Discover the DO Empordà Wine Route
Picture this: you’re relaxing under the warm Spanish sun at your luxury villa with private pool on the Costa Dorada …. What’s missing? How about a nice bottle of wine? Catalonia is actually a fantastic wine growing region, and even has its own Designation of Origin (DO) classification: Empordà. The Empordà wine region extends all the way from the town of Figueres right up towards the border with France. The Empordà region is heavily regulated, and today there are officially 423 wine growers, 45 wineries, and 2020 hectares of vineyards here, producing 3.5 million bottles of wine each and every year. Why Empordà? If you’re shopping for local Catalan wines to enjoy at your villa in Spain , why opt for DO Empordà wines? Well, Empordà is an excellent wine growing region thanks to the beneficial soils and weather conditions. The soils tend to have good drainage, and high granite content thanks to the proximity of the mountains. Weather is typically windy, which reduces