The Hotel-Hostal Sport supports Catalan wines

Wine is one of the most important ambassadors of our land, our way of life and our identity. To remember it, today from the Hotel-Hostal Sport we want to give out an initiative of the new "Catalans Wines" platform, created to promote the wines produced in Catalonia.  

This platform, driven by the team of Catalonia Wine Guide and Toormix design studio has developed a manifesto in favour of Catalan wines; with 10 points explaining why choose our wines.

MANIFESTO FOR THE CATALAN WINES

1 - Because Catalonia is a land of great wines

Catalonia produces high quality wines which enjoyed great international recognition. It is time to discover at home this excellence and change the actual trend. 

2 - In the product range

In Catalonia annually produce more than 4.000 references to wine made from own and foreign varieties to make happy any consumer. With a wealth so vast, only ignorance can not find a Catalan wine for every occasion.

3 - It is a product of proximity

If we consume proximity wines (made and produced in a short distance from the point of consumption, our nearest environment) we do a more sustainable and responsible consumption.

4 - We strengthen the local economy

Consume Catalan wines contributes to the maintenance of local business, generate workplaces and creates wealth. Consume Catalan wines helps to mantain the economic fabric of our environment alive.

5 - We preserve the heritage agro-ecological

In Catalonia we have more than 20 indigenous grape varieties with which it has traditionally worked, plus a handful considerable foreign varieties. Grenache, xarel.lo, macabeo, samsó, picapoll, trepat ... A diverse heritage that is part of our culture and it is a very good letter of presentation to the world.

6 - Create a quality tourism model

The landscape of the wine areas has a great value. With the consumption of Catalan wines we give an economic value to the landscape, promote quality tourism and contribute to the viability of rural areas, while respecting the environment.

7 - It means more investment in research and innovation

With Catalan wine consumption, we contribute to promote research and innovation in the area of ​​the vineyard and wine of our country, and help to find new resources for the recovery of ancient vineyards and traditional varieties, often with a seriously endangered.

8 - The outside is not always better

If we analyse the expenses charged in the price of a wine we will see that, in a bottle of wine made close to home, you have to spend less money on transport, and distribution intermediaries, and can allocate more to processing. That's why Catalan wine will often be of better quality than a wine from outside similarly priced.

9 - As a matter of logic

Who would go to a restaurant in Bordeaux and would ask repeatedly a wine that was not there? If at home we have more than 12 denominations of origin, what sense does that only 30% of the consumption of wine is from wine of Catalonia and the rest from outside?

10 - We have much to gain and nothing to lose

With the collaboration of all we can make more protagonists the Catalan wines on our tables and enrich Catalonia at all levels.

If you want to know more about the platform "Catalan Wines" enter to  www.vinscatalans.com