Vall Llach News Today

30 years on from the Catalan region's modern renaissance, Jim Clarke catches up with the original Priorat “Gang of Five”

One of the world’s largest wine producers, Spain is well known for its red wines, with Tempranillo perhaps most often featured from Rioja and Ribera del Duero. ‘You think of Rioja when you think of Spain, or Ribera del Duero’ commented Sarah Jane Evans MW, Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair, during judging at the 2020 competition. ‘But we’re seeing brilliant wines from very different grape varieties, different producers – small producers rediscovering what their grandfathers had i...

Vall Llachs Cellar Roof Collapses Under Record Snow in Spain, Jeopardizing 3 Vintages of Wine Two feet of snow fell on Priorat; owners have not been able to enter the building and see what survived The roof of the historic building collapsed under the snow, destroying fermentation tanks and amphorae. (Courtesy Vall Llach) By ...

The Drinks Business 11 January 2021 By Rupert Millar The roof of Cellar Vall Llach, one of the leading wineries in Priorat, has collapsed due to heavy snows potentially destroying what remains of the 2018, 2019 and new 2020 vintages. Spain is currently experiencing very heavy snowfall right across the country including in Priorat and Terra Alta in Catalonia. Snowfall there has reached half a metre in depth in places and the buildings of the region are not designed to support...