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LaFou Els Amelers; best White Grenache from the DO Terra Alta
LaFou Els Amelers is acclaimed as the best White Grenache from the DO Terra Alta in a Wine Competition for DO Terra Alta 2019. The winery picked up this award on Friday, 1 November, during the Gandesa Wine Festival. The highlight of this festival was the DO Terra Alta Wine [...]
LaFou Celler presents El Sender 2017, Grenache in its purest state
LAFOU El Sender 2017 is launched; it is the seventh vintage of this wine and it is a true and pure reflection of the landscape of Terra Alta and the great richness of the Grenache variety par excellence. This wine shows an intense red colour. The aroma that dominates at [...]
LaFou in Hotels with DO
Once again, the guild of hotels - Gremi d'Hotels de Barcelona, INCAVI and the Catalan association of DOs (denominations of origin) organized an event called “Hotels with DO”. This event received the support of Barcelona’s School of Hotel Management, Riedel and the Catalan Tourism Board. This event took place from [...]
Master of Wine, Mr. Fernando Mora, chooses LaFou Els Amelers for a masterclass in Stockholm
On 16th September, Sweden celebrated “Grenache Day”. This occasion is aimed at promoting Spanish wines, as well as to highlight and present the Spanish wine sector as a modern and innovative one in which sustainability and adapting to the environment play an essential role. Grenache was the driving force behind [...]
Sentits Barcelona, an established wine distributor, organizes a Professional Seminar with restaurateurs at the LaFou Celler
"Harvest in Terra Alta with Ramon Roqueta at LaFou Celler". This is the name Sentits Barcelona gave to the Professional Seminar organized on 16 September at LaFou Celler. Guests took a tour of the vineyards, took part in the harvest, prepared the traditional dish - Clotxa Terraltina (a round loaf [...]
Gourmet Food and Wine Tasting in honour of the Harvest at LaFou Celler
LaFou Celler organises seasonal Gourmet Food and Wine tasting sessions and the last one was held in September during the heat of the harvest season. Guests were invited to tour the vineyards and to taste and savour LaFou Els Amelers and new unfiltered wines. Out in the vineyards, those who [...]
Gourmet Spring Tasting event at the LaFou Winery
On June 8, the LaFou Winery hosted a Spring Tasting event; “Degustació de Primavera”. Wine and vines were the stars of the show and it was here that the new LaFou Els Amelers vintage could be tasted in a pairing with seasonal dishes prepared by Miravall de Batea Restaurant. It [...]
LaFou Els Amelers is ranked as one of the top 15 whites in Spain to discover, according to the prestigious magazine Decanter
The prestigious wine magazine Decanter features LaFou Els Amelers 2017 in an article by Sarah Jane Evans MW - "Explore Spain's Undiscovered Wines" - and Decanter gives this wine 90 points, which is the highest rating a Terra Alta wine has ever been given in this magazine. A monovarietal White [...]
Natural wines … or not; the latest post in the winemaker’s blog
“Are the wines I've had to date artificial ones? “... “Why is there an interest in classifying a wine as "natural" if it isn’t?” ... "What about healthy wines?". Ramon Roqueta is Lafou’s owner and oenologist. In his third blog post, he invites us to contemplate natural wines. Link to [...]
Natural wines…or not
Just a few weeks ago I was invited to a debate on "natural" wines, a topic that is very fashionable at the moment, but also a controversial one. So, today we will talk about them. So, are the wines I've had to date artificial ones? No, not at all. In [...]
LaFou El Sender 2016 is awarded the Gold Medal at the Grenaches Du Monde International Contest 2019
Grenaches du Monde is an itinerary event which was held this year in its home of origin in the wine region of Roussillon (France). LaFou El Sender 2016 is a fresh red wine, with a seductive nobility and whose name comes from the word “path” (el sender), and more specifically [...]
LaFou wines are presented to professionals from the Costa Daurada and Barcelona
LaFou presented its wines to professionals from the hotel and catering industry at a congress held between March 11 and April 1. This event was organized by the Denomination of Origin Terra Alta on the Costa Daurada and in Barcelona respectively. This event provided wineries with an opportunity to showcase [...]
LaFou Els Amelers; gourmet recommendation
A local newspaper - Diari de Tarragona – featured LaFou Els Amelers among its gourmet recommendations on March 23.
