Barcelona Wine Week to showcase Catalonia's food and wine strength

The Catalan wine sector will be well represented at Barcelona Wine Week, one of the sector's first annual events. The third edition of this international fair for southern European wines takes place in Barcelona from 6 to 8 February at Fira Barcelona's Montjuïc venue. 

Prodeca – Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda will give support to the participation of 210 wineries from different Catalan designations of origin through the agri-food brand 'Catalonia, where wine is culture'.

Wine and cava marketing will bring the trade together in Barcelona. The last Barcelona Wine Week, in April 2022, brought together more than 650 exhibiting companies, 60 Spanish Designations of Origin and more than 18,000 trade visitors. They included 470 major international buyers from strategic markets who took part in almost 6,600 business meetings with exhibitors.

Trends in sustainability, wine tourism and innovation will be central to the talks and activities organised at Barcelona Wine Week, with prominent appearances by highly regarded professionals on topics mainly linked to terroir, the authenticity of wines and new trends such as digitalisation. 

In this context, INCAVI is running two activities. First, the unprecedented tasting 'Qualified Single-Estate Wines. The power of terroir', where ten Qualified Single-Estate Wines will be tasted, specifically  from the wineries Clos Mogador, Vall Llach, Mas d'en Gil, Edetària, Vinyes Domènech, Abadal, Oller del Mas, Jean Leon, Olivardots and Eudald Massana. The tasting will be introduced by INCAVI's director general, Alba Balcells, led by sommelier Ferran Centelles, with a representative from each winery taking part. It will be held in the Sala Príncep on Tuesday 7 February at 4.30pm.

The second tasting is on Wednesday 8 February at 10.30am in the Tasting Area, titled 'The relationship between terroir vegetation and wine aromas. Biodiversity Project'. This session will present the results of an INCAVI project explaining how the botanical landscape around the vineyards influences the aromas of the wines made there. Wines from the wineries taking part in the project will be tasted and compared with the scent of their landscape: Vinyes Domènech, Castell de Perelada, La Fou, La Gravera, Huguet de Can Feixes and La Fou.

The other activity showcasing the potential of wine-producing Catalonia is the talk Catalan Wine Routes organised by the Catalan Tourist Board in the Speaker Corner area of the BWW HUB, a tour of the different wine routes that delve into the essence of the Catalan designations of origin and their wines and wineries. 

INCAVI is also supporting the tasting organised by the Dones del Vi collective at the Palau de Pedralbes , on Wednesday 8 in the afternoon, attended by ministers Teresa Jordà and Tània Verge. Wines made by 35 women running wineries, 20 of them Catalan, will be tasted, with around 350 people expected.