ALELLA WINE EXCURSIONS

A premium day tour with the best food and drink

Escape the city for a one-of-a-kind wine adventure just 30 minutes away from the urban landscape! Join The Barcelona Taste for premium excursion eating the best food and tasting a variety of the best wines this region has to offer.

Our mission is to make you fall in love with our local wine varieties. Over the course of the tour you’ll try excellent white wines, red wines, sparking wines – including Cava of course – and aperitifs.

It isn't only the wine we want to show off, the food is incredible too... As always with The Barcelona Taste, we've searched high and low for the highest quality food to share with you. So you can look forward to a wonderful home-style Catalan lunch eaten in beautiful surroundings.

Come with us and experience the enchanting allure of a hidden wine region, that's just a stone's throw from the big city.

More details about this wine and food experience

Our exclusive wine excursions will whisk you away to Alella, a hidden gem of a wine region where time-honoured traditions merge with modern techniques to create some of Spain's finest wines and cavas.

We offer two options for this excursion, both offering a sumptuous lunch amongst the vines: 

  • A full-day excursion lasting 7 hours and including visits to two very different vineyards set in contrasting topography and making wines in unique ways.
  • A half-day excursion, lasting four hours and visiting a single vineyard with views of Montserrat.

Throughout your excursion, our friendly and knowledgeable English-speaking guide will accompany you, ensuring your experience is both easy and enjoyable.

They'll share fascinating insights into the region's history, answer your questions about Barcelona and the region, and share local secrets.

Option 1: A full-day excursion

Your private guide will pick you up at your hotel and you will be taken by driver to where our memorable day begins - with a visit to a beautiful, traditional, family vineyard located at the foothills of the Natural Park of Sierra de Marina. On a clear day you can see the infamous Montserrat mountains from the estate. You’ll walk along the vines with one of the owners who’ll explain their history and methods. After this lovely stroll, you’ll enjoy a homemade Catalan meal amidst the vines, savoring the flavors of the region, along with four different wines from the winery.

In the early afternoon the driver will take you to the second winery, located on the hills overlooking the Mediterranean just outside of Barcelona at the edge of the town of Alella, from which this wine region takes its name. Here the history and methodology is different to the first, more modern and inventive. After a short walk and explanation of their take on wine production, we will finish with a taste of 3-4 of their renowned wines/cavas, with lovely views of the sea.

When you have no more room for food (or drink!) the driver will take you back to Barcelona and you should be comfortably installed back in your hotel by 6:00/6:15pm. In this way you can enjoy a little rest before hitting the town again that evening should you wish.

Option 2: a half-day excursion

Our four-hour wine excursion is perfect for those looking for an easy escape from city to explore the beautiful Catalan countryside without spending hours on the road. 

This exclusive wine tour offers you the unique opportunity to explore a small, renowned wine region that has remained untouched by the masses. Be one of the few to uncover its exquisite wines, and soak in the breathtaking views of the Monserrat mountains.

Your guide will accompany you travel by car to a beautiful old vineyard, nestled in spacious grounds. You'll be treated to a delicious traditional Catalan lunch amongst the vines. Savor the freshest local ingredients and indulge in traditional Catalan cuisine, perfectly paired with the vineyard's finest wines.

About the experience location: Alella

Alella isn’t on your typical tourist list… but it hasn’t always been such a hidden gem. With its distinctive fast-draining topsoil and unique microclimate in the hills overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, Alella has produced exceptional wines since Roman times, served to Roman Emperors no less! This fame continued into the Middle Ages, where Alella wines were served at the court of the Kings of Aragon.

Today, Alella is the smallest wine producing region in Cataluyna to gain coveted European Denomination of Origen (D.O.) status. But for some reason it isn’t terribly well known abroad. Our mission is to make you fall in love (or fall in love again) with the local variety – the pansa blanca. Over the course of the tour you’ll try white wines, sparking wines, and an aperitif all made from this single, delicately flavoured grape. We will also try the region’s best local reds and rosé.

COVID-19: keeping you safe on our experiences

The safety of guests, guides, partners and the public is our primary concern. Because of this, we’ve developed new health and safety guidelines in accordance with WTO and World Travel and Tourism Council guidelines, and in line with Spanish and Catalan government requirements.

Please review these guidelines before booking and get in touch if you have any questions.

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Ticket prices 

Full day, 11:15am - 6:15pm
2-3 tickets: €329 per person
4-6 tickets: €299 per person

Four hours, 11:15-3:15pm
2-3 pax: €249 per person
4-6 tickets: €219 per person

    Many beautiful people have joined us on our food tours – and here are some of the lovely things they've said about the time they spent with us... 

    Thanks to their reviews we've been given a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence!


    The Barcelona Taste has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for its food tours
    2013wanderer2013
    May 5, 2023
    Delicious afternoon off the beaten path in Eixample This was our first and finest meal in Barcelona. We were in a non-touristy part of Eixample and places we certainly would not have found on our own! The variety of tapas and beverages was perfect. All in all, if felt like we were sharing a meal with a new friend.
    NorthStar55579528782
    May 5, 2023
    The range of the offerings was great! We really enjoyed it! Lorea was an excellent hostess and very knowledgeable. The food was excellent at all the spots that she took us to and they were far enough off the beaten path, that we would have never discovered them on our own. I highly recommend this tour and taking it early in your trip so you can enjoy other recommended places.
    Kacey C
    April 30, 2023
    Delicious! The tour was fantastic! We got to taste delicious food at restaurants we never would have found on our own, or gotten into. It was a lovely way to explore the Gothic Quarter. The follow up email with additional recommendations was much appreciated!
    Berkeley L
    April 14, 2023
    A must-do in Barcelona Loved this tour - we very much enjoyed our guide and our dining partners. I would call it a must-do in Barcelona!
    Shannon Carpenter
    April 6, 2023
    Food and drinks were amazing We went out to get tapas the day before our food tour, and we thought we could skip it - we were wrong! The places Lorea took us were the BEST restaurants we went to on our trip. Highly recommend.
    Sharon Zadrazil
    April 1, 2023
    Money and precious time well spent! Our guide was genuine, funny, and so welcoming. We had tons of tapas and beverages all of which were amazing and authentic! Our guide discussed so, so much with us - the very next day we are hitting 3 of her locals only suggestions and feeling very impressed! This is money and precious time well spent!
    Carrie_M
    April 1, 2023
    Food, Fun, and a dash of history thrown in. Like having a fun friend show you all the best spots. And although none of us had food/allergy restrictions she made sure to inquire and was at the ready to ensure everyone had a great time with some delicious food.
    Stacy A
    March 25, 2023
    A must do in Barcelona We had such a wonderful experience - We tried so many delicious tapas at hidden gems we would never had found otherwise.
    Denise
    March 19, 2023
    Loved this Tapas Tour Maria was our guide and she was friendly, knowledgeable, knew how to lead a group and the others in our group were also fun and enjoyable to be with. There was a variety of dishes and drinks, all different and all mouthwatering. It was a really lovely evening, so thanks Maria, we went to places that we would never have found on our own!
    Jason Brake
    March 17, 2023
    One of our absolute favorite experiences It was like sitting down with an old friend who knows all of the good spots to eat. It was a great first night in Barcelona and helped us navigate the tapas scene in El Born and the Gothic Quarter for the remainder of our trip. Our teenage kids also thought this was one of their favorite things we did on our trip. Great experience all together.
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