Best Cava wineries near Barcelona are peppered around the Penedès wine region, just 50 kilometres southwest of the capital of Catalunya, Spain. We get a taste of what makes Cava so special, and why the Spanish sparkling wine matches so well with food, on a...
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Weekend in Barcelona? Yes, please. It has to be our favourite European city for a weekend getaway. When we lived in the Middle East we used to make a beeline for the Catalan capital the first chance we had. Now with the proliferation of low cost airlines, it’s increasingly...
VINSEUM Catalan Wine Cultures Museum at Villafranca in the Penedes wine region, southwest of Barcelona, is one of the most engaging wine museums in the world. Forget about the gift shop. This museum tour ends with a tasting in the bar. VINSEUM Catalan Wine Cultures Museum,...
How to eat calcots is something that has intrigued us since we were last in Barcelona and a local named it as the must-do eating experience. It wasn’t until our trip to the Penedes that we finally had the chance to learn to eat calcots like...
Cava and Catalan cuisine are made for each other. Sparkling wines are usually sipped at celebrations, as aperitifs or with sweet desserts. But Cava, we discovered, on a wine trip through the Penedes, is one of the few bubblies that can be drank throughout an entire meal. Cava...
Our recent trip to Barcelona and the Penedes wine region on magazine assignments was focused on Cava and Catalan food. But when we went to the Centro de Interpretación de Cava in Sant Sadurni D’Anoia, my attention turned to design and type for a while. As...
Our bite sized Barcelona and Catalunya culinary guide covers the best of our eating experiences of our recent trip, from the best cava sipping spots and wineries with tasting rooms and cellar doors to the best market walks, tapas bar hops, and restaurants in Barcelona...
On our recent trip to Barcelona, local protests over tourism, illegal holiday rentals and anti-social behaviour had us pondering the rise in the form of travel we most love and have spent so many years promoting: local travel and the idea of living like locals. Sadly, the growth...
50 Great Cavas. That’s right. We’re Barcelona bound today and tomorrow we’re heading to the Penedes wine region to taste 50 Great Cavas and gorge ourselves on Catalan cuisine for five days. 50 Cavas in five days. Will we survive? In preparation for our Cava tasting...
This time tomorrow I’ll be starting to think about packing and a few hours later we’ll be heading to the airport for our flight to Barcelona via Guangzhou and Paris. We’re Barcelona bound! It’s been a few years since we were in Europe – our...
