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Our Priorat wine tours awarded by TripAdvisor (we are number 1!)

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Wine tasting in the vineyard at sunset in Priorat

Spoiler: According to TripAdvisor, among Catalonia’s top 10 wineries, three belong to DOQ Priorat! How about a wine tasting in the vineyards?

More good news! We already have the official TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award here. Previously, this award was called Certificate of Excellence.

TripAdvisor is one of the world’s most popular web portals providing information for travelers (according to the Statista report), where a significant part of the content is based on user feedback on the destinations they have visited, accommodation, restaurants, etc. Wine travel also has good coverage there.

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How’s the grape harvest and wine travel? (Celler Devinssi, DOQ Priorat)

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Definitely, 2020, baptised by Hurricane Gloria, will forever be etched in our memory.

The disastrous effect of the Covid-19 has been noticed here in  Priorat. Three months with no tourists, with no people in the street. Of course, with a minimum risk of virus rebound… Learn more…

We’re lucky to have been able to take care of the vineyards: whole spring spent alone with nature, with an uncertain future, toon…

This year, the vineyards have needed a lot of human presence… The endless spring rains have caused the plague called mildew to spread throughout the vineyards: a fungus that dries the grapes… Learn more… 

We have had some losses of Carignan (Samsó) and Red Grenache, but if we zoom out to the DOQ Priorat level we have no right to complain. The careful dedication during the most complicated season in terms of weather and epidemiology and a some luck have made this 2020 grape harvest possible: Grenache and Carignan in very good condition, healthy and juicy Cabernet Sauvignon… Meanwhile, after a dry and sunny august, the harvest has been somewhat early and very dynamic. Continue reading →

The new format of our wine tasting with pica-pica (local nibbles)

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Many visitors ask to taste wines paired with local products.

Over time, observing how this experience works, we’ve come up with the exact list of ingredients you generally like.

Here they are: fuet, jamón, cheese, Arbequina olives, pa amb tomàquet i oli, nuts.

Now, with the new safety rules, we serve these nibbles in individual lunchboxes.

Here are a couple of photos. Do you fancy it?

We also have the wine-and-food pairing option for vegetarians and vegans. It includes vegan sausage and cheese. For vegetarians, it can include sheep, goat or mixed cheese.

Please remember that any wine tour should be booked at least TWO DAYS BEFOREHAND. 

wine tasting vegan vegetarian food pairing Priorat Gratallops Bodega Devinssi

Wine tourism in Priorat: Celler Devinssi reopens its doors sticking to safety measures

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While the world keeps contending with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, Priorat has reached phase 3 of the de-escalation.

We suppose that wine tourism recovery to the same levels will be gradual and always on the alert for health safety.

We are very excited to announce that we are reopening the cellar doors to welcome you here in the Priorat. Did you feel like leaving home? Going on an excursion, tasting wines, viewing some unmatched scenery. Scenery that has been waiting for you uncomplainingly…

Obviously, new safety measures have come to wine tourism. Tastings have new rules to ensure that you are protected throughout the experience.

At Celler Devinssi, in fact, we already began to apply some of these rules long before the pandemic. Now, they have expanded, and obviously include some new things. For example, safety masks, group size, distances… All this just for the sake of a pleasant and safe experience.

We present the SARS-CoV-2 safety measures that will be applied while visiting Celler Devinssi. Read them carefully to find out what exactly awaits you.

What tours do we currently offer?

  • Visit to the vineyard with a tour of the winery and wine tasting. Book.
  • Visit to the vineyard with a tour of the winery and wine tasting with local products*. Book.
  • Visit of the vineyard with a tour of the winery and wine tasting including our Rocapoll. Book.

*Local products will be served in individual portions.

For more information, please contact us.

COVID-19? Cheer up! We’re resuming our wine tastings at the vineyard online!

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online wine tasting Devinssi PrioratFor many of us, lockdown is a challenge. And in the first months of release we do not know if we’ll be able to travel far from our homes. To see the vineyard landscapes, talk personally to people who turned winemaking into their passion…

That’s why we’ve thought of giving you this chance to see our grapevines live through customised visits to our vineyard. How can they be done?

