Club Torres

Basic level

1. Wine. Why we like it.

When did people start drinking wine? Why? And above all, who is Marc?

2. Winemaking. The key steps of the process.

It seems easy, but the winemaking process requires lots of decisions and dedication.

3. Choosing wine. How to always get it right.

You have to buy a bottle of wine and you don’t know where to start? Here’s a few basic tips.

4. The staging. How to serve wine.

When serving it’s a good idea to pay attention to detail so that wine can be enjoyed even more.

5. Wine tasting. Look, smell, taste.

What steps should be taken? What information can be obtained whilst tasting?

Intermediate Level

6. Conservation. Find the right place.

Light location, temperature, humidity ... Here are the keys to keeping your wine.

7. Matching. Create ideal pairings

Some things fit together better than others. Of course, you'll have to try to understand!

8. The Denomination of Origin. Tell me where you’re from...

Wines come from many parts of the world. How can we know about their quality and origin?

9. The grape. A variety, a personality.

Each grape variety has unique characteristics that are conferred on each wine. Do you know what they are?

10. The false myths of wine. Everything you thought you knew.

In the world of wine there are certain things that are not true. We will dismantle them all!

Advanced Level

11. History. How it all began.

From Greek mythology to the present day. How has wine evolved? 

12. Viticulture. There is no place for chance.

From preparing the vine until the harvest, the winegrower’s labor is difficult and delicate.

13. Ageing. The role of wood.

Wood leaves an impression on wine’s personality forever. Do you know why?

14. Advanced wine tasting. Wine talks to you.

Wood leaves an impression on wine’s personality forever. Do you know why?

15. Wine vocabulary. Speak like an expert.

Mauricio Wiesenthal explains some of the most interesting wine terms.

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Conditions and Terms of Use.
Legal Notice. www.clubtorres.com

Ownership of the website

Company name: MIGUEL TORRES, S.A.
Physical address: c/ Miguel Torres, 6 · 08720 Vilafranca del Penedés, Barcelona
Contact email: info@clubtorres.com
Tax code (CIF): ES-A08933251
Domain entered in the Company Register: Entered in the Company Register of Barcelona

General Conditions of Use and Acceptance thereof

These general conditions for using the website, together with any particular conditions that may be established, aim to regulate and inform users of the services provided by TORRES and regulate the use of the website.

Surfing the website and using its services suppose the acceptance, as user and without reservation of any kind, of all general conditions of use, of any general contractual conditions, if applicable, and any other conditions that may exist regarding the provision of TORRES services.

At any time and without prior warning, TORRES may modify these general conditions and the particular conditions included by means of publishing the aforementioned modifications on the website so that they may previously be known by users. Any change occurring in these conditions will be communicated on the main page of the website for a period of time understood as reasonable.

GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR USING THE WEBSITE

1. Personal Data Protection Policy

1.1. Information and purpose

Sending forms containing personal data

The total or partial response to forms on the website is totally voluntary and failure to respond has no consequences. Pursuant to that provided for in Organic Law 15/1999 on the Protection of Personal Data (LOPD in Spanish), the data provided by you will be included in a file belonging to MIGUEL TORRES, S.A., duly notified to the Register of the Spanish Data Protection Agency, whose purpose will be that specified on the form itself in each case. In the case of the following forms: registration with Club Torres and My Profile, the data provided by users is passed on to other companies in the TORRES group, in all cases respecting the will of the users and in strict compliance with the LOPD and its rules of implementation, all the security measures having been adopted that are necessary and required by Royal Decree 1720/2007 to guarantee the confidentiality and security of the data supplied.

In any case you have the right to access, rectify, cancel or oppose the processing of your data, which you may exercise by means of a request sent to MIGUEL TORRES, S.A. at C/ Miguel Torres 6, 08720 Vilafranca del Penedès (Barcelona), specifying the reference "Data Protection", or to the email address: info@clubtorres.com.

1.2. User consent and the sending of commercial communications by electronic means (art. 22 Act 34/2002 on Services of the Information Society and e-Trade):

TORRES may send commercial communications by any medium, fully respecting the current data protection legislation.

For commercial communications carried out via email and equivalent media, pursuant to that provided for in Act 34/2002, of 11 July, on Services of the Information Society and e-Trade, the user's consent will be duly obtained at the time of gathering the corresponding data.

