Vine and/or champagne cellars and Sitges

Excursion to visit the famous Codorníu  Cava (the local variety of champagne) cellars, located outside Barcelona in Sant Sadurni D'Noia, the Penedes wine region and/or visit to Bodegas Torres, one the most famous wine cellars in Catalonia. Learn all about the regions fabulous selections of wines as you taste and buy some to take with you. Next we visit Sitges, a white town overlooking a blue sea - a perfect place to walk around a medieval old town and enjoy the large promenade around the beach.

The Spanish wine region of Penedes 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 "Methode champenoise" even though their sparkling wine is made in exactly the same way.