Laura Abulí, Paula Barrau, Laura Corbatón,

Joana García i Núria Rodríguez

Glossary-Wine: vi

-Wineries: celler

-Grape: raïm

-Vineyards: vinya

-Fishermen: pescadors

-Features: característiques

-Extended: estès

-Match: relacionar

-Chestnut: castanya

-Prawns: gambes

-Crafts: artesania

-Promote: promoure

-Harvesting: collita

-Healthy: salut

-Campaing: campanya

-Produce: produir

-Grow: créixer

-Boil: bullir

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.

History of Wine

Types of grape:

*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.

The wineries in Empordà:

A growing industry

Important wineries: DO Empordà

Empordàlia

Produces high quality wine

and oil from local crops. Its

famous wines are: Sinols

and Empordàlia

The Vinyeta is another winerie

of growing popularity. It

produces good quality olive oil

and wine. Its famous wines

are: Heus, Sols and Llavors.

Vinyeta

Carretera de Roses s/n – 17494 Pau (Girona)

Carretera de Mollet - 17491 Mollet Peralada

Wineries equipped to

produce 1,800,000 kg

of grapes. Its famous

wine are: Dolç

Garisena and Puntills.

Cooperative

Garriguella

Carretera de Roses s/n – 17780 Garriguella (Girona)

Celler Arche Pages

C/ Sant Climent 31 – 17750 Capmany (Girona)

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.

Type of

wine:

„‟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:

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.

“Suquet de peix”

2 pieces of fish ½ litter of fish stock

1 onion Pepper

1 or 2 tomatoes 2 potatoes

salt “picada”

“Torrades amb escalivada

i anxoves”

Bread slices Olive oil

Red pepper “escalivat” Anchovies

Eggplant Salt

Ingredients:

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.

Campaing:

Apple fair Oilve oil fair Anchovy fair

Armentera Ventalló Escala

11th of October. 29th of September 12th of July.

It promotes the apples,

apple juice and apple

cake.

It promotes the virgin

olive oil and the

olives.

It promotes the

anchovy from l‟Escala

The children make apple

cakes, apple draws, play

games and they ride

horses. People sell

different types of food,

apples and apple juice.

People sell different

virgin oil olives of

Catalonia. They sell

crafts and some

olives.

The fishermen sell

more anchovies and

different types o fish.

It is a very popular

event in the area and

it attracts a lot of

people every year.

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

chestnut.

It promotes the

„bunyols‟

It promotes shrimp

People eat chestnuts,

they sell different

products made out of

chestnut: chairs, toys

and decoration items.

People sell „bunyols‟,

make „bunyols‟ in

some workshops and

they participate in

different contests.

The fishermen and

professionals sell

different types of

prawns from Palamós..

Different restaurants

in the area offer a

special menu with

prawns-

Campaings: