Road Tripping

Getting away from rain clouds. THAT time: When you go to Zurich for 39 hours with 4 besties from 3 countries, see 4 countries – set foot in 3 of them and have 2 picnics in 2 of them – with a lunch in Liechtenstein. I bought a Swiss chocolate on the plane, landed, checkedContinue reading “Road Tripping”

A Priorat Day

Credit to Valencia Wine Consulting & Tours: The Priorat region is a mountainous area (200-800 meters altitude) with spectacular views and around 2,000 hectares of vineyards, producing 6.5 million kilograms of grapes (almost 93% red grapes) per year.The area is characterised by its unique soil of black slate and quartz known as llicorella, producing intenseContinue reading “A Priorat Day”

Cava to Corpinnat

Credit to Valencia Wine Consulting & Tours: Cava is the Spanish sparkling wine made in the same way as champagne though the Catalans learned the tricks of champagne production from the French (they used to produce the corks for the champagne bottles), the first Catalan Xampany was made in 1872 by Raventós, still an importantContinue reading “Cava to Corpinnat”