Catalan wineries take centre stage at the most international Barcelona Wine Week yet

Barcelona Wine Week has closed its third edition with a strong turnout: more than 20,000 visitors and 800 exhibitors. Catalan wineries, wines and designations of origin once again took centre stage, and Prodeca would like to thank the more than 200 wineries and organisations that placed their trust in us and in the brand "Catalonia, where wine is culture" to take part in the fair. 

Catalonia has been an excellent host for Barcelona Wine Week and the Catalan wineries showcased the richness of the sector and the country's food and wine potential, grouped by Designation of Origin. An opportunity to encourage internationalisation through varieties, territory and the distinctiveness of a sector projecting itself to the world.  

🍷We are supporting the participation of more than 200 Catalan wineries at @bcnwineweek

✅It is the fair's 3rd edition and one of the sector's first annual events.

👉The Catalan wineries take part through the agri-food brand "Catalonia, where food is culture". pic.twitter.com/o3y8rKudcn

— Agricultura (@agriculturacat) February 6, 2023

Fira de Barcelona's Montjuïc venue was sold out and for three days breathed wine culture. The record attendance came with a consolidation as the benchmark trade meeting point for southern Europe's wine sector with more than 8,000 B2B meetings and the presence of 600 international buyers from markets of strategic importance for  Spanish wine exports such as the USA, Germany, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Japan and China.

Barcelona Wine Week's organisers also estimate the economic impact generated by the fair at around €12 million.

Trends in sustainability, wine tourism and innovation

Barcelona Wine Week hosted various talks and activities built around sustainability, wine tourism and innovation. Of particular note was the presentation of the Qualified Single-Estate Wines tasting, organised by INCAVI before an audience of high-level opinion leaders and experts. 

Today, INCAVI's director general@incavicat, @AlbaBalcells and sommelier @ferrancentelles, presented at @bcnwineweek the unprecedented tasting "Qualified Single-Estate Wines. The power of terroir.", with a representative from each winery holding this top distinction. pic.twitter.com/Le4E6JFq97

— INCAVI (@incavicat) February 7, 2023

The Catalan Institute of Vine and Wine also organised the tasting "The relationship between terroir vegetation and wine aromas", presenting the Biodiversity Project and showing how the botanical landscape around the vineyards influences the aromas of the wines made there.

To showcase the potential of wine-producing Catalonia, the Catalan Tourist Board presented the talk Catalan Wine Routes, a tour of the different wine routes that delve into the essence of the Catalan designations of origin and their wines and wineries. 

Finally, as part of Barcelona Wine Week, the Dones del Vi event was held at the Palau de Pedralbes, with a tasting of wines made by women running wineries. An event to give visibility to, recognise and strengthen alliances between women producers, winemakers, sommeliers and all the sector's female professionals. 

"Women have always been there and there are more and more of them. The @govern wants to highlight the fantastic work done by women farmers, producers, winegrowers and opinion leaders of #vicatalà" @TeresaJorda @agriculturacat pic.twitter.com/fZAO8e55G6

— INCAVI (@incavicat) February 8, 2023