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	Priorat - Spanish Wine Region - Wine Tours Priorat, Spain
		The remote, rocky hills of the Priorat wine region are the birthplace of intense, minerally reds that many wine writers and collectors consider to be Spain's most elite wines.
		Priorat's best wines are concentrated and full of character thanks to the very low yields produced by the region's harsh conditions.
		The capital and winemaking epicenter of Priorat is the capital, Falset.
	www.cellartours.com /spain/spanish-wine-regions/priorat.html (857 words)

	THE ESSENTIALS / Spain's Priorat region flexes its muscles
		Priorat's wines -- almost exclusively red, although there is an occasional white -- are blends made chiefly from indigenous Garnacha and Cariñena (Grenache and Carignan) grapes.
		Priorat has been a place for wine since monks cultivated grapes in the Middle Ages -- the region takes its name from the Spanish word for "priory." As recently as 1900, there were 40,000 acres -- about the same area under vine as in Napa or Sonoma counties.
		Priorat wines are intense and high in alcohol (regulations mandate a minimum 13.5 percent alcohol) because grapes ripen well -- sometimes too well -- under the Mediterranean sun.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/12/WIGNENFORO1.DTL (1876 words)

	Priorat: Spain's new Tuscany?, Leisure, Spain, Expatica
		It could have been in the dramatic mountains of Tuscany and in some ways the two are very similar, inhabited by that increasingly common breed, the 'cultural tourist', in search of history, beautiful countryside, great food and wine and an escape route from the hordes.
		Priorat still has a long way to catch-up with Tuscany, but already the tell-tale signs are there; at least two famous names are moving here; French actor Gerard Depardieu is rumoured to have snapped up a large portion of land, as has Juan Manuel Serrat, the nearest thing Spain has to Bob Dylan.
		Priorat still has a long way to catch-up with Tuscany, but already the tell-tale signs are there; at least two famous names are moving here; French actor Gerard Depardieu and Juan Manuel Serrat, the nearest thing Spain has to Bob Dylan.
	www.expatica.com /actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=85&story_id=22053 (957 words)

	Priorat Wine
		The Catalans call it Priorat, most others in Spain say Priorato - however you choose to pronounce it, it's easy to see it has been an up-and-coming region for Spain, sparking envy among collectors.
		This grape has lost favor in most parts of the world due to its rustic nature, but here in Priorat it's a welcome structural addition to the Garnacha based wines.
		The red wines of Priorat are based on Garnacha, and produce inky wine with intense fruit flavors of flberry and plums, not to mention a required minimum of 13.5% alcohol.
	www.wine.com /wineshop/product_list.asp?N=7155+109+124+9066&Ns=p_Gifted\|1 (438 words)

	Spotlight on Spain's Priorat wine region
		Priorat is now one of the most happening wine regions in Spain, but one which fairly recently gone through huge transition.
		Old-style Priorat had a reputation for being rough and massively alcoholic, but since the 1990s things have changed, and now the best wines from this region are some of Spain’s most sophisticated and sought-after reds.
		Not terribly promising raw material, perhaps, but old vines of these varieties evidently have the ability to express the Priorat terroir in profound ways.
	www.wineanorak.com /priorat.htm (987 words)

	Yowee! Priorat wine is great \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Priorat sank so low that, in the 1970 edition of Frank Schoonmaker's classic Encyclopedia of Wine, this is what he had to say about Priorato, as it was then known: "Sweet, full-bodied, red dessert wine.
		There's not a lot of Priorat — there are only about 65 producers who made about 320,000 cases in 2004; in the same year, just about 22,000 cases of Priorat were exported to the United States, according to the official Wines From Spain trade association.
		It's impossible to know which Priorat you will see, but they are consistent.
	www.azstarnet.com /allheadlines/111754 (823 words)

