A short message from Spain: at Montau de Sadurni the harvest is now finished! The parellada, like the xarel.lo, was also harvested by hand, as the vineyards are to young (and vulnerable) to be worked in with machines. Next to…
Last week, Montau de Sadurni, wine producers near Barcelona, started harvesting the xarel.lo grapes, important ingredient for their cava. Export manager Barbara Siemianiuk told me that the grapes looked much better and healthier than last year. There will be a…
Op Twitter en in de mailbox vliegen de oogstberichten me om de oren. Over de oogst in de Penedes schreef ik al eerder, en later deze week volgt meer. Uit de Bourgogne, waar de Nederlanders Roelof en Marlon bezig zijn…
In a series on cava, I cannot omit the harvest! And harvesting cava-grapes has started this week in the Penedes, with the chardonnay. From Can Sadurni, in the village of Begues, 15 kilometer from Barcelona, I got a message from…
Er zijn van die dingen die intrigeren en boeien zonder dat je precies weet wat het is. Een van die dingen is biologisch-dynamische wijn. Over Nicolas Joly, de grote voorvechter van biodynamie in de wijnbouw, had ik wel gehoord, maar…