When you buy 6 or more bottles of our DOQ Priorat / DO Montsant wine from our online shop, you can enjoy a discount.

Jordi UstrellAnd this bonanza goes further: you will also have a customised virtual visit to the vineyard, live with Jordi Ustrell.

Conditions:

  • Order paid at our online wine shop of at least 6 bottles.
  • Vineyard adopters: ask us for the customised promotion code.
  • Maximum runtime of the virtual tasting: 40 minutes.
  • Experience available in: Catalan, Spanish, English, French or Russian.
  • Contact us via mail or WhatsApp to fix the time.
  • USA, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, China: ask us where to find wines locally.

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Grape harvest workshop is back to Gratallops, DOQ Priorat, on 22 September 2019

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grape harvest master class, Celler Devinssi, Gratallops, DOQ PrioratAfter many requests from our vineyard adopters and other friends of Celler Devinssi, this year we’re resuming our grape harvest workshop.

Save the date on 22 September (Sunday) to enjoy Priorat’s scenery and learn to harvest or improve your grape harvesting skills.

The workshop will include a briefing on harvesting techniques and a grape harvesting session. Afterwards, there will be a wine tasting at the vineyard, paired with local products.

Schedule:

  • 10.00 – 10.30 am – meetup at Devinssi Celler
  • 10.30 – 11.00 am – guided walk to the vineyard
  • 11.00 am – 12.45 pm – grape harvest workshop
  • 12.45 – 1.30 pm – wine tasting paired with local products
  • 1.30 – 2.00 pm – return to the village

Prices:

  • General fee: € 30 per person (VAT included).
  • Grapevine adopters: € 15 per person (VAT included).

Places are limited.

Please confirm before 20 September 2019.

Please advise if you have any food restrictions. We will post the ingredients closer to the workshop date.

Please wear good hiking footwear (low difficulty), a hat and sunscreen.

We look forward to your active participation. For any further enquiries, please contact us.

ROCAPOLL visit

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You’ve been asking us about the difference between the standard winery tour and that of Rocapoll. The latter type includes the standard visit plus Rocapoll wine tasting (vi de la vila de Gratallops, Carignane from a nearly 100-year-old vineyard) + some cheese and cured ham.

  • ROCAPOLL tour: vineyard escape + winery tour + wine tasting, including our Rocapoll = 100€ / 2 persons (for larger groups, please conact us)

Grapevine adopters’ newsletter (April, 2016)

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UPCOMING EVENT:
GREEN-PRUNING MASTER CLASS + BARBECUE!

When: 22 May, 2016 (Sunday), 11am – 3pm
Where: Gratallops, DOQ Priorat
Who: grapevine adopters

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April, a month of peace and quiet?

Dear grapevine adopters,

Vineyards are so full of flowers and so beautiful… The landscape is completely awash in springtime this April. What a panoramic luxury. Continue reading →

Grapevine adopters’ newsletter (March, 2016)

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IMG_2122Març plujós dóna bones collites (Rainy March yields good crops. A Catalan saying)

Well, finally, nature has made up for the previous lack of grass and flowers, which was so obvious! Winds brought clouds, the clouds shed fresh rains, the rains entailed the grass boom! Did you know why it’s important to keep the grass growing at our vineyards? Continue reading →

Grapevine adopters’ newsletter (Februrary, 2016)

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06 enoturisme febrer priorat devinssi ametllerQuan el dia creix el fred neix (a Catalan saying) ≈ As the day lengthens, so the cold strengthens

Okay, so January was quite a springtime… What about February? According to the popular wisdom, February has longer days but it’s often the coldest month of the year, here in Priorat. Quite a windy month, although also with nice periods of sunshine and calm: we wre even able to pick wild asparagus. The month completed with some modest snowfalls in the mountains. See the video filmed by our vine adopter Jaime Boldú in the villages of Siurana and Albarca, nestling on high rockd in the northern part of Priorat. Here in Gratallops we didn’t see a single snowflake, and on the next day it was quite warm. Continue reading →