	LA VANGUARDIA DIGITAL - Priorat, molt més que vinyes i bon vi
		Priorat, molt més que vinyes i bon vi
		Les extensions de ceps que esquitxen el Priorat han influït la comarca en gairebé tots els aspectes.
		A l"est del Priorat, a pocs quilòmetres dels revolts enrevessats del coll de la Teixeta, hi ha Porrera.
	www.lavanguardia.es /premium/publica/publica?COMPID=51262785948&ID_PAGINA=22089&ID_FORMATO=9&PAGINACIO=1&SUBORDRE=3&TEXT= (1173 words)

	EnoPriorat - Enologia al Priorat
		Cellers de les dues denominacions d'origen del Priorat van participar el passat 10 de juny al 2n "Spanish Barrel Tasting" celebrat a Washington.
		Genium Celler (DOQ Priorat) va participar el passat 12 de juny a la fira "New Wines from Spain", al Palais des Colonies, Brussel·les.
		El Consell Comarcal del Priorat ja ha aprovat iniciar els expedients de contractació que permetran fer tres miradors a Porrera, Cabacés i el Molar per oferir la possibilitat de contemplar el territori Prioratí, especialment els paisatges del vi.
	www.enopriorat.com (406 words)

	Wine Spectator \| Articles \| Making Priorat a Priority
		The best examples of Spain's new exciting wines are coming from Priorat, a small region located 90 minutes southwest of Barcelona.
		Settled by monks who brought their Grenache (called Garnacha in Spain) vines with them in the 11th and 12th centuries, the area has a long history of winemaking.
		The group's members each agreed to purchase at least 7 acres of vineyard land, and they shared a common vinification facility for their first few vintages with the understanding that each would eventually build his own bodega.
	www.winespectator.com /Wine/Features/0,1197,878,00.html (1247 words)

	Folio Fine Wine Partners Launches Spanish Wines From Priorat and Montsant:, press release on WineCountry.com
		Born and raised in Priorat, Dominic Baigauret and her husband Francisco 'Paco' Castillo-Serrano purchased an old-vine vineyard outside the town of Porrera in 1998 and soon began producing their own wine.
		Both families have been making wine in the Priorat region for over five generations, and the Cellers Capafons-Osso wines from Priorat and Montsant were first introduced in Spain in the early 1990s.
		The Capafons-Osso top-tier wine from Priorat -- Mas de Masos -- is produced from their south-facing, centennial vineyard of the same name and is typically composed of a majority blend of Garnacha and Cabernet Sauvignon, with a small percentage of Carinena and Syrah.
	www.winecountry.com /business/pressrelease/2006/june/Folio_Spanish_Wines.html (1333 words)

	Wines from Priorat [Priorato]
		Regions >> Spain >>; Cataluna [Catalunya, Catalonia] >>; Priorat [Priorato]
		Priorat, one of Spain's most inspiring red wines, is made in an isolated DO zone in Catalonia inland from Tarragona.
		The region is dominated by co-operatives, but an increasing number of estates are making fine red wines.
	www.wine-searcher.com /regions/priorat+%5Bpriorato%5D/251 (219 words)

	:: Aguiló Vinateria :: Vins, olis i productes del Priorat
		Aqui podeu trobar els millors vins i olis verges extra que es produeixen a la comarca del Priorat.
		Els millors vins a copes, en un establiment únic i especialitzat situat al centre de Falset (Priorat).
		- UN CELLER DE LA DOQ PRIORAT I DE LA DO MONTSANT...
	www.aguilo-prioratwines.com (228 words)

	:: Aguiló Vinateria :: Vinos, aceites y productos del Priorat
		Aqui podeis comprar los mejores vinos y aceites extra que se producen en la comarca del Priorat.
		Los mejores vinos a copas, en un establecimiento único y especializado situado en el municipio de Falset (Priorat).
		La denominación de origen Priorat celebró ayer en Tokio su...(+)
	www.aguilo-prioratwines.com /es (209 words)

