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Exquisite Harmonies: Matching Iberian Wines with China’s Great Cuisines
Not a great deal has been written on what is admittedly the relatively new area of pairing international wines with Chinese cuisine. Or should that be Chinese cuisines? This vast country, now in the g...
An Excited, Yet Weary, Update from Terrassa
The original intention I had when Ryan left for the States a few weeks ago was relatively simple. Once my cast was removed from my hand two days after his plane took off, I would run out to our local ...
The Festival of Sant Joan and an Incredible Rosé Cava
I sometimes like to believe that my father is a pyromaniac in the most docile sense of the word. The week before Independence Day, my brother and I would pile into the back of my Father’s car and go...
Catavino’s Newsletter on Spanish Cava has Arrived!
Brut vs Brut Nature, where ignorance is the only winner
Yesterday, we met with Raventos i Blanc, a winery who’s history and property is directly tied to Cava. I won’t reveal much about the winery, as we’re working on a bodega profile as w...
Who’s Crowned the Cava Guru and What Should I Know about Cava Wine?
For those of you just tuning in, last week, we asked you to participate in a Cava Wine Quiz! 13 questions were posed to those brave enough to press “T” for true and “F” for fal...
Winter Announces the Traditional Calçot and Cava Festival
Live in Cataluña for any length of time, and inevitably, you’ll experience a Calçotada. What’s a Calçotada? Well, I can tell you that it’s not a Catalan dance, a side-splitting headache, or a...
Bodega Profile - Freixenet - DO Cava
Forging a Reputation Years ago, while working as the assistant restaurant manager for the Nicollet Island Inn, a swanky hotel situated on an island in the heart of Minneapolis, I had a rather unique e...
Sameness in Wine - Quit Whining and Start Exploring
This month, we’re focusing on Cava with the intent of exploring a style of sparkling wine that often takes a backseat to Champagne during the holiday season. To me this fact is understandable, ...
Catavino’s Newsletter and other House keeping
This is depressing we’re at almost 10,000 uniques a month but only have five subscribers to our newsletter What makes this situation worst is that this translates to almost 10,000 people missin...
Freixenet - Money Wasted or Money Well Spent?
A few days ago, there was a post on the wine blog, Tempranillo, pointing me to the new Martin Scorsese movie commissioned by Freixnet, the largest Cava producer in Spain, to promote their wine Carta N...
The End of Port and the Beginning of Cava
Hah! How about these photos to wake you out of your lazy Monday slumber! Makes you think twice before making a big toothy grin at someone after drinking a few glasses of port, doesn’t it? Ahhh, ...
Iberian Links around the Web
Thanksgiving has now come and gone. The delicious smell of garlic mashed potatoes drifting throughout the house has been replaced with Turkey sandwiches. The screeches of playful children running glee...
Thanksgiving in Terrassa, Spain
Being an ex-pat in Spain, we don’t have the luxury of a Thursday off to celebrate Turkey Day. We still wake up early, go to work, and have no contact with family other than a late afternoon phon...
Housekeeping and New Toys!
Today, I write to you from a position of a person with a head cold and a pile of port wine in front of me. Currently, we’re working to put together a large tasting of 2005 ports and assorted odd...
Summer Sip’n to Relieve the Heat and Spanish wines for the Grill!
Agustí Torelló - Kripta , High End Spanish Cava