Pop the bubbly, it’s Friday! I couldn’t go past this bottle of Raventos i Blanc 2017 Cava on the Good Pair Days site for my subscription box this month. It’s one of the more expensive bottles at $38 – however after visiting the Penedes region (the home of Cava) in 2011, I knew it was…
After visiting Cava country (the Penedès in Spain) in 2011 and drinking A LOT of Cava while there, I struggle to say no to the opportunity of getting some in my glass. Problems of a wine lover hey.
Following on from my February 6th article, about Cava Berdie, I have to recognize another bodega whose seductive Spanish suave swayed me to the Cava side of life last summer. You, me and the guy next door are all looking for a way to stand out from the crowd and to shout ‘I am unique’, its…
After spending 6 weeks in the premiere Spanish wine region of the Penedès in Catalonia I can honestly say that I will never look at the Spanish sparkling wine – Cava – the same ever again. My complete outlook on this bursting bubbly has done a 360-degree swirl; from only knowing a certain blacked out…
So I am here in the Spanish countryside, La Llacuna to be exact. Right in the middle of the beautiful Penedés. I have now been in Spain for over a month and I love it! Compared to France everyone is super friendly and all up it just seems more relaxed. I have sipped, spitted and…