Barcelona Wine Bars: 3 picks from a self-confessed “wino”
When I meet someone new in Barcelona, I prepare myself for the “Three Questions”:
Them: “How long have you lived here?”
Me: “Almost 8 years.”
Them: “Do you like it?”
Me: “Yes.”
Them: “Why did you move to Barcelona?”
Depending on my mood, I give some long-winded story about adventure and heartbreak, blah, blah, blah, or I tell the truth; “I came for the olives and wine.”
I am a wino. I also like a good beer, but if made to choose, go for the wine over beer every time.
Wine in Spain can be exorbitant or dirt-cheap. There is a lot of excellent wine for under €5 the bottle, making Spain and Barcelona a shoestring wino’s paradise. If you, too, swoon for fermented grapes, then put these bars on your must-drink list.
Onofre
Onofre
Carrer de les Magdalenes 19, 08002, Barcelona
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Serving pretty much all Catalan and Spanish wines, here you’ll come across an extensive wine menu and 16 labels served by the glass. Over 200 types of wine can be ordered by the bottle! Onofre also does tasty tapas and an excellent lunch menu for less than $20.
La Vinya del Senyor
Plaça Santa María, 5, 08003, Barcelona
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La Vinya del Senyor carries over 400 wines in a fab setting right in front of Santa Maria del Mar Basilica. Remember the book “Cathedral of the Sea” by Ildefonso Falcones de Sierra? It’s written about this basilica. Their 20 wines by-the-glass change every 15 days. You can choose between reds, whites, cavas, Champagnes, and sweet wines like sherry.
Vila Viniteca
Agullers, 7, 08003, Barcelona
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Vila Viniteca is enormous, taking up an entire street. Go into the deli and down the stairs to find the tiny bar. Any deli item can be served up with one of their 13 wines by the glass, which are mostly Spanish. They also carry 350 types of cheese!
Do you have a favorite wine bar in Barcelona?
Tell us about your favorite spots for wine in the comments section!
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Thanks a lot for the info! Will definitely add these bars to our to-do list 🙂
We are from Argentina and hopefully travelling to Barcelona in September. We don’t have such an extensive budget so I was wondering whether there is any one wine that we simply cannot miss. I think your advice may save us a lot of trial and error! We don’t really know so much about Spanish wine, being from across the Atlantic, so wouldn’t want to be taken in…
Thanks a lot! And thanks for this blog, too – it’s super useful!
Hi Victoria,
Most wine is pretty good. Some wines to try for sure include Cava by Segura Viudas, Penedes and albariño whites, and Rioja and Ribera de Duero reds. Have a great visit!
Hallo Regina!
We are going to Barcelona in October and will definitely follow some of your Tips for bars/markets/chocolate bars … We live in Croatia, where we also have lot of wines, olives, cheese and so on, but i cant wait to try some good Spanish cheese with glass of red wine!!!
Lovely site thanks a lot.
Greetings from Croatia!
Have not yet been to Barcelona, but will use your list as a starting point when I go there this fall.
Glad to hear it. Lots of great Catalan wines.