish wine regions of Priorat and Mallorca has led to a surge in prices and is causing concern among some producers.
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Priorat wine producers bid for World Heritage status
Catalan wine producers in Spain are pushing ahead with a bid to have Priorat recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Spanish wine tourism trail to open on ancient trading routeOne of Spain’s oldest wine export roads has been revived as a wine tourism route by 12 producers in Catalonia.
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Spanish producer seeks wine PDO for Catalonia nature reserveThe Montseny Nature Reserve in Catalonia could become a fresh source of premium Spanish if one producer succeeds in creating a new appellation.
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Priorat: Fira del ViWhile Priorat’s dizzily high, narrow, hairpin roads are like a rollercoaster themselves, the fun of the fair really starts at the Fira del Vi, says Sue Style
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Andrew Jefford November 2010 columnHomage to Catalonia
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Two expressions of Catalonia
The Catalan regions of Empordà in north-east Spain and Roussillon in south-west France are divided by the Pyrenees, but winemakers share a common heritage and language.
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Sabate tests new TCA removal method
Cork manufacture Sabate is pouring millions into researching a new technique for removing TCA from cork.
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Sabate committed to new TCA elimination process
Closure manufacturer Sabate is committed to developing a radical new method of eliminating cork taint.
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Lack of Spanish participation lamented at Barcelona climate conference
Several hundred people have gathered in Barcelona, Spain to hear international wine and climate change experts discuss the implications of climate change for the wine industry.
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Priorat to get new ‘village’ category
The Consejo Regulador del Priorato has given provisional approval to a new category of ‘Village Wines’ within the DOCa Priorato.
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Penedes approves icewine
A Spanish icewine DO has been approved for the first time.
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Mas d’en Gil, 10 years of Estate winesMas d'en Gil, the Estate situated in Bellmunt del Priorat, in the south of the DOC PRIORAT area, presents its 10th vintage of red wines: Coma Vella and Clos Fontà of 2007.
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Torres, Codorniu, Vega Sicilia sign up to Barcelona DeclarationA group of Spanish wineries has signed the Barcelona Declaration, pledging to combat climate change.
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Geothermals, packaging reduction discussed at Barcelona conferenceThe use of geothermal energy and other carbon-reduction strategies can mean savings of up to 50% in energy use, a climate change conference heard last week.
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Penedes to divide into ‘six sub-regions’The Penedes region of Spain is preparing for a major overhaul of its appellation system.
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Interview: Miguel Torres Maczassek -
Producers desert Cava DO for its ‘detrimental’ imageSparkling producers in the Penedes wine zone of Spain are abandoning the Cava appellation and branding their wines 'Spanish sparkling wine'.
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Torres to move into CavaLeading Spanish Producer Miguel Torres will start producing Cava in the Penedes wine region.
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New breakaway sparkling wine appellation to rival CavaLeading Penedes winemaker Raventos I Blanc – which has quit the Cava DO – has unveiled the framework for a new sparkling wine appellation.
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Magatzem Escolà, Barcelona – SpainTry award-winning wines from around the world at Escola wine store in Barcelona.
