Guaranteeing Quality
All wines which are sold under the Montsant name carry a numbered back label which guarantees its origin. But what is really behind this back label? Two rigorous sessions of quality control.
The first one takes place at INCAVI, the Catalan Vine and Wine Institute. Analysis is based on making sure that such things as alcohol level, acidity or the amount of sulphites each type of wine contains are within...
Panses (Raisins), Sweet Wine like Honey at Santa Mònica Art Centre, Barcelona
From 8th July until 1st November, Santa Mònica Art Centre (Centre d’Art Santa Mònica) in Barcelona will be offering an exhibition called “Condensed Subject. Cooking with Science”, promoted by the Alicia Foundation, a centre for research whose advisory committee is headed up by Ferran Adrià.
The show, which invites people to read cooking, gastronomy and food with scientific eyes,...
Recognition of The Hague of the wines of the DO Montsant
Two more accolades for DO Montsant wines. This time, in The Hague. For one, we have an honorary mention for Mussefres Selección 2008 from Serra d’Almos cooperative in the red wine category and for the other, Castell de Falset White 2007 from Agrícola Falset-Marçà has received recognition in the white wine category.
These two prizes, on top of others which have been awarded in the last few...
Peñín gives his scores for DO Montsant wines
José Peñín will be examining Montsant wines next Tuesday during the annual tasting for his Guía de los Vinos de España 2011 wine guide. Accompanied by one of his auxhiliary tasters, Javier Luengo, Peñín will analyse more than 130 vins. Some wines have already been released and others will be coming out in the next few months.
The tasting will take place at VITEC, the Scientific and Technological...
Celler Els Guiamets, gold medal award, concours International de Bruxelles.
Two silver medals to Coca i Fitó cellar.
ISIS 2006 red wine from Celler Els Guiamets has been awarded with a gold medal in Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, a world-known contest based in a blind taste made for a wide group of specialists. Aroud 7.000 samples have been tastes, coming from all over the world.
Another DO Montsant cellar has been awarded in this contest. Coca i Fitó cellar has two silver...
Priorat region, candidate to be awarded as UNESCO World Heritage agricultural landscape
We, as DO Montsant, are very proud to be active partners in that project. Preparatory works have been lasting for two years, and the local society has been involved in all the process. DOQ Priorat, DO Montsant, Olive Oil Growers Association, Turism Association and many individuals have been working hard in the final documents.
Next step has been the approval of the Priorat County Council, and now we...
Falset Wine Fair is coming!
First week-end of May, as usual, Falset Wine Fair will show you all the wines from Montsant DO and Priorat DOQ apellations.
Our program is full of activities. You can see the english version at the end of our brochure. Open this link
Falset 2010 Wine Fair brochure (cat, spa, eng)