LaFou Celler attends Comuvicat 2019
LaFou Celler attended the first edition of the Catalan Conference on Wine Communication (Comuvicat 2019). Ramon Roqueta, LaFou’s owner and oenologist, took part in a round table on "What we don’t talk about in the wine sector". During this talk, Ramon Roqueta put forward the need for a common and [...]
The LaFou Winery gets ready for its Winter Gastronomic Pairing event
On Saturday, March 2nd, the LaFou Winery will host its third seasonal pairing event “Cicle de Maridatges Gastronòmics de Temporada al Celler”. The winery launched this event in May last year to pair seasonal cuisine with its wines. In May, it began with a pairing of seasonal produce from spring. [...]
Decanter Magazine includes LaFou Els Amelers and LaFou de Batea among its 9 favorite wines from the Terra Alta region
In its March edition, the prestigious wine magazine Decanter once again rates LaFou wines in a special feature on the Terra Alta region: LaFou Els Amelers with 92 points and LaFou de Batea with 93 points. The author, Miquel Hudin, also includes them in a list of his 9 favourite [...]
The LaFou Winery appears in the programme Districte 21 on the TV channel- Canal 21 Tierras del Ebro
On February 14th last, the LaFou Winery, together with Tarroné de Batea Winery, was invited to take part in the programme Districte 21 (Canal 21 Tierras del Ebro) to present the winery and its wines. Joan Vaqué spoke on behalf of the LaFou Winery where he is the Wine Tourism [...]
“Spirit of Garnacha”; a new post in the oenologist’s blog
"It is not entirely correct to speak of native grape varieties " ... ", if you are asked where White Garnacha comes from, Terra Alta is your answer " says Ramon Roqueta, oenologist and owner of the LaFou Winery. These are just some thoughts on the Garnacha variety which feature [...]
The Spirit of Garnacha
With the blog underway, I can no longer delay talking about one of my favourite subjects: the Garnacha variety which, curiously enough, I "discovered" and fell in love with by studying in France, which is why I started the LaFou project in the Terra Alta region. Is Garnacha native to [...]
The LaFou Winery takes part in the XVI Gastronomic Event in honour of the Truffle which was held in the town of Morella
On February 8th last, at the Town Hall in Morella, LaFou wines were paired with dishes that were prepared in an exhibition of showcooking by the restaurant Vinatea de Morella. From 25 January to 10 March, the truffle which is considered a culinary "black diamond", will once again shine in [...]
The LaFou Winery hosts students from the Master’s Degree in the OIV
For the fourth consecutive year, the LaFou Winery hosted students taking the “International Diploma in Management of the Vine and Wine “(OIV MSc in Wine Management). This international diploma is aimed exclusively at future executives and management positions within the wine sector. During their trip to Catalonia at the end [...]
LaFou El Sender 2015 is one the world’s top 20 wines according to the prestigious wine magazine Decanter
LaFou El Sender 2015 has been included in a list of the world’s top 20 wines in the prestigious wine magazine Decanter. Throughout 2018, members of the magazine’s tasting team sampled and assessed a wide range of wines from around the world and classified them in different categories. LaFou El [...]
Excellent wines by LaFou according to the annual wine guide “Anuario de Vinos El País 2019”
The "Anuario de Vinos El País 2019" awarded our wines with 90 points and over: 92 points for LaFou de Batea 2015, 91 points for LaFou Els Amelers 2017 and 90 points for LaFou El Sender 2016.
LaFou Els Amelers Màgnum: greatness in a bottle
“Mi Vino” magazine (issue 241, December 2018) features LaFou Els Amelers Màgnum in its last tasting of the year which was dedicated exclusively to the format of magnum bottles. The magazine emphasizes the persistence of the wild nature of the White Grenache variety. Link to article
93 points for LaFou Els Amelers in the wine guide “Vivir El Vino 365 Vinos al Año 2019″ (365 wines for 2019)
LaFou Els Amelers 2017 obtained 93 points in the wine guide “Vivir El Vino 365 Vinos al Año 2019". This guide presents a collection of wines chosen by a team of experts after blindly tasting over 1,600 samples. The experts choose 365 wines they believe deserve to be included in [...]