Tuesday once we said farewell to Nathan, Jeff, Marshal, and John at the train station we filled our afternoon with real life things like grocery shopping and laundry. My focus needed to shift from having fun with friends to writing and preparing to lead our Writer's Group on Friday. I had put a plan together… Continue reading Best laid plans
The joys of living in wine country...surrounded by vineyards meant another Saturday of wine tasting. Well, actually Cava tasting. Yesterday we wandered up to the castle on the opposite hill from us for the 2nd Gran Reserva Cava event. Our neighbors Kim and Virginia joined us as they did for the Gran Reserva Cava event… Continue reading Gran Reserva Take Two
Friday night as we were settling in for the evening we received a phone call from our friend Joan (La Posada, Les Piques). He asked if we were at home and said he would be here in 7 minutes. Hmm. Okay. Well, he was stopping by to give us four discounted tickets for the Gran… Continue reading Gran Reserva – a day out
Grapes. Glorious grapes. I'm so glad that we arrived here in Spring so that we could experience the whole grape growing season. Not all grapes will make it to their destiny. Some are sacrificed for the health of the others. Most do make the cut. I like to think that they grow knowing their… Continue reading Grapes. Glorious grapes.
Last September when we were here on vacation our friend Xavi took us to meet his friends at Raventós i Blanc, a winery in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia. Shortly after arriving we climbed into an old Land Rover with five or six other people. The others we would learn later were all wine buyers or restaurant… Continue reading A day with Raventós i Blanc
The Winery Woman 