Cadaques Wine Tour: Mas Perafita Winery
Wine Tour in Spain= Best Wine Tour EVER!
Do you like wine? (Of course you do!) Do you like seaside villages? (duh!) You are going to love this place.
It may surprise you to find out that until a few years ago, I didn’t love wine. I preferred beer or margaritas or mixed drinks. Wine seemed too fancy, too stuffy, too… dare I say, sophisticated for me. (I was never sure if I actually tasted the wood barrel or the raspberries that the wine should taste like- it just tasted like wine!) It wasn’t until I really started tasting a lot of wines that they started feeling a tad less intimidating.
On my blog trip through the Costa Brava area of Spain with Charming Villas, I not only fell in love with Cadaques, I fell in love with wine. It might have been that we were drinking wine morning, noon and night- seriously!- or that the wine was just so good, but whatever it was, I found several wines that I really liked.
At Mas Perafita, a winery about fifteen minutes from the coast in Cadaques, we were treated to a family style meal with the wine makers that was quite possibly one of the best meals of my life. We met the winemaker, Rafe, and talked to him about his process, all while enjoying home cooked, traditional Catalonian food with his family. Besides just talking about wine, we talked about life, about loving Cadaques and about life in Spain.
It was hard not to love Rafa- which his huge smile and even bigger full belly laugh. He was warm and encouraging and excited to learn about each of us around his table.
There were people talking in English and Spanish and Catalan and while I didn’t quite understand every single phrase or word, there was a common bond that we all shared. As I looked around the table, I realized that the 15 other strangers were all connected through the food, through stories and adventures that transcend language barriers, and of course, connected through the love of wine.
The first bond- dogs! The owners have three lovely, adorable, super playful dogs that were oh, so happy that we were there to give them so much attention.
After lunch we took a tour through the winery- luckily it wasn’t that large because after the huge lunch, I’m not sure I could have walked very far!
Before we left, a few of us explored the gorgeous vineyards, relaxed on the hammock outside and of course, played with the dogs some more. If you decide to make the drive from Girona to Cadaques (which is a very scenic, albeit windy road, that I highly suggest) make sure to stop by Mas Perafita for a wine tour. There’s no doubt that you’ll fall in love with the winery, the wine, the people, and the town just as much as I have.
Where was your favorite wine tour?
What a fun day and an incredible wine tour. I haven’t been to Europe, but my favorite wine tour was actually my first wine tour in Santa Barbara. Such a great day and I still have the wine glass from the tasting.
The message of understanding without knowing the language is why I travel. Meeting new people and having meaningful connections is so valuable. If getting that is something that Mas Perafita specializes in than sign me up.
Such perfect timing! I’m heading to Barcelona in September and really wanted to take a wine tour away from the city. This sounds like the perfect day trip.
Cadaques and Mas Perafita sound great! The best winery tour I’ve ever been on was in Mendoza, Argentina.
This looks so lovely. I’ve never been tasting in Spain, but it looks like you had an amazing experience. I’ll definitely add this to the itinerary when we go back!
I had a great time wine tasting in Burgundy last fall. The host at our favorite tasting room called himself “Dr. Jacques” and insisted that we try nearly everything on offer (lost count around the 11th or 12th flight).
Interesting post. Thanks, Jade! I may follow your footprints next year
And, yes, I love wine (Chianti).
I love wine and Spain is one of my favorite spots in Europe. I especially love that you found a family friendly place with dogs!
I love wine tours – I always learn something new…
That was such a great wine tour and I loved the family style lunch they served us – so authentic. I almost felt like I was Catalan.
Two of my absolute favorite things:
1.) Drinking wine
2.) Touring a winery
Lol! Great pics, Jade
I think wine tours are even better than wine tasting! Wellll… almost better.
I just really enjoy learning about the process and seeing it all in action.
This looked like a wonderful experience. The food looks delicious. Wine tasting and touring in Spain just sounds heavenly. We love wine tastings and one of our favorite tours are always with the smaller wineries.
This is my dream trip!! I studied abroad in Spain — about ten years before I discovered I was a wino at heart. I’ve always wanted to go back and tour some wineries!