The wine is part of our culture

As you know, Spain is a rich country with the wine culture. It is the third largest producer of wine in the world. But the most important is the high quality of product. Spain has a relatively large number of distinct wine-producing regions, the most popular region is “la Rioja”, which has fantastic wines but I have just writing that there are more.

Pla de Bages is a Spanish Denominación de Origen of my land (Bages), located in the province of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain), and is one of the smallest DOs in Spain, covering only 600 hectares. The traditional local grape varieties are Grenache (here called Garnatxa) and Tempranillo (known locally as Ull de Llebre) for reds and Picapoll for whites. This kind of grape has become symbolic of the El Bages. I would like to recommened you to taste it, it’s delicious!
Currently there are 11 wineries registered in Pla de Bages D.O.: Masies d’Avinyó (Abadal), Celler Solergibert, Caves Gibert, Celler Coop. d’Artés, Mas de St. Iscle, Jaumandreu, Celler el Molí, Celler Coop. de Salelles, Oller del Mas, Fargas Fargas and Vins Grau.

We have another treasure: Cava. It is a Spanish sparkling wine made in the traditional method of the French sparkling wine Champagne. It originated in the Catalonia region at the Codorníu Winery in the late XIXth century. The wine was originally known as Champagne until Spanish producers officially adopted the term "Cava" (cellar) in 1970 in reference to the underground cellars in which the wines ferment and age in the bottle. The early Cava industry was nurtured by the phylloxera epidemic of the late 19th that caused the destruction and uprooting of vineyards planted with red grape varieties.

I would like to explain it more, but you will have to wait the next post!!!! Thanks to read!!