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Penedès (Catalan pronunciation: [pənəˈðɛs]) is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) (Denominació d'Origen Protegida in Catalan) for wines in Catalonia, . Penedès DOP includes all of the Penedès region and municipalities of four other counties : Anoia , Alt Camp , Baix Llobregat and Tarragonès .
Raventós i Blanc is a Catalan winery and family business founded in 1497 in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Penedès, Catalonia, Spain, [1] a wine region known for Cava sparkling wine. The estate of the Raventós family covers about 90 hectares of vineyards and woodlands. The winery produces natural wine. [2] Pepe Raventós is the twenty-first ...
The wine region classification in Spain takes a quite complex hierarchical form in which the denominación de origen protegida is a mainstream grading, equivalent to the French AOC and the Italian DOC. As of 2019, Spain has 138 identifiable wine regions under some form of geographical classification (2 DOCa/DOQ, 68 DO, 7 VC, 19 VP, and 42 VT).
Torres is the family winery with the most extensive vineyards in the Denomination of Origin (DO) of Penedès [1] and the largest winery in Spain. [2] They also run the Miguel Torres Chile winery in the Chilean Central Valley, and in the United States where in 1986 Marimar Torres founded Marimar Estate.
The Central Penedès is located in a broad valley about 1,600 ft (490 m) above sea level and centered on the regional capital of Vilafranca del Penedès, the largest winery there being Bodegas Torres. The nearby town of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia provides another focal point for the area, being the acknowledged center of Spanish Cava production.
Years later, in 1872, Josep Raventós produced cava for the first time in Spain using the “traditional method” and established a completely new industry in the Alt Penedès region. The Codorníu cellars at Sant Sadurní d'Anoia were built on the orders of Manuel Raventós between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century ...
They also run the Miguel Torres Chile winery in the Chilean Central Valley, and in the U.S. where in 1986 Marimar Torres founded Marimar Estate. In Spain outside of the Torres family's native Penedès region, they own vineyards in DO Conca de Barberà, DO Toro, DO Jumilla, DO Ribera del Duero, DOQ Priorat and most recently in DOC Rioja - in the ...
Subirats (Catalan pronunciation: [suβiˈɾats]) is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Penedès, Catalonia, Spain. It is a lightly populated wine-producing area. It is a lightly populated wine-producing area.