The Cantrell family was in Barcelona on a corporation trip, but decided to take a private tour to the Penedès, one of the closest Wine Countries around Barcelona. Since they were very interested, we decided to do a 6h trip (a bit longer than the average halfday, that only includes 1 winery), so we could visit 2 cellars.
First we went to Gramona, a great family-owned cellar specialising in cava, the Catalan sparkling. Their cellar is very old-fashioned and it took us back to 100 years ago! We also were lucky to see one of the workers degorging the bottles manually. See a video I took on a previous daytrip here. They also took us to see their vinyards in the outskirts of the village and their modern winery.
Then we proceeded to Albet i Noya, pioneers in organic wine production in Spain. It made a very nice contrast with Gramona, as they are not so much into cava (and the process to make each product is different), and also because Gramona is located inside a village, and Albet i Noya is an old farm in the countryside. We also learnt about how organic production works, and about the owner's project to recuperate old local vines.
We had beautiful tastings in each of the cellars!
The picture was taken in Albet i Noya. Sorry for the quality of the picture. I only had my cellphone, and the light wasn't too good.
