4. History of Wine
The first crops of wine
took place in the Age
of Bronze. The
vineyards have been
extended thanks to
their adaptive
features, nowadays
grapes are the most
collected fruit in the
world.
6. The wineries in Empordà:
A growing industry
*People from the
regions of Upper and
Lower Empordà have
been involved in
wine making for
centuries. Nowadays,
this industry is
becoming well-know
internationally.
7. Important wineries: DO Empordà
Empordàlia
Produces high quality wine
and oil from local crops. Its
famous wines are: Sinols
and Empordàlia
Carretera de Roses s/n – 17494 Pau (Girona)
Vinyeta
The Vinyeta is another winerie
of growing popularity. It
produces good quality olive oil
and wine. Its famous wines
are: Heus, Sols and Llavors.
Carretera de Mollet - 17491 Mollet Peralada
8. Cooperative
Garriguella
Wineries equipped to
produce 1,800,000 kg
of grapes. Its famous
wine are: Dolç
Garisena and Puntills.
Carretera de Roses s/n – 17780 Garriguella (Girona)
Celler Arche Pages
The harvesting is
made in small boxes of
12 kg. The grapes
reach the winery
intact and healthy. Its
famous wine are:
Cartasieus and Satirs.
C/ Sant Climent 31 – 17750 Capmany (Girona)
10. “Suquet de peix”
„‟Suquet de peix‟‟: has its roots in the
fishing villages on the Catalan coast, where
fishermen, once the job was finished, cooked a
simple meal that used the fish that had been damaged during the
day's catch.
Ingredients:
2 pieces of fish ½ litter of fish stock
1 onion Pepper
1 or 2 tomatoes 2 potatoes
salt “picada”
Elaboration: first fry the onion, the pepper and the tomatoes.
Once you have it fried put the fish stock on it. Then boil it a few
minutes and add the potatoes sliced. Then salt the fish. Once the
potatoes are quite done, add the fish . Let it cook and finally put
the “picada” and salt.
11. “Torrades amb escalivada
i anxoves”
Ingredients:
Bread slices Olive oil
Red pepper “escalivat” Anchovies
Eggplant Salt
Elaboration:
First we toast the bread, then
we put cooked eggplant and red
pepper strips and some
anchovies over the bread. Finally
we add a dash of olive oil.
12. Campaing:
Apple fair Oilve oil fair Anchovy fair
Armentera Ventalló Escala
11th of October. 29th of September 12th of July.
It promotes the apples, It promotes the virgin It promotes the
apple juice and apple olive oil and the anchovy from l‟Escala
cake. olives.
The children make apple People sell different The fishermen sell
cakes, apple draws, play virgin oil olives of more anchovies and
games and they ride Catalonia. They sell different types o fish.
horses. People sell crafts and some It is a very popular
different types of food, olives. event in the area and
apples and apple juice. it attracts a lot of
people every year.
13. Campaings:
Fire of chestnut Fire of “bunyols” Fire of prawns
Viladrau Figueres Palamós
At Easter 17th of May Around April, May and
July
It promotes the It promotes the It promotes shrimp
chestnut. „bunyols‟
People eat chestnuts, People sell „bunyols‟, The fishermen and
they sell different make „bunyols‟ in professionals sell
products made out of some workshops and different types of
chestnut: chairs, toys they participate in prawns from Palamós..
and decoration items. different contests. Different restaurants
in the area offer a
special menu with
prawns-
