Cavas Pere Ventura

Barcelona · Penedès

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

Sant Sadurní d'Anoia · Penedès

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 →

Sant Sadurní d'Anoia · Penedès

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 →

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Other wineries to visit

Codorníu

Recaredo

Freixenet