Sant Jordi, “the Catalan Valentine’s Day” is just around the corner. Not familiar with it? It’s one of Catalunya’s most unique and emblematic holidays, and here’s how Wikipedia sums it up:
La Diada de Sant Jordi, …

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 …

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 …