With Christmas and New Year’s Eve celebrations fast approaching, the season for sparkling wine is here. In Catalunya, bubbly means cava. But, what is cava, and what makes it different from its look-alike, champagne? Cava is a Catalan word meaning […]
LOOK, it’s really best if you find a non-drinker to take you there. Somebody who can appreciate the countryside, the history, the technique rather than the product, because a visit to the Alt Penedès, and specifically Sant Sadurní -the world […]
Just as you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs, you can’t eat in some Greek restaurants without breaking plates. The tradition started at weddings where the broken shards of pottery symbolised the permanence of marriage and bought good luck. […]
In the harsh landscape of dry, central Spain, the last thing one expects to find is a forest overflowing with waterfalls and dotted with damp caves. But that is just what visitors find at the Monasterio de Piedra, a medieval […]
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