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SUMMARY OF THE ACCOMMODATION OF SPARKLING WITH CHEESE

SUMMARY OF THE ACCOMMODATION OF SPARKLING WITH CHEESE

Last Saturday April 13th, in our tasting room in Vilanova i la Geltrú, we celebrated a tast of sparkling wines with cheese, truly interactive. We proposed to taste blind the sparkling wines first, just to play a little. Then a short introduction about the different options we have today when we want to drink bubbles. First, we paired a Camembert of pasteurized buffala milk, tasty and creamy with the Mosset de Castellroig. The second cheese, from the nearest, made by our friend Joan de la Formatgeria del Garraf. A pasteurized goat's cheese, made in Sant Pere de Ribes, which was...

WHISKY TASTING SUMMARY

On Saturday, March 9th, we celebrated a new edition of our whiskey tastings. Although we did not celebrate a few, this was a frequent request from our customers that could not be left unattended in any case. We will begin with a small introduction on the process of making this distillate: cereal selection, malting (or not), fermentation, distillation and aging methods. Only this exhibition could have been able to take up the whole session, but in Jordi, our specialist in the subject, I preferred to focus on the "empirical" path. The first thing we tasted was "Four Roses - Small Batch", in...

WINE PAIRING WORKSHOP WITH CHOCOLATE

WINE PAIRING WORKSHOP WITH CHOCOLATE

On Saturday, March 17, in our tasting room in Vilanova i la Geltrú, we celebrated a chocolate pairing workshop. The objective was twofold: on the one hand discover how to change taste before and after chocolate, on the one hand, and decide on the best combination, on the other. The chosen chocolate was Simón Coll, with 70% cocoa and 30% nuts. The procedure was simple: first, the wine or liquor was tasted, followed by the chocolate, and then the wine or liquor was repeated. The opening salvo was the Freixenet Malvasi. A sparkling wine especially suitable for sweets, made with...

ALBET I NOYA TASTE SUMMARY

ALBET I NOYA TASTE SUMMARY

On Saturday we celebrated the fifth celebrate a very special taste. A taste that had generated much excitement and, as was demonstrated from the beginning, was founded. We chose a monograph format, a single winemaker, because his work has transcended beyond the Penedès and Catalonia. So lets move to the taste itself. After the welcome and the invitation to the participation of everybody, Josep Maria Albet tasting began to depicti the history of the family. His grandfather, born in Cubelles, specialized in grafting vines. A highly valued profession because there was the need to recover...

SUMMARY OF TASTE OF SAN JOANNES 08/10/2014

SUMMARY OF TASTE OF SAN JOANNES 08/10/2014

While it is difficult to convey in these few lines, last tasting experience, we will make effort. On this occasion, we invited the winemaker Oriol Guevara combined exposure technically accurate with words understandable to everyone. On this occasion, we did a vertical tasting (ie, different vintages) of its Xarelo St. Joannes. He stressed the influence of terroir much about wine; in this case in the area northeast of Alt Penedès. Also the work of small producers and their effort to "drive" the vine, so that provides the essence of terroir. However, there are vintages that can not...

Summary of wine tasting Mallorca 3/09/2014

Summary of wine tasting Mallorca 3/09/2014

The last two weekends in stores Aviñó wines have been tasted wines from Mallorca. An experience that those who have not been able to attend, here is a brief summary here. As we made long ago, Wines Aviñó offer tastings and tastings to make you closer to the world of wine. This time it was the turn of wines from Mallorca. While we could have chosen a broader spectrum, we focused on three references to the whole summer. These are Km.1 (white and pink) and Randemar (white), which we describe below. The Km.1, wines, have in common a nice unassuming, but notes some...

THE SHOPPING NIGHT Sitges 03/11/2014

THE SHOPPING NIGHT Sitges 03/11/2014

03/11/2014 - On Thursday, July 3, our Sitges shop celebrated the Shopping Night and Vins Aviñó did it's contribution. Music, people smiling, curious, and all well-decorated tables before each shop comprised a mixture that could be seen along the street Jesus. Together with Peixateria Rubí, Vins Aviñó offered oysters with xarel·lo. An excellent pairing where the variety par excellence of the Penedès region enhances the incomparable flavor of sea oysters. As we like to do things well, we chose three interpretations of...

EXPERIENCE THE SEMINAR OF WHISKY TASTING IN THE CLASSROOM

EXPERIENCE THE SEMINAR OF WHISKY TASTING IN THE CLASSROOM

On Saturday 28 November Aviñó Wines was held in the classroom tasting Vilanova seminar Whisky. The Ambassador Dewar's, Ximena Cervantes, offered attendees an exciting class of 3 hours, exposing nimbly history, cataloging, regulations and, of course, tasting. Beginning with the history of distillates, Ximena Cervantes, presented a narrative that goes from ancient Egypt to the land of Scotland, through the Mediterranean and Ireland. After this introduction, he continued exhibiting early Whiskys (XVI and XVII), as evolved towards a more regulated development. Interestingly though,...