Barcelona Wine Tours
The Spanish wine region of Penedès lies a short distance
to the south of the Catalan capital of Barcelona offering the opportunity for
fascinating wine tours. The area is renowned as home to Cava, Spanish champagne, but also produces outstanding white wines and good
quality reds.
The European Commission (under pressure from the French
Champagne lobby) ruled some years ago that Cava producers were not allowed to
label their bottles "Méthode champenoise" even though their sparkling
wine is made in exactly the same way.
The result was that Cava became a household name and reduced the
market share of French champagne producers considerably. The two main
producers are Codorniu whose production dates back to 1551 and Freixenet who only began production in 1915 in
Sant Sadurni D'Noia,
the same town as Codorniu. Although sales within Spain are very similar,
Freixenet accounts for 67% of the export market.
Given the proximity of Barcelona the Penedes region is an ideal destination for
full day wine excursions to the region with visits to the vineyards of wine and
cava producers. Below we list a comprehensive selection of full day excursions
and extended wine tours from Barcelona.
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