	Not Just Rioja: Wines from the Spanish region of Priorat are the new cult find - CHOW
		The name Priorat comes from the Spanish word for “priory,” as it was monks who settled in the southern part of Catalonia, just west of Barcelona, 800 years ago after a young shepherd had a vision of angels descending on a heavenly ladder (the scala dei after which the monastery was named).
		I visited the area two years ago, and though Priorat is just a couple of hours from Barcelona, when I drove over the low mountain range and down into the quiet valley, I felt as if I were going back in time.
		Priorat went from being near-worthless plonk to a Spanish cult wine in the span of a few years.
	www.chow.com /stories/10431 (1093 words)

	Geology \| EnoPriorat - Enologia al Priorat
		On the one hand the Priorat is formed by calcareous soil.
		It is easily found in the outside ports of the area and in the flat lands in the “Baix Priorat”.
		Finally, the Priorat is also formed by granitic soil, specially in Falset and Marçà.
	www.enopriorat.com /ca/geology (133 words)

	Priorat - Spanien - Vinens ABC - VinForum
		Egentlig er Priorat ikke et område, der er særlig egnet til almindelig vindyrkning, da området består af stejle og ufremkommelige skråninger og bjerge, der er meget svære at dyrke.
		Op gennem 90'erne blev Priorat kendt som Spaniens kultdistrikt nr.
		Det er dyrt at producere vin i Priorat, udbyttet er lavt og den samlede mængde lille - derfor vil vinene altid have en relativ høj pris.
	www.vinforum.dk /vinensabc/spanien/priorat.shtml (403 words)

	The Wine News Magazine - Old Tarragona's powerful new-age reds
		In Priorat, with its potential for producing big, ripe, high-alcohol, terroir-driven wines, this talented cast of winemakers found nirvana in an era when power, extraction and new oak were gaining cachet.
		In Priorat, the hillsides are often precipitously steep, so most are terraced (some terraces date to the Roman occupation) and covered with shards or even finer pieces of slate, which are scattered across the landscape like the broken remnants of a primeval world.
		The maximum allowable yield according to Priorat DOC rules is about 2.7 tons of grapes per acre, but among the best producers, yields are often as low as two to four pounds per plant because of sparsely producing old vines.
	www.thewinenews.com /febmar05/cover.asp (5809 words)

	WINE PLEASURES. Wine Tasting Tours.
		Although wines in the Priorat have been produced for centuries, it is only recently, in the past decade or so, that these have taken a quantitative leap in quality that now puts them on the forefront of Spanish wines.
		One of the advantages of the Priorat region is its temperate and dry climate with hardly any rain whatsoever during the summer months.
		The geographical factor which affects both the price and taste of these wines is the fact that most vines are on steep slopes of slate of volcanic origin which confer a mineral character to the wines, and also preclude large automation of the picking process, thus making it a very manual affair.
	www.winepleasures.com /info/priorat.shtml (542 words)

	Stars and Stripes: Spain's Priorat region earns world acclain for its wine (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Priorat recuperated to some extent from the blow, but it satisfied itself with making mass-market wines and did not get a reputation for quality until the 1990s.
		The Priorat comarca, or county, is actually divided into two D.O.s, or denominación de orígenes: the more-renowned Priorat, which is a small knot in the center of the region; and the brand-new Montsant, created just a year ago, which forms a ring around its famous neighbor.
		Priorat owes its name to the monastery; the leader of the monastery, called a prior, ruled over his territory (his priorato) with absolute control.
	www.stripes.com /article.asp?section=103&article=14891&archive=true (1588 words)

	Wine Review Online - Two Views of Priorat
		I was fortunate enough to spend several days in Priorat in July, tasting and talking and gawking at the landscape, and can give you examples of two spots from which the realities of the region really hit home.
		If you want to learn how Priorat can produce wines with density and power rivaling those of the world's most famous estates, take a look from anywhere near the top of the phenomenally steep L'Ermita vineyard from which Alvaro Palacios conjures the celebrated wine bearing the site's name.
		By contrast, the name of the town nearest to the L'Eermita vineyard, Gratallops, literally means, "where the wolves are howling," in reference to the harshness of conditions in Priorat.
	www.winereviewonline.com /franz_on_priorat_06.cfm (1570 words)

