Can I take a train from Barcelona?

Yes. RENFE Cercanías R4, 50 min, €4 one-way. Codorníu is 10 min walking from the station.

Day trip or overnight?

A full day works for 2 wineries + lunch. If you want 3-4, stay overnight in Vilafranca del Penedès or here.

Are there serious restaurants?

Yes — Cal Blay, La Fonda Gaig. No Michelin stars but good product and craft. For high-end, head to Barcelona or Vilafranca.

August: many wineries close or reduce hours. Harvest (September) is beautiful but wineries are busier.

Sant Sadurní d'Anoia — Cava capital, visitor guide

Barcelona · PenedèsNº 01

Bodegas Torres

Torres is the most internationally recognized Spanish wine family. Five generations, operations in California, Chile, and China, but the heart is still Vilafranca del Penedès. The visit combines an introductory audiovisual, a tour through the vineyard on a small train, and a tasting in the restored 19th-century cellar. You can add a meal at El Tast — their own restaurant — worth booking separately. A classic serious-enotourism stop in Catalonia, professionally run with no fluff.

Guided visit
Wine tasting
Store
Museum
+3

Barcelona · PenedèsNº 02

Codorníu

Codorníu is the world's oldest cava producer (founded 1551) and the most spectacular winery visit in the Penedès. The modernist cellars, designed by Josep Puig i Cadafalch (the same architect behind Barcelona's Palau de la Música), are a national heritage site — 30 km of underground tunnels, with a small train ride underground included. Tasting comes at the end with three house cavas. It's touristy, yes, but the scale and architecture earn it.

Guided visit
Wine tasting
Store
Museum
+2

€18–85More info →

Sant Sadurní d'Anoia · PenedèsNº 03

Freixenet

Freixenet is the other great cava house — the historic counterweight to Codorníu, also based in Sant Sadurní. Founded in 1861, its black Carta Nevada and Cordón Negro bottles are probably the most internationally recognized image of Spanish cava. The visit includes a small-train tour through the underground cellars (yes, another one), a walk through the bottling line, and a final tasting. It's touristy and efficient — not where you go for artisanal craft, but where you understand how Spanish cava industrialized at scale.

Guided visit
Wine tasting
Store
Museum
+2

€14–55More info →

Sant Sadurní d'Anoia · PenedèsNº 04

Recaredo

Recaredo is probably the most respected sparkling wine producer in Catalonia among serious critics. Mata family, fourth generation, certified biodynamic, every vineyard worked entirely by hand (no tractors), manual disgorgement, no dosage. In 2019 they left D.O. Cava together with other historic producers to found Corpinnat — a more demanding seal. The visit is intimate, in small groups, with a tasting that includes long-aged Brut Nature and Turó d'en Mota (decades on lees). A masterclass.

Guided visit
Wine tasting
Premium

€30–120More info →

4 Best Wineries Near Sant Sadurní d'Anoia