TOLOSA PLANET, LLUIS / FRANCAS MARTORELL
Today, Catalan wine is better than ever. This is not an impassionedexaggerationbut a tangible fact.As geographer Joan Nogué would say, the Catalan winegrowing landscapeis impregnated with social, cultural, historical, aesthetic and, even, spiritual, values. Catalan wines are now a focus for those who wantto drink a landscape and help strengthen the often undervalued linksto working the land, the real everyday heroes, the farmers workingpoor soils, those ? according to Pla - real creators of landscapes.This book plants a much needed, valuable, and attractive seed ofcommunication. Each page represents part of an ancient, honest andhardworking whole: an outstanding sea of vines. This is a book thatdrinks in delicious snippets from illustrious members of our country's gastronomic culture, bringing together the land and the people. It is a toast to the senses, sharing the passion, wisdom and good taste ofCatalan wines throughout all the denominations of origin andrepresenting wine agriculture, economic vitality and people's liveslaid out in bottles.