Wine-growers expect 2010 to be one of the best vintages in years
This August, managers of Cellers de Raïmat in Lleida start the grape harvest hoping that a slow ripening process will produce a truly excellent vintage
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The Lleida pear wants to improve its commercialisation
The Lleida pear is looking to stand out in Spain. The new company Top Quality Fruits has just been created from the joining together of 10 companies who will work together to promote the fruit.
The sweet fruit sector prioritises internationalisation
Local cooperatives and businesses in Catalonia are working together to improve production quality of fruit in order to commercialise in the Catalan market where most of the fruit consumed is imported from abroad.
President of Relais Chateaux says that Alguaire airport will be too small to handle winter tourism
Jaume Tàpies argues a new terminal must be built to handle those skiers who have used Toulouse airport up until now
The first wine produced from 100 year old vines has been released onto the market
The Slow Food association has released a red and a white wine produced from ancient vinyeards. The wines are produced with autochthonous varieties of grapes, which existed in the Lleida territories before the phylloxera plague in the late 19th century.
Lleida City Council bans burqa in municipal buildings
Lleida becomes the first city in Spain to prohibit full-face veils