Discover Spain: A Grape-Experiences Adventure

Name: Discover Spain: A Grape-Experiences Adventure
Start: 2025-03-17T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-03-26T07:45:00+01:00
Location: Barcelona | Priorat | Costa Brava

Schedule

Mon, 17 Mar, 2025 at 08:00 am to Wed, 26 Mar, 2025 at 07:45 am

UTC+01:00

Location

Barcelona | Priorat | Costa Brava | Barcelona, CT

Get ready for a trip of a lifetime exploring one of the most beautiful region of Spain, the Priorat wine region. This is only one of two regions in Spain which are designated as DOQ, the highest wine classification (the other is Rioja, which we’ll save for another trip!)
But first, we will start our trip in Barcelona, the cosmopolitan capital of Spain’s Catalonia region. You will stay at the beautiful and timeless 5-star Hotel El Palace Barcelona and have 2 days to explore this vibrant city full of art and beautiful architecture.
From there, we move on to Spain’s wine country, and check into the Mas d’en Bruno, a luxury boutique hotel on a historic estate in the heart of Priorat. In this dream hotel, guests will enjoy a wonderful experience in a unique destination renown for producing some of the world’s best wines, most notably Garnacha, or Grenache as it’s known elsewhere. You will visit multiple wineries and taste wines with incredible views, such as Siurana.
After leaving Priorat, you’ll head on to northern Catalonia and visit Costa Brava. Our hotel is the Parador de Aiguablava, perched on the bluffs overlooking the sea. Here, you’ll visit an olive estate, see medieval cities, visit the Dali Museum, and more. The trip will finish with a private country home visit and a cooking class before returning to Barcelona to depart home.
About Your Host Cindy Rynning:
Cindy Rynning has been writing about wine, food and travel on her award-winning wine blog, Grape Experiences, since 2011. She passed the Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Advanced/Level 3 program with Merit in 2012. Among her many accomplishments, Cindy became a member in the prestigious Circle of Wine Writers, the world’s leading international association of wine and spirits authors, writers, journalists, bloggers, broadcasters, photographers and educators. She is a judge in the Central Coast Wine Competition (2022, 2023, 2024), has written for a variety of national print and digital publications, is co-founder of the YouTube channel, Crush On This and is a Contributing Editor to the Slow Wine Guide 2024 and 2025. In November 2023, Cindy published an online course on Teachable, “Discover the Essentials of Wine (and choose it like a pro!).” Cindy is now delighted to be hosting this Wine Lovers Travel trip to Spain, one of her favorite wine regions.
Trip Highlights
– Private guided tour of Barcelona with a visit to the Sagrada Familia Church.
– Walking in the old quarter with top local guide and visit Boqueria Food Market.
– Private paella lunch and cooking class with wine and specialty shopping with local artisans in the Gracia district.
– Stops in Penedes and Montserrat on the way to Priorat wine country.
– Multiple private winery visits and the famous Siurana views.
– Tarragona, Girona, and Costa Brava visits.
– Dali Museum and Dali’s home visit.
– Pottery class and private country home cooking class.
More information: https://wineloverstravel.com/portfolio/discover-spain-a-grape-experiences-adventure/