How do you normally drink your wine? Straight out of the bottle can be a little unappealing, indeed, so most of us use some kind of vessel, normally a glass. In Catalunya, a …

Most visitors to Barcelona will inevitably end up at Montserrat, a lovely monastery perched high upon a mountain just outside of Barcelona. While the trip in itself is nice, we like to combine it with …

Distance: 103 miles
Travel time: 2 hours
Cost (tolls and gas): About 20 Euros

From Barcelona, take the A7 going towards Girona. About 25 miles from Barcelona, you’ll find the town of Granollers and to get there, you’ll …

Benedictine monks grew grapes in the areas around their monasteries, and this is why we find many D.O. areas close to these marvelous architectural jewels. Such is the case of the Benedectine monastery in Sant Pere de Rodes in the Ampurdán region, or the Poblet or Santes Creus monasteries.

That’s the question Miguel Torres, president of Catalunya’s (and Spain’s) most successful winery, Torres, seems to answer in a compelling piece in the March 10th edition of The Australian News. Not only has Torres diversified its product …