Spain Portugal 2013 – Day #10 Finca Valldosera

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Jordi, winemaker, opening all of the still and sparkling wines he makes

Oh a dreary wet Sunday morning and we head up to the top of a mountain near Sitges in Penedes, to our “House” Sparkling Producer – Finca Valldosera.  Jordi is there to greet us with his typical energy and a glass!  They are in the midst of renovating the winery and adding guest rooms to the winery so we skipped past all of the rooms which had a fresh coat of paint on the walls and to the tank room which held all of the 2012 wines awaiting their time to go into bottle.  The production levels for 2012 were about 60% of what it has been in previous vintages due once again to tough weather conditions.  But as with all of the other producers we have visited with the quality was very high.  We then adjurned to the newly renovated tasting room to try all of the bottled releases and again fell in love once again with their cavas.

For lunch we went to this beautiful coastal restaurant where the barge of fresh seafood began.  Thankfully this year we only had one whole fish instead of three, once paired with food you can truly see the expression of Jordi’s winemaking skills.

Tomorrow we are off to see Joan Escoda of Celler Escoda, sure to be a wild windy day!