While my family visited me in Barcelona, we decided to take a day trip to Torres Winery. The winery was about an hour drive from Barcelona and sat on top of a beautiful mountain, overlooking the entire city of Barcelona.
Upon arrival, we were sat in a movie room, where we were given a brief history of the Torres family. We were told that this brand was founded in 1870 and has been kept in the Torres family for generations.
We were then put on a golf cart and taken around the winery. The tour guide showed us different vineyards, explaining how different seasons bring about different types of wines.
After our tour around the winery, we were brought into one of the main buildings where the wine is made and they showed us the actual barrels used to make the wine.
Then, we were brought to a beautiful, glass room on top of this building. In the room, there were multiple tables with settings of one plate of cheese and 5 glasses- 4 for wine and 1 for water. Each glass was carefully filled with 4 different types of wines and the tour guide explained how the wine was made and which cheese should be tasted with each glass of wine.
Since I had never been to a winery before, this was a very unique experience for me. I learned a lot about how wine is made and how each season brings about a new flavor of grape. It was so interesting to see how this brand has been kept in the family for generations, with the same values now as it had in the beginning.
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