Discover local wines
Wine lovers will be spoilt for choice. You may already have your favourite Spanish wines and bodegas, but it is worth discovering some of the Catalan wines.
Classified by Area
- Priorat – a mountainous region nestling in below the Montsant range and home to some of the leading red wines in the country.
- Montsant – the adjoining area, which offers wines with similar characteristics
- Terra Alta – further inland, the rugged terrain of Terra Alta is home to a number of bodegas.
- Penedes – the largest wine growing area in Catalonia, particularly well known for the Cava (sparkling wine)
- Cavas de Penedes – Cordoniu and Freixenet took cava to the world. There are many smaller bodegas producing excellent cavas.
- Concha de Barberá
- Costers de Segre
- Empordá – the Costa Brava region that borders with France in the north.
Grape variety
- Garnacha
- Carignan
- Temperanillo
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Merlot
- Syrah
- Parellada (white)
- Macebo (white)
Click for an article from Wine Magazine on wines from Catalonia.
Wine workshops
There are a number of people running wine tastings and wine workshops in Barcelona.
A good place to start is with the bodegas, or wine shops. Vila Vinateca is an established wineshop in el Born that regularly run wine tastings. Another good option is Mon Vinic in C. Diputación, just near Rambla Catalunya. There is even a hotel that is a Vinoteca – or as they say, a hotel with a taste of wine.
Wine tours and tastings
It’s well worth making a trip to the Penedes region or further south to the Priorat region and visiting some of the vineyards. Some vineyards are well set up to receive visitors, but for others you will need to plan ahead, or go with a guide who will book in a tour.
