6. VILLAFRANCA DEL PANADÈS
We drove our car along a new highway; we went around another small hill, and left behind us the huddled houses of some village, the white silhouette of a country house along the road; and to the right, left, and on every side, the symmetrical lines of sight seemed to go on forever. We are in the Panadès, the region that is so famous for its vineyards, where the most famous wines of Spain and the world are made.
Villafranca is the most important town in the region, where the wine industry and commerce are highly developed.
The town has many export businesses, which are controlled by the workers employed in them. Wine is the main source of wealth here and the essential basis for tr... (From: TheAnarchistLibrary.org.)