Grapevine adopters’ wine tour in Priorat

07 Aug Grapevine adopters’ wine tour in Priorat

Today, we’re with Y.T. and X. taking a vine-and-wine tour with us in Gratallops, DOQ Priorat. They adopted a few grapevines with theDevinssi Winery, and today they’re picking up their bottles and enjoying this area.

Y.T. A relative of ours gave it to us at a family celebration. She told us she had a very special gift for the two of us and pulled out a vine adopter certificate. It said there were some grapevines in Priorat that we were “in charge of”.

What happened then?

X. Well, every month, we’ve been receiving a newsletter featuring pictures of our plants with some details from the winery’s life… The relative who arranged for this gift suggested that we should visit the vineyard and the winery ourselves and pick up the wine. The pictures of the Priorat scenery we received through newsletters and we saw online were so luring. And here we are.

What are your impressions of Priorat?

Y.T. Peace and quiet. A complete shift from a large city like where we live. There’s no noise or rush. The landscape is very beautiful. We were surprised to learn that nearly everything was done by hand in your winery. And the winery itself is very small and snug.

So, today you tasted the wines. Any impressions?

X. Very powerful and colourful ones. “Il·lia” 2007 is a very fine wine, with a long palate. “Cupatge” 2009 impresses by its fruitiness. What we liked a lot was “Mas de les Valls” 2008, with its nice black fruit and mineral flavours.Y.T. And we’re taking home the long-awaited case of wines.

Such formulas allow end consumers get and keep in touch with the local farmer. People take upguardianship of cows to have milk, cheese or other dairy goods; fruit trees to have fresh transportable produce e.g. oranges; olive trees to relish with a gush of “their own”extra virgin olive oil; barrels of Rioja wine to have a regular supply for their lunch… And what not!

Oftentimes, adoption formulas feature an invitation to visit the region of origin, to delve into rural, gastronomic and wine-growing setting. You might like to walk through the pasture to meet your cow, to participate in the harvest to pick your olives, fruit, grapes, nuts, etc., or just to take a wine tour.

At the Devinssi Winery, grapevine adoption formulas include some bottles of our DOQ Priorat wine. Whether you

want to have them delivered immediately or you think you could come over to pick them up, all power to you. In formulas A and B, a wine tour to Priorat for two is included. And thewine tour consists of visiting the adopted vineyard, getting to know our artisanal winery and tasting our handcraft wines.