	Observer \| Priorat treasure
		If you'd wandered through these hills in the late 1980s, the local growers would have bitten your arm off in their eagerness to sell you a vineyard, such was the poverty of the area.
		Fast forward 15 years and Priorat is arguably the most fashionable region in Spain, with the price tags to prove it.
		The critics may have got that one wrong, but they helped to launch Priorat, or rather relaunch it, since Priorat's wines were famous in the 19th century.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4873754-110648,00.html (788 words)

	Priorat Natur (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Priorat Natur was established to re-instate the traditional production and preservation methods of the Priorat region that have been lost over the years.
		Their company is based on the history of the region, not only to rediscover a way of life that is in harmony with the environment, but to bring this history to others through their high quality products.
		A year later Priorat Natur was born, and now they produce about 18,000 bottles of olive oil (9000 liters) and 28000 kilos of Arbequina olives annually.
	www.psimports.net /Manufacturers/PNatur.html (222 words)

	English
		The Priorat is somewhat of a rough area.
		Not all of the hiking trails have signposts everywhere, some do not have signposts at all and you better have a compass with you to explore the home of numerous animals such as eagle and raven, wild boar and fox, partridge and bat.
		The Priorat was struck hard and a rural exodus, that lasted until recently, set in.
	www.priorat-torroja.de /PRIORA_1/priora_1.htm (3126 words)

	Wine of the Week, 7/04/05: 2001 Fra Fulco Priorat
		The Priorat D.O. region in Spain exists as something of a winemaking dichotomy because an ancient winemaking tradition that dates back to the Romans co-exists with very modern developments; taken together, one is presented with the vital and thriving winemaking scene that exists today.
		Located about an hour west of Barcelona, Priorat is situated in the Tarragona province, surrounded by the Montsant D.O., which almost completely encircles it to the north, west and south, and the Tarragona D.O. to the east.
		In general, Priorat’s climate is warm and dry (average annual temperature is 15° C, average rainfall is 600 mm/year, average sunshine is 2,600 hours/year) moderated by a cooling influence of altitude (100 to 900 meters in elevation).
	www.pjwine.com /html/wow_05_07_04.html (995 words)

	World/Catal%c3%a0/Regional/Catalunya/Tarragona/Priorat Directory by Topdownloads (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Centre d'Estudis del Priorat (CEP) - Centre cultural que pretén fer un recull del material històric sobre la comarca (fotos antigues, documentació, llibres, treballs o cançons).
		Consell Comarcal del Priorat - Situació, història, poblacions, visita virtual, agenda, consultes i altres informacions sobre la comarca.
		El Priorat - El món del vi, de l'oli, les cooperatives i bodegues, la gastronomia, allotjament i enllaços relatius a la comarca.
	www.pigeons.net /directory/show.php?/World/Catal%c3%a0/Regional/Catalunya/Tarragona/Priorat (391 words)

	Trip to Priorat (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Xavi, our guide and the owner of Priorat Natur decided that it was important for us to understand Priorat, its beauty, history and unique characteristics, before we could begin to understand the treasures that Priorat Natur has to offer.
		Priorat, made up of small valleys located 400 meters above sea level and protected by mountains ranging from 700-1100 meters, is a unique land known for its exceptional products with a quality not matched anywhere else in the world.
		The same holds true for all Priorat Natur products: arbequina, aragonesa “broken”, and empeltre olives all hand selected and cured in water, salt and herbs from 3-12 months; roasted and carmelized nuts made by hand in small batches; and jams and marmalades with all natural ingredients and beautiful packaging.
	www.psimports.net /MainFramePages/Articles/PrioratTrip.html (888 words)

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