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Where is the Priorat?

September 23, 2014 by Joe Becerra

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Typical hillside vineyard of the Priorat

Where is the Priorat wine region?

The Priorat has vaulted into one of the most prestigious wine regions of the world. It is located in Spain due west of the city of Tarragonia on the east coast of Spain. Just north of Tarragonia on the coast is Barcelona. The Priorat wine area has been awarded Spain’s highest official wine region designation, DOQ. Only the Rioja wine region has this same designation from the Spanish government. We were lucky enough to visit this astonishing wine country last Fall. If you schedule a trip to Barcelona, consider a trip to this wonderful wine country. There are wine touring guides that include plenty of places to lodge and dine. Most of the wineries in the region have touring and tasting options for tourists. The main grapes of the area are Garnacha and Carignane in the reds, and Garnacha Blanc in the whites. The soil of the Priorat area is what makes the wines unique in flavor and style. The soil is all slate, a beautiful brown color. The vines are tasked to the max and the roots travel downward in search of water and nutrients. In the photo above you see a typical hillside vineyard in the Priorat. These are on steep slopes, yet flat rows between the vines have been constructed for easy maintenance and harvesting of the grapes. Wines from the Priorat are exported to the U.S. and one can find them in most fine wine shops. We hope we answered the question, “Where is the Priorat? Perhaps you will have the opportunity to visit this amazing and excellent wine country in the near future.

Additional information about the Priorat wine region of Spain

  • Spanish Wine Country – The Priorat and Montsant
  • Priorat wine tour guide – Rachel Ritchie, our tour guide in the Priorat and Montsant
  • One of the Priorat’s most renown winemakers – Rene Barbier

Filed Under: Wine Photo of the Day Tagged With: Priorat, Spanish wine, Wine Country Photography

Spanish Pantry Wine Tasting in San Francisco

April 23, 2009 by Joe Becerra

If you read our blogs you know that we recently returned from Argentina and Chile and are very impressed with the overall quality of their wines. We were also in Spain in 2007 and also enjoyed the Spanish wines and seek them out as often as we can. On Wednesday, we attended the Spanish Pantry, an exhibit of Spanish wine and food at the old Federal Reserve building in San Francisco on Battery Street near the Embarcadero.

This is the third year in a row for the Spanish Pantry event in San Francisco. The event is designed to showcase Spanish wineries and Spanish food companies. Most of the wineries and food companies are there to find importers or direct sales contacts. We attended to learn more about Spanish wines and to discover wineries that we might add to our Spanish Wine Country website. There were 33 wineries present and between the two of us we managed to hit each table and taste a number of wines.

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Filed Under: Spain's Wine Country, Wine Information Tagged With: Spanish wine

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