Yes, Foodie Adventures are about cooking and eating, but there’re other things, too. In Catalonia, it was a visit to an organic pig farm
and a dairy farm where cows produce enough milk for more than a million cartons of yogurt to be produced each week.
A visit to a cheese maker required being covered with plastic garb so as not to contaminate the production area.
Seeing how some cheeses look during the ripening process makes you wonder how they can taste so good when finished.
You can bet this chocolate factory was a favorite stop. As we sampled, we were told that to get the full benefit of chocolate, it is best to let it melt in your mouth. Do you know what a challenge that is!
Here it was impossible to resist stocking up on tasty and beautifully packaged sweets.
No Foodie Adventure would be complete without visits to wineries where a little more is learned each time about the process of making wine.
It was fascinating to visit Freixenet, a huge and sophisticated operation that produces 90 million bottles each year.
While it is not always typical for wineries to export, that is not true here. Freixenet cavas and wines are sent to more than 140 countries across the globe. After seeing this facility, I have new appreciation for the black bottle cava I use for mimosas!
Whether in the U.S. or elsewhere, learning how what we eat and drink is produced and where it comes from is eye opening and has taught me not to take for granted what is on my table.
i so appreciate your visit and the comments you leave behind
Lulu's Musings 
wine and chocolate and cheese and I will be fine anywhere! Thanks for taking us along~
Jenna
You certainly have the most incredible food adventures…how great and fun to visit the farms and manufacturing plants of the area…Yes, we cannot take our food for granted…Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Mother’s Day!!!
What delights. I love the piggy! I find piggys so charming in their own way. We love touring the food production facilities in Europe. The passion for excellence and the pride is always so evident.
I’m overwhelmed with all the food. I think that I need to go eat, yet again! Thanks for taking us along. Cherry Kay
We enjoyed the tour through the Biltmore winery in Antler Village in Asheville, N.C. It was about 30 minutes long. The wine tasting at the winery was extensive, too. Since you mentioned you were heading to Asheville N.C.in the future I’m including this comment here. You really need to have a meal at the Sunset Terrace at the Grove Omni while in Ashville. I will be posting my photos of the evening Katie and I had there, too.
If money isn’t a huge issue it would be wonderful to stay at the Grove. Katie was paying for our road trip and we stayed at a place that was not up to par in our estimation…