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Arriba
Mediaeval Route
Cellars Route
Cister's Route
Prades Mountains
Conca de Barberà
Forés Viewpoint

 

 

 

Wine Houses route

 The Cellars in which wines and sparkling wines are elaborated have been linked to the Conca de Barberà region.  For many centuries the Conca's main economic support and exclusive means of subsistence has been in cultivating its land.

The "estrict Conca" denomination has fomented the land's dependence on vineyards and on the production of wine.  After suffering the effects of the phylloxera at the end of the XIX century, Conca de Barberà went through twenty years of economic depression, the loss of the population and recession. This fact provoked the appareance of association movements based on the principles of solidarity. It was from that moment, that the first agricultural cooperative groups emerged, and along with them the common buildings where the wine was produced (cooperative cellars).

The cellars in Conca de Barberà are a wealth of culture and are well worth a visit. They are usually buildings of architecural interest. Most of them were constructed at the beginning of the XX century according to the artistic trends of what is known as "Agricultural Modernism" which found in the vale-born architect, Cesar Martinell , one of the movement's outstanding representatives.

Moreover, they are rooted on the earth. In the processes of elaboration, tradition and sentiment are mingled as one, and the visitor has the chance to take away in a bottle some really intense sensations.

It is well worth tasting the sparkling wines of the region, as well as the rich diversíty of wines bearing the Conca de Barberà denomination of origin. Amongst the best wines of all Catalonia is the "trepat" rose wine from the Conca Barberà.

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