[The thrill of heritage] “WINE STRENGTHENS THE BLOOD. Trade and tradition”

Like a farmer a hundred years ago… Relive how wine was made a hundred years ago in Espluga de Francoli with this trip that you can do alone, with friends or as a family. Lift up a grape carrier weighing 70 kilos, show off your skills with the wine jug and discover how important the production of aguardiente used to be. Taste wines produced with Trepat – the variety of grape native to Conca de Barbera. And don’t worry if you are coming with children – an instructor will show them the plants in the organic nursery while you’re enjoying the tasting. After finding out about the origins of the cooperative movement and the Wine Cathedral, you can enjoy a lunch based on wine cuisine. You’ll love it. Find out about the entire traditional process of making wine and aguardiente. Taste the wines of the DO Conca de Barbera and aguardiente made from the Trepat grape. Be amazed at the modernisme architecture of the wine co-operative. Enjoy top quality wine cuisine. The entire route is in the village. Enjoy our cultural heritage! “WINE STRENGTHENS THE BLOOD. Trade and tradition” is a proposal for experience tourism by the Museum of Rural Life which, promoted by the Cultural Heritage Agency of Catalonia, part of the Regional Government of Catalonia, under the brand name “The thrill of heritage”. The activity is offered in the town of L’Espluga de Francolí, located an hour away from Barcelona, and 30 minutes from the towns of Lleida, Tarragona (World Heritage Site) and the airports of Reus and Alguaire. It is a unique touristic product, specially aimed at those interested in the world of wine, of history, of ethnography and popular culture. It is the ideal complement for the clients of wine-tourism routes, given that it adds a “plus” to the conventional visits to wineries and wine tasting. The proposal has also been aimed at family outings, given that while the adults take part in wine tasting, the children can enjoy complementary activities.