Catalonia Spirits

The city of Barcelona boasts a rich aperitif culture, and so it is not surprising that the newest offering in that category, which some are calling the ultimate aperitivo or the Spanish alternative to Aperol, hails from there.... Read More

Casa Mariol is two things: it is one of Barcelona’s finest vermouth bars, and it is also the producer of one of Spain’s tastiest vermouths. The Mariol family has been in the wine business for more than a century, operating... Read More

Beginning in the 1850s, and up until the start of the Spanish Civil War, the town of Reus, on the country’s northeastern coast, was the center of the Catalan wine trade. Producers from Penedes, Priorat and Terra Alta would... Read More