TheOneToGo
A great wine tasting here means a sommelier who can actually teach you something, a flight that leans into Catalan bottles, and a setting that earns the time you give it.
Our pick
The wine that defines the area is cava, the traditional-method sparkling made in the Penedes hills southwest of the city, alongside the still reds and whites of the same region. Sitting in a small group with a working sommelier, you taste through a focused selection and learn how cava is made and what separates it from prosecco or champagne. The pace is slow, the guidance is concrete, and you leave able to read a Penedes label rather than just guess at it.
If our pick doesn't fit
A quick city-based wine session at a much lower price, without the depth of a sommelier-led class.
A guided tour of the Codorniu cellars outside the city with cava tasting, for those who want to see production.