Tag: Spain

DOES CATALONIA’S INDEPENDENCE AFFECT THE WINE INDUSTRY IN DO MONTSANT?: My latest piece for The Alcohol Professor

Disclosure: The author was invited to a paid press trip to DO Montsant in Spain. The contents of this article were not influenced by DO Montsant. Though it has been just over 6 months since the symbolic Catalan declaration of independence from…

Going Whichever Way the Wind Blows: The Effect of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) on Cava Quality

Is it possible to predict the quality of a wine, for example Cava (Spanish sparkling wine) just by using meteorological data?  Could you predict if a particular Cava would be good quality or poor quality just by knowing certain atmospheric…