Ricard Rofes: Embracing the past to preserve the future
The Carthusian monks who settled at the base of the Montsant mountains in 1194, establishing the village and monastery that is now known as Escaladei, were certainly onto something. The…
Vall Llach: Going beyond wine to build community
Porrera is a very special village. After spending time in other villages around Priorat, I always marvel at how it seems for its size, Porrera has more activity, more businesses,…
Cool Wine Doings: Scala Dei Harvest 2015
If you close your eyes and walk into the barrel room at Scala Dei, when know one is around, I swear you can hear the conversations between the monks and…
Wine in the family veins at Sangenis i Vaque
The modern history of the Priorat is full of families who have returned to winemaking after critical acclaim began to hit the region during the 90s. Typically this has fallen…
Cool Wine Doings: Please Bring Me My Wine in Priorat
I’m a fanboy. I’ll admit when Michael, known as Please Bring Me My Wine in the wine world reached out to me a few months ago to talk Catalan Wines,…
Cool Wine Doings: 2015 Fira del Vi in Falset
The history of wine is deep and wide in Catalunya, and especially in the Priorat region of Tarragona. For 20 years, the town of Falset has celebrated the wines of…
Marco Abella: quality, clarity, & freedom
This past December Marco Abella had the privilege of their Clos Abella 2009 being recognized as the number one wine in the world by Wine in China Magazine. I realize the sound…
