Create Your Own Cava

During this fun and original activity you'll travel to a family-run vineyard in an idyllic corner of the Penedes wine region, near Barcelona, where you'll not only taste several different types of Cava - the region's famous sparkling white wine - but you'll also take part in the bottling process and create your own personal Cava. Once you've selected your favourite blend of grapes you yourself will perform the ancient art of 'disgorgement', the final step in the wine's production process before it's ready for consumption. This great day out not only includes the Cava tasting and bottling, but also a tour of the vineyards, video screening, and a look at the cellars and production process. The price is 30 euros per person, and includes free transport from the local train station (which is a 50 min journey from central Barcelona). Plus of course you get to keep the personalised Cava which you bottled yourself (you can even design your own label!). For 40 euros p.p. you can also enjoy a delicious barbecue on the premises of the winery's 1,000-year-old farm house (highly recommended!). To book or request info simply send us an email. Due to the extremely popular nature of this activity we recommend booking ahead of time if possible, especially for weekends.

We booked this a couple of days before going to Barcelona. The owner, Eric, met us at Lavern-Subirats station (about 45 mins from Barcelona Sants). We had a short tour of the cellar and learned some of the intricacies of Cava production.

But for me, the highlight of the day was the Cava tasting. Having never done professional wine tasting before, it was great to learn from a real expert. It was amazing how the flavours and aromas change with ageing and a little extra mastication of the grape-skins. In my opinion the Cava tasting is worth the entry-fee alone. Of course, bottling our own Cava (having chosen our favourites from the tasting session) was lots of fun too - we look forward to drinking it soon. It's just a shame we can't buy Eric's Cava here in London!

Overall, this was a really good experience and well worth the €30. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes wine with a few hours to spare in Barcelona.

Just wanted to let you know we had a really nice time
at Create Your Own Cava. We are so glad we went, its such a different thing to do, interesting, fun and really would recommend it. its very bespoke, its very quaint and down to earth. Its something we won't forget!  So we just wanted to pass on our recommendation.  And now my husband knows how they put the cork in the bottle!  

This day was amazing :)) one of my fav in Spain : We visited a small town an hour outside of Barcelona called VillaFranca known for its many vineyards, etc. We visited a small
vineyard where in fact they let you make your own cava. PLus we got a tour of the vineyard and classes on how to
taste and recognize the different types of Cava & of course we got to keep our bottle! :)

Fantastic. Eric picked us up and dropped us back at the station (it was easy to get to get to!) and we had loads of fun learning about the production methods - plus of course tasting the different Cavas. Bottling them was a lot of fun, and I'm looking forward to drinking "Buzzard's Brew" a delicious, crisp and light Cava, the moment I get home! The BBQ was a good call and we ate outside in the sun overlooking the vineyards.