Catalunya

Free for all Wine educator and communicator Nika S hevela writes this entry to our 2025 wine writing competition about the Catalan grape...

Free for all A look at a dozen rather smart wine families who have decided that co-operation is better than competition. A shorter...

Don't quote me Spain, Languedoc, Roanne, Burgundy, Paris and London this month. My father would have been 100 this month. He used to...

Nick on restaurants Parisian and Catalan meals enjoyed and described, including a useful recommendation for travellers. Above, morning view from the Hotel Empordà...

Tasting articles A new group of vineyard-focused producers* are redefining Penedès wines, from sparkling through reds. In Spain’s Penedès region, many diverse...

Tasting articles Jancis and Florencia (seen bottom left above) try to get to grips with nearly 500 new-wave Spanish wines. Jancis's laptop...

Wines of the week A bright, refreshing Garnacha from Catalunya, Spain, f rom just €8.60, £15.53, or $176.76 per dozen. Ever since going there...

Tasting articles Exceptional white wines at exceptional prices from a place filled with history. Above, Garnacha Blanca vines share space with other...

Tasting articles Ferran doesn't have to travel far to leave his comfort zone. I have long had a concern as a wine...

Wines of the week A superb-value organically grown white wine from high-elevation vineyards in Spanish Cataluña. From €7.50, £11.50, $13.98 Find this wine I...

Wines of the week A familiar brand from an unfamiliar terroir creates a modern classic. From £22, 550 rand, HK$235, €29.90, 5,720 Japanese yen...

Nick on restaurants …especially since some of the best have such a long history. Our dinner at Rafa’s on the Carrer de Sant...

Nick on restaurants Quite apart from the famous Can Roca, this Catalan city has much to offer the hungry and thirsty. The River...

Free for all In this submission to our 2022 writing competition, Josie Phillips describes the Torres family's innovations in the field of regenerative...

Tasting articles Ferran explores a wine that once cost more than champagne. According to David Martínez, sommelier and professor at the Sitges...

Wines of the week A seaside organic fizz at a bargain price made by the Pujol-Busquets family above. From €10.29, HK$129, 17.20 Swiss francs...