Visit at Caves Codorníu

In the town of Sant Sadurní, in the heart of the Alt Penedès, you’ll find Spain’s oldest family-run business, Codorníu, which was founded more than 450 years ago.

The Codorníu winery was designed by the Catalan art- nouveau, or modernista, architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch (a contemporary of Gaudí’s), and listed as an Artistic and Historic Landmark in 1976. The building symbolises the alliance between nature and human endeavour and is a tribute in stone to the silence of the cava-making process.

Codorníu was the first winery to produce cava using the traditional method with grape varieties native to the Penedès, including Macabeu, Xarel·lo and Parellada.

It also makes wines with other grapes, such as Chardonnay. Codorníu have used this variety since 1983 to make their cava Anna de Codorníu, which pays homage to the last member of the Codorníu family to have this surname.

What does your booking includes?:

• Welcome in the Puig Hall "the Cathedral of Cava".
• Modernista walk: Josep Puig i Cadafalch’s landmark + history and heritage of the Codorníu family + Codorníu winery gardens.
• Museum and large cellar: exhibition of traditional machinery used in harvesting and fermentation – interactive model of the winery + table of aromas.
• The first Codorníu winery.
• Visit to the underground cellars: exhibition of traditional machinery used to make cava + train ride through the cellars.

And according to which type of ticket you have purchased:

• Discovery tour: tasting of two of Codorníu’s top-of-the-range cavas (grape juice for the under 18s).
• Iconic tour: special tasting of three cavas from the Anna de Codorníu range (Blanc de Blancs Reserva, Blanc de Noirs and Rosé) accompanied by a snack (crisps, olives and mini cured sausage) in the Anna Room.