Penedès Wine Route - Wine Paradise of Catalonia
“It does good also to take walks out of doors, that our spirits may be raised and refreshed by the open air and fresh breeze: sometimes we gain strength by driving in a carriage, by travel, by change of air, or by social meals and a more generous allowance of wine.”
— Seneca
Penedès Wine Route allow you to explore and learn about this land with all of your senses. Listen to it, walk through it, and simply relax. Learn about the Penedès, a region with its own identity and rich diversity that revolves on the culture of wine and cava.
The Penedès vineyard is born and matures between the Catalan pre-coastal mountains and the little plains of the Mediterranean coast, right in the heart of the central valley. Images of farmhouses, neighborhoods and historic castles are usually depicted in this multicolored landscape area, telling us about the character of a region where the various cultures that have inhabited it have left precious heritage.
Discover these territories with their rich artistic, cultural, and natural heritage through wine routes in Penedès.
What to Explore in Penedès Wine Route?
The Penedès region is less than 30 minutes south of Barcelona and 15 minutes from the stunning beaches of Sitges. It's a one-of-a-kind countryside, distinguished by its infinite vineyards, sprinkled with rural tourism enterprises, rich and distinctive, and a plethora of wineries and cellars that have achieved international reputation in this area. The Penedès offers a diverse tourism offer that appeals to all requirements and interests, from the seashore to the mountains of the pre-littoral.
The tour is a real feast for the senses and offers the visitor a multitude of experiences: exploring wine cellars, tasting the flavors of Spain's finest wines, uncovering centuries-old traditions and culinary secrets in hidden locales, visiting ancient monasteries with their aromatic cloisters and enjoying a cuisine in an outdoor restaurant with spectacular views of the countryside.
Penedès Wine Route has small wineries with family-owned vineyards as well as cooperative wineries with traditional methods, and high-tech facilities. You'll get to taste wines from the Xarel-lo grape, a variety that is one of the most expressive expressions in cava sparkling wines and which makes an excellent pairing with many dishes.
Penedes Wine Route Map
Penedès sparkling wine Cava - A national pride of Spain
Penedès wines have their own distinct personality. They have come a long way and are now recognized and loved all around the world. The flavor, the perfume, the body—all combine to create wines of remarkable quality. These distinctive qualities are also the result of climatic and geographical shifts in this area of contrasts, which is immersed in the Mediterranean Sea.
Penedès is the greatest producer of sparkling Spanish wine known as cava, which translates to “wine cellar,” since aging in wine cellars is an essential and crucial stage of its manufacture.
Cava represents modernity in the long and fascinating universal history of the vine and wine, the sublimation of the art of creating wine, the compilation of everything that the winegrower has learned over generations. The Penedès is the birthplace of cava, with Sant Sadurn d'Anoia at the helm, a municipality where traditional viticulture and cava production conditions are formed.
5 Best sights and activities for cultural trip to Penedès
The Penedès is one of those regions that should be explored slowly. From a mountaintop to the shore, on a bicycle to a winery, or from a vineyard to a historical landmark. Here are the top 5 things to do to fully appreciate and enjoy the real essence of Penedés.
1. Ride your bike around Penedès on the Penedès 360 path
Are you looking for a new biking adventure? Penedès 360 are three circular cycling paths that run around the Penedès region. Each route is developed in stages, one per day, and for several cycling modalities: gravel, road, and mountain. It might be a lovely walk or a sporting challenge!
2. Find an amazing variety of scenery, including forests, vineyards, and beaches
It is obviously true that it is always a good time to unplug and recover one's mind, body, and soul, as well as to appreciate freedom and the outdoors. Penedès' three sceneries will surprise you: woodland, grape, and beach. In the Foix Park, you may enjoy the fresh air, the water in the Parc dels Talls or the environs of Les Dous, and the sun on the beaches of Garraf and Baix Penedès.
3. Admire the landscape from one of the 5 Miravinya
With five viewpoints along the Miravinya route, you can explore the various Penedès landscapes and take in each one's distinctive architectural or artistic elements. Visit each location and scan the QR code to hear a story, legend, or enigma. Miravinya route is ideal for a family road trip that goes through the geography, nature, and culture of the wine landscape. And, of course, the views from there are unrivaled!
4. Visit a winery of the Penedès Wine Route, of course
The Penedès Wine Route offers one of the most robust wine tourism offerings, with over 70 wineries to visit and over 100 activities to select from. There are micro-wineries, huge multinational brands, and medium-sized wineries and winegrowers, all with a distinct and authentic personalities. Also, wine bars are becoming an increasingly popular part of local wine culture: mostly in the open air, visitors enjoy a bottle of wine with appetizers having a pleasant talk in a relaxed atmosphere.
