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Penedes or Priorat Gran Reserva Exclusive Wine and Gastronomy Tour
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ProductID:
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Type:
Full Day Tour Private
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Country:
Spain |
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Theme:
Wine Tours and Cultural Adventures
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Region: Catalonia |
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Group Size:
2 to 6 People
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Start City:
Barcelona |
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Duration:
Full-Day (Duration: 11h00-12h00 approx.)
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Jan - Dec | |
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Penedes or Priorat Gran Reserva, Exclusive Wine Tour
An exclusive luxury wine day tour through the Mediterranean wine regions
of DO Penedes, and la Conca de Barberà or DO Priorat
Traverse the valleys and back roads of Southern Catalunya wine country
with Southern Catalunya expert and sommelier Paddy Mannion.
Luxury transport and comprehensive visits to the best boutique
wineries, à la carte lunches and accompanied wine tastings in gorgeous
traditional "Masias"
(Catalan Villas) and enjoy superb scenery.
You'll
return from these wine tours invigorated, with plenty of images and memories
from the best wine country tour in Spain.
Penedès main attractions: Wine museum, stone ground olive oil
mills, Castellers (human towers), romantic Sitges, 12C Castles and Romanic
churches, modernist architecture, beautiful wine country
DOQ Priorat, Celestial landscape and wines
Visit Scala Dei, oldest of the Cistercian monestries, and the mountain top
village of Siuriana, through Porrera, Gratallops, Mojar, Falset and Belmunt,
visit the excellent small wineries of Priorat, Enjoy an accompanied wine-tasting
of Priorat wines
Priorat main attractions: The Montsant massif, incredible views, potent
terroir wines, ancient hermitages and monestaries, frontier towns, lead mines,
excellent catalan cuisine.
ABOUT YOUR WINE GUIDE....
 Good
wine is nothing without good company and that, naturally, involves good food
too. Irishman Paddy Mannion has spent twenty years learning about all three, in
the course of a career as restaurant manager and sommelier in Ireland, Holland,
Germany and Spain. Happily settled in the Catalan countryside, he is today an
acknowledged authority on the people and wines of Penedes and Priorat, and a
guide to enjoying all that is best about Southern Catalunya. His conviction that
the best can only to be found off the beaten track led him to offer guided wine
tours enjoying the best wines, restaurants, routes, transport and stories. It´s
the stories that will stay with you. Explore a region that is rich in the good
things in life, in the best of good company.
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Full-Day (Duration: 11h00-12h00 approx.)
DAY 1:
Penedes Gran Reserva Exclusive Wine and
Gastronomy Tour
BARCELONA - PENEDES WINE
COUNTRY - BARCELONA
- 08:00AM:
Collect from Barcelona, luxury transfer
to Penedès
- 09:00AM:
Traditional Catalan breakfast to get the
strength up! Gourmet treats include
Butifarra sausage, locally produced artisan
cheeses and olive oils, homemade pastries
served with Café con Leche or with a spot of
bubbly if you prefer. Breakfast at one of
the following;
Cal Pau Xim, Ordal
/
Bar Coral, Vilafranca
/
El Casino, Sant Sadurni
- 10:00AM:
Arrive to first winery. VIP private
walking tour of the lovely vineyards,
followed by a tour of the barriques, cellars
and of course a fantastic wine tasting of
the best wines on offer (4 wines). Youll
also receive a wine gift, signed by the
famous winemaker! First wineries
would be on of the following; Can
Rafols dels Caus (boutique), Albet i
Noya (organic), Cavas Llopart,
Mas Comtal (Merlot pioneers), Can
Fontanals de Avinyo (artisans),
Gramona (Gran reserva cavas),
Castellroig (designer wines), Pere
Ventura (gothic), Privat,
Codorniu, Raventos i Blanc,
Masia Torreblanca, Can Feixes
(classic pioneers)
- 12:00AM-01:30PM: Tour Penedès, La
Llacuna, Guardiola de Font Rubi, Vilafranca
del Penedès.
01:30-03:30PM: Wonderful traditional
lunch in historic venue, with wood fired
ovens. Typical dishes include slow cooked
duck with plums and wild mushrooms
Lunch at one of the following; Masia Aran,
Can Joan, Cal Ton, Cal Pau Xim,
La Posada, Sumoll, Sol i Vi,
El Celler Vell, La Fabrica
(Japanese/Catalan fusion).
- 04:00PM: Travel to second winery/cava
- 04:00-05:00PM: Second VIP winery
visit, to an exclusive boutique Cava winery,
producing some of the best bubbly in Spain.
Youll visit the cellars full of the wooden
pyramids called Pupitres where the Cavas
are riddled before degorgement. Private
tour with the winemakers themselves. Fun and
informative tasting. Visit will be one of
the following; La Xarmada (kosher),
Colet (boutique), Pares Balta,
Can Feixes (higher ground), Cavas
Hill, Vallformosa, Bodegas
Torres, Roses Vila (organic),
Pere Mata, Cavas Nadal (dessert
wines), Ferret.
- 05:00-06:00PM: Then you will go to
Sitges for a short stroll around before
returning to Barcelona
- 07:00PM: Sit back and relax while
you transfer back to Barcelona.
- 08:00PM: Drop off back at your
hotel and this will conclude one of the most
unique, luxurious and fun wine tours you
could hope to experience in Spain. Hasta la
próxima!
B, L
Priorat Gran Reserva Exclusive Wine and
Gastronomy Tour
BARCELONA - PRIORAT WINE
COUNTRY - BARCELONA
- 08:00AM:
Meet your wine guide in the lobby of your
hotel this morning
- 10:00AM: Breakfast in Suriana,
spectacular views of Prades Mountains,
Priorat, Cornudella
- 10:30AM: Visit Scala Dei,
wineries and Cistercian monastery ruins
- 11:30AM: Visit Clos dAbac,
old hand, great variety / Mas Igneus,
new age ecologic
- 01:30PM: Lunch with wine-tasting at
La Font, Gratallops, El
Celler de lAspic, Falset, Mas
Trucafort, Falset. (Winery
visit Gratallops, choice of 6 wineries)
- 04:00PM: Drive to Bellmunt del
Priorat Visit lead mines
Visit Mas den Gil winery, polished /
Primitiu garage / Pinord Mas Blanc,
no compromise
- 05.30PM: Visit Falset / Porrera,
wine shops, café, best bar at the end of the
universe
- Drive to Barcelona (via Sitges)
- 07:00PM: Sit back and relax
while you transfer back to Barcelona.
- 08:30PM: Drop off back at your
hotel and this will conclude one of the most
unique, luxurious and fun wine tours you
could hope to experience in Spain. Hasta la
próxima!
B, L
END OF PRIVATE TOUR SERVICES
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