Wine Pleasures

To Porto, to Present Grantourismo, Talk Travel and Taste Wine

To Porto, to Present Grantourismo, Talk Travel and Taste Wine. Along the Douro River, Porto, Portugal. Copyright © 2023 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

From chilly Edinburgh, where our yearlong grand tour officially ended, we went to the splendid Atlantic coast city of Porto in Northern Portugal, where we shed some layers, soaked up some welcome sunshine, saw cobalt skies for the first time in months, and attended Wine Pleasures’ 2011 International Wine Tourism Conference. As wine, along with … Read more

Our Guide to the Spanish Sparkling Wine called Cava

Introduction to Cava, Barcelona, Spain at at Alimentaria. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Cava, the Spanish sparkling wine, is Spain’s bubbly of choice. It is to the Spanish what Champagne is to the French or spumante or prosecco is to the Italians. Go out to restaurants and bars in Barcelona and you’re more likely to see locals drinking Cava than anything else. And you can’t blame them. Cava … Read more