Should you wish to oppose the sending of communications via electronic means, you may exercise your right to oppose at the time your data is gathered by means of the box activated "ad hoc" on the form itself.

Similarly, should you wish, at any time, to withdraw this consent to receive publicity or promotional information via email, to this end it will be sufficient to notify TORRES by sending a message to the following email address: info@clubtorres.com, clearly indicating that YOU DO NOT WISH TO RECEIVE COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS BY EMAIL.

1.3. Security measures: TORRES declares that it has adopted the security measures that are necessary and in line with that established in Royal Decree 1720/2007, of 21 December, approving the Regulation implementing Organic Law 15/1999, of 13 December, on personal data protection, and has established all the technical means within its powers in order to avoid the loss, misuse, alteration, unauthorised access or theft of the data you provide to TORRES, without prejudice to that established in the section “Responsibility of TORRES”.

1.4. Passing on data:

TORRES does not pass on data to third parties except to other companies in the TORRES group and for the purposes specified in each case on the forms and corresponding clauses.

2. Copyright. Hyperlink policy

2.1. All content included on the website, and in particular the brands, trade names, industrial designs, designs, texts, photographs, diagrams, logos, icons, software and any other signs susceptible to industrial and commercial use, are protected by the copyright of TORRES or that of the third parties that own these signs and have authorised their inclusion on the website. It is therefore prohibited to use and/or reproduce these signs in any way without the specific consent of TORRES via any medium including the internet (domain names, social networks, blogs, etc)

2.2. TORRES will not be liable for any violation of copyright of third parties resulting from the inclusion on the website of brands, commercial names, industrial designs, patents, designs, texts, photographs, diagrams, logos, icons or software belonging to third parties that may have declared that they own these signs on including them on the website. Neither is it liable for the opinions or comments made by users in blogs or social networks without prejudice to the actions it may carry out to eliminate these opinions and comments when they are against the law.

2.3. TORRES may use the content provided by users (photographs, videos, etc.) in a reasonable manner and strictly respecting copyright.

2.4. In no case will it be understood that access and surfing by the user implies authorisation or that these rights have been waived, passed on or totally or partially assigned nor any right nor expectation of right granted and, specifically, of the alteration, transformation, exploitation, reproduction, distribution or public communication of this content without prior, specific authorisation from TORRES or from the corresponding owners.

2.5. TORRES authorises the establishment of links to its portal from any other website.

The links established must always be made to the CLUB TORRES home page or, if applicable, to the page established by TORRES itself, this link being absolute and complete so that it takes users to the CLUB TORRES site which must completely cover the whole screen of the home page.

2.6. TORRES will not be liable for the content of the destination websites established via links on the website nor for any violation of the rights of third parties that might be incurred by these websites.

3. Responsibility of TORRES

Users recognise and accept that the website and its services are used under their entire responsibility.

In those sections of the website where users can provide content, TORRES reserves the right to suppress any content that might injure its brands or be against the law, public order or good custom.

TORRES will only be liable for injury suffered by users as a consequence of using the website when this injury is attributable to a wilful action by TORRES.

However, TORRES declares that it has adopted all the necessary measures within its possibilities and as per the state of technology to guarantee the functioning of the website and to avoid the existence or transmission of viruses or other components that might harm users.

4. Obligations of the User

Users must use the content of the website diligently, correctly and lawfully and undertake to refrain from the following:

Using the content for purposes or effects contrary to the law, moral code or good custom or public order.
Reproducing, copying, distributing, permitting the access of the public through any means of public communication, transforming or modifying the content, unless the corresponding authorisation is obtained from the owner.
Using the content of the website to send publicity, communications for the purpose of direct sale or any other kind of commercial purpose, unsolicited messages aimed at several people irrespective of their purpose, as well as refraining from selling or disclosing this information in any way.
Unlawfully using the links, invitations to social networks, blogs or any networks or remote media provided through this website.

5. Applicable legislation

Any relations established between the user and the website owner are governed by that provided for in current regulations concerning the applicable legislation and competent jurisdiction. However, for those cases in which the law allows the parties to submit themselves voluntarily to a jurisdiction, TORRES and the user, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction that may correspond to them, submit themselves to the Courts and Tribunals of Barcelona.

In any case, the rules of Spanish Law shall be applicable.