5. Give one of your day to explore Vilafranca del Penedès
There are so many possibilities in the Wine Capital that you may need more than one day. The urban wine and tapas route, the modernist route, the medieval route with augmented reality, a visit to the patrimonial cemetery, or a walk through the old town will take you to the city's most iconic spots. In the spring and summer, don't miss the guided tour of the bell tower and the sunset from the top!
How to Get to Penedès Wine Route?
Penedès passes through a region between Barcelona and Tarragona, between the shore and the inland. The Route's main towns are Vilafranca del Penedès and San Sadurni d'Anoia. The AP-7 highway connects these villages in roughly 40 minutes to Barcelona and in less than an hour to Tarragona. El Prat (Barcelona) and Reus airports are the closest (Tarragona). Similarly, the region offers great train and bus connectivity.
Penedès Wine Route Wineries to Visit
Caves Bolet
The winery is located in exquisite surroundings where you will be able to taste wines in the cavas museum space and many more. This is a perfectly built place producing exquisite wines is perfect for wine enthusiasts who want to sip wines and know more about vinification.
Cava Mestres
Mestres is the family winery located in the main square of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, the capital of Cava region, since 1312.
Celler Parató
The four siblings Josep, Montse, Esther, and Jordi Elias Terns carry on with the old winemaking tradition, insisting on the principles that have always ruled over their family: “to produce wine and cava of the best quality, only and exclusively with the grapes we grow”.
Sabaté I Coca
4 generations... The family has worked at Sabaté and Coca-Finca for four generations, making our family cellar a life project.
Carastelec Winery
The Eudald Massana Noya winery is the result of 9 generations of the Massana family’s history, dedicated to viticulture, on a property of 30 hectares of vineyards located in the heart of the Penedés, in Sant Pau d’Ordal (Subirats).
Bodega Miquel Jane
For four generations, the family winery in Alt Penedés has been dedicated to winemaking and the development of wine tourism events.
Cava Oriol Rossel
A family winery producing organic, high-quality cavas and wines from grapes grown on their farm. Their wines' secret is careful and environmentally friendly viticulture, as well as traditional production handed down from generation to generation.
Giró del Gorner
Meet the family whose ancestors used to make wines in Penedes since the 16th century.
Mas Rodó
Mas Rodó, a finalist winery in the FAD Awards for sustainable design, rises in a privileged environment, amid the mountains of the Penedés.
Nadal
The Nadal de la Boadella Estate is located in the heart of the Penedès Wine Region, about 40 minutes from Barcelona and Tarragona, in a magnificent location where the beauty of the nature enchants visitors.
Giró Ribot
Giró Ribot is a family winery with international ambitions. Their philosophy has been excellence and authenticity above all else, passed down from generation to generation. They make every effort to infuse the essence of the country and environs into their wines and cavas.
Vins El Cep
Four winegrower families come together in an unique project to produce terroir wines and cavas based on organic and biodynamic agriculture.
Finca Batllori
Four winegrower families come together in a unique project to produce terroir wines and Cavas based on organic and biodynamic agriculture.
Artcava
There is an ecological house surrounded by nature and exquisite vineyards where tourists can visit and spend amazing nights.
Bodega Torre del Veguer
Torre del Veguer Cellar, designated as a historic and artistic monument by the Generalitat de Catalunya, allows visitors to learn about the house's history from the 15th century to the present. And for those who enjoy painting, they have a modest exhibition by Salvador Dali. It’s highly proposed concluding your stay with a wine tasting or pairing.
Cavas Naveran
Cavas Naveran on 110 hectares in the heart of Alt Penedes, a perfect site for the production of wine and cava. The winery has a long history that stretches back to the late 1800s.
Pagès Entrena
A three-generation family cellar located 6 kilometers from Sant Sadurn d'Anoia (the capital of cava) and 50 kilometers from Barcelona.
Recaredo
Cava Recaredo is a family-run winery in the wine area of Alt Penedès, surrounded by vineyards and forestry. The winery carefully adheres to organic winemaking practices. Recaredo is well-known for its dry-style sparkling wines matured with cork stoppers, which preserve the herbal notes.
Ferré I Catasús
Wineries and wines that best represented Penedes' particular terroir while also being creative. Children and grandkids are carrying on their family history. New generations, like their grandparents, are breaking tradition by seeking new pathways, yet the foundation of all fresh ideas is wisdom, philosophy, and experience gathered over time.
Cava Rovellats
To visit the Cava Rovellats State is to learn about the history of a region, a family, and a unique method of producing exceptional long-aged cavas.
Cuscó Berga
Since the end of the XIX century, the Cuscó I Esteve family has practiced viticulture, producing their own wines and cavas. It was in 1985 when Josep Cuscó Berga and his sons, with great dedication and a spirit of improvement, built the current cellar.
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