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Girona Trade Fair 2016
La Brava at the Girona Trade Fair

This week La Brava Beer SL will be present at the Girona Trade Fair, the province’s largest commercial and industrial event of the year. The business platform offers brands a chance to show the region’s latest wares and services to buyers and the curious. In...

El grup Port-Bo a la Cantada d'Havaneres de Calella (1978). Imatge cedida pel centre de documentació de la Fundació Ernest Morató. Col·lecció Carme Morató
My Grandfather Didn’t Go to Cuba

Havaneres come from Havana, don’t they? Well, no. Or rather, yes, but no. All traditions are to a greater or lesser extent social constructions, idealised recreations of the past we think existed, and the havanera is no exception. As writer and pedagogue Joan Soler i...

La Brava Recipes #1: Octopus à La Brava

An easy, original and closer-to-home alternative to the classic Galician-style (or ‘á feira’) octopus. In fact, as well as the Atlantic and Cantabrian coasts, the Mediterranean is the main breeding ground for this valued cephalopod in Europe. On the Costa Brava, one of the most...

Fishing in Catalonia: A Declining Industry

When you’re out sailing on the sea or sunbathing on the beach, have you ever wondered whether fishing is done there? Have you ever reflected on how important fishing is to the local economy or way of life as you see the trawlers returning to...