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Re: Chapter 2: Cataluña

Gabriella — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:52:57 -0000

Hah hah. See that's what I get for talking about the author too much. You are absolutely correct that Jaime was the man with the plan. Thanks for the correction! We hope to see you over tapas soon so that I can give you a quiz on the material! I assume you've been studying?!

Re: Chapter 2: Cataluña

Gabriella — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:52:57 -0000

Re: Chapter 2: Cataluña

Pepino — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:54:02 -0000

Hi Gabriella,

Nice write-up! I'm going to have to do a spot of background wine-beginners research in order to keep up though I think. I don't even know fully what a DO is, although it's fast becoming apparent through context alone that it's some kind of legal quality mark based on the producing region.

Leave that one to me to read about, but one thing that you can help me on, is this business of "double vintage". If the grapes are picked and used in a joven wine, how do they get re-used in a later wine? Maybe the answer is so obvious I can't see it, but it just confused me a smidge.

Also, can I slip in a possible mistake..? The Torres brothers were Jaime and Miguel, yes? But you say that "Julian" commisioned the big wine vat. Did you mean Jaime, or is there a third Torres brother with the same name as the author of the book? Not a big deal, as it's the wine we're interested in, not the brother's names, but figured I'd ask. :-)

Great to see you cracking on with the book, by the way! And I love your pic staring over the pile of books! Very "school ma'am"!! jejejeje

Catch ya
Dave
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Re: Chapter 2: Cataluña

Pepino — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:54:02 -0000

Re: Chapter 2: Cataluña

Gabriella — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:57:20 -0000

Ha! How fabulous that it's taken this long for someone to point out this flaw on my part. Thanks so much for not only giving your "thumbs-up" to the article, but also for chiming in with my fantastic Spanish Learner's Error - the one where we love to drop any article or preposition that we find irrelevant or unnecessary ;-)

Re: Chapter 2: Cataluña

Gabriella — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:57:20 -0000

Re: Chapter 2: Cataluña

trevor — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:35:34 -0000

Good stuff, but I wonder whether you don't mean the Serra d'Obac ;-)

Re: Chapter 2: Cataluña

trevor — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:35:34 -0000

Good stuff, but I wonder whether you don't mean the Serra d'Obac ;-)

Re: Chapter 2: Cataluña

Gabriella Opaz — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:49:22 -0000

I can happily offer more information Richard, but I would prefer to go straight to the Bodegas themselves and see if I can't get them to participate and give us some firsthand info. I sent out an email today and if I don't hear back from them by the end of the week, I will do my own research for you and see what I can dig up.

Re: Chapter 2: Cataluña

Gabriella Opaz — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:49:22 -0000

Re: Chapter 2: Cataluña

RichardA — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:02:05 -0000

Gabriella:
Thanks for the interesting post. You obviously put a lot of time and effort into it. I did use this book to garner more info about some of the wineries I will be visiting in the fall. In the Cataluna area, I will be visiting 4 wineries. These include two in Penedes: Albet i Noya and
Pares Balta. And two in Priorato: Mas d’en Gil and Costers del Siurana.

Could you offer me any additional information about these wineries, that is not in Jeffs book, or on their websites?

Thanks.

Re: Chapter 2: Cataluña

RichardA — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:02:05 -0000

Gabriella:

Thanks for the interesting post. You obviously put a lot of time and effort into it. I did use this book to garner more info about some of the wineries I will be visiting in the fall. In the Cataluna area, I will be visiting 4 wineries. These include two in Penedes: Albet i Noya and

Pares Balta. And two in Priorato: Mas d’en Gil and Costers del Siurana.

Could you offer me any additional information about these wineries, that is not in Jeffs book, or on their websites?

Thanks.