It all began with wine. In 1989, a group of wine connoisseurs visited the Priorat, an impoverished, mountainous rural area inland from Tarragona, in the Spanish province of Catalonia. They had heard of the region’s unique conditions for growing grapes, although the wine being produced was unrefined and usually sold in canisters rather than bottles. [...]
I am a HUGE fan of Priorats. It really is my favorite wine. When I see one I haven’t tried before I typically buy it and I’m always looking for it on retaurant wine menus. Priorat is a Spanish wine and just like French wines, Spanish wines are named after the region not the grape. [...]
Priorats are fabulous red wines from Spain, close to Barcelona. Since I discovered them a couple of years ago, I have only had 1 bad one. I love them so much that alot of people buy Priorats as presents for me – they know they can’t go wrong with that for me. This particular wine [...]
Priorat, a spanish red wine which seems to be little known but growing in popularity is most definitely my favorite wine varietal. I’ve built a pretty sizeable collection since I first tried it about 2 years ago. That first glass just blew me away and now I pretty much can’t resist buying a priorat if [...]
Sunday afternoon, watching football. Not my team the Jets since they play monday night against Miami (GO JETS!), sipping wine. I bought 6 bottles based on a 94-97 point rating from jay Miller at The Wine Advocate. This is the first bottle I’ve opened. The wine itself is 80% shiraz and 20% cabernet sauvignon and [...]
