{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Sitges Anytime","provider_url":"https:\/\/sitgesanytime.protectfive.com\/en\/","author_name":"minsk","author_url":"https:\/\/sitgesanytime.protectfive.com\/en\/author\/minsk\/","title":"Sitges Malvasia, a legacy that continues","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BqPwq3hUC9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sitgesanytime.protectfive.com\/en\/sitges-malvasia-a-legacy-that-continues\/\">Sitges Malvasia, a legacy that continues<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/sitgesanytime.protectfive.com\/en\/sitges-malvasia-a-legacy-that-continues\/embed\/#?secret=BqPwq3hUC9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Sitges Malvasia, a legacy that continues&#8221; &#8212; Sitges Anytime\" data-secret=\"BqPwq3hUC9\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/sitgesanytime.protectfive.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/sitgesanytime.protectfive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/malvasia-de-sitges.jpg","thumbnail_width":1500,"thumbnail_height":1000,"description":"Sitges has a salty and sweet flavour. The sea gives it its healthiness. The sweetness (with nuances and aromas, of course) is also liquid, influenced by the sea and conferred by a unique and singular wine: Malvasia wine, which owes its name to a grape variety that, admittedly, originated in Greece. But here it forged its own character and survived thanks to its own name: Malvasia de Sitges. It is now a historical and gastronomic legacy. \u00a0 Yes, let&#8217;s get to the spoiler: we wouldn&#8217;t be talking about Malvasia wine as Sitges&#8217; own benchmark if it weren&#8217;t for Don Manuel Llopis de Casades (1885-1935), a local lawyer and diplomat who was a visionary and, consequently, a protectionist. Aware that this variety was in danger of extinction due to its complex production (it required up to three or four different harvests in order to obtain its grapes), the impact of phylloxera and urban development in general, in 1935 Llopis de Casades left his lands and the Winery business, with its hundred-year-old casks, its wine press and other heritage elements, to the Sant Joan Baptista Hospital in Sitges in exchange for maintaining a minimum production of this wine. And that&#8217;s been the [&hellip;]"}