Caves à vin- Maisons des vins Pyrénées-Orientales

The Domaine Riberach winery produces high quality organic wines, which have been awarded the Nature et Progrès label for several years. The result is wines that are typical and that reveal the unique character of their mountain terroir. To be tasted without moderation! Regularly awarded, these wines are among the best of the Fenouillèdes region. Between the sea and the mountains, this former cathedral of wine offers you wine tourism activities all year round.

Initially sold in pharmacies, Byrrh was soon exported beyond the borders under the title of "tonic and hygienic wine". This aperitif is elaborated thanks to skilful dosages of various aromatic plants, giving it sweet and bitter flavours, then aged for two to three years in oak tuns, one of which is the largest oak vat in the world: 1,200,000 litres! The cellars can be visited and as soon as the weather is fine, sound and light, dramatised visits and guided tours will tell you the incredible story of the Violet brothers.

Created in 1895, the Maison Cazes has become the historical standard bearer of Roussillon viticulture. While remaining vigilant about the excellence of its wines produced with limited yields, it offers a wide range of bottles from Catalan terroirs covering 220 hectares, converted to organic and biodynamic agriculture over the last 20 years. During a visit, discover the warm and authentic tasting area and then plunge into the secrets of Roussillon winemaking, including a century-old tun room.

The list of winegrowers associated with the Caves du Roussillon is not very long, but it is above all very prestigious. Within this rigorous selection at domain prices, we find the tenors of the region, but also some lesser known domains. Not forgetting some Languedoc wines and a fine collection of spirits and sparkling wines. And at the Caves du Roussillon, the whole team always suggests you taste before making your choice. They don't hesitate to uncork a bottle to share their passion with you!

Françoise's Cellar is a wine cellar and also a charming fine grocery store of regional products. Quality products to discover or take home to the return of vacation and to taste with nostalgia the products of the local cerdan such as carriolettes (season), Bio organic honey, blueberry caramels, confitures or «, organic saffron, Catalan biscuits (gimbelettes). But also: peasant sausages, farm cheeses (Capcir, Pyrenees tommes…), gras gras and typical canned dishes (picolat de, duck rillettes…). Françoise regularly organises wine tastings highlighting the richness of Catalan territory, one of the moments of conviviality we love.

The houses Delamain, Bouju and Frapin are well represented in this winery, which also offers armagnac. However, this wine cellar will be better advised for lovers of good wines as the choice of spirits is limited.

This bodega (cellar) offers you good wine elaborated with passion by our Catalan wine growers, cheese and other gourmet products, but also conviviality and a lot of friendship in all simplicity. If you doubt it, just come every Sunday morning for the oyster and tapas aperitif. And every day, you can come to enjoy a glass of wine, a local beer and eat some tapas. Florence and José also organize from time to time concert aperitifs in the evening. A nice "good mood" address to remember.

With the restaurant La Table d 'Aimé, here is another establishment of the Cazes house in Rivesaltes. Nothing but liquid, but it's solid! In this beautiful place, the cellar houses the bottles of Domaine Lhéritier, which have been handed over for four generations, natural sweet wines (muscat, amber, tug and out of age), as well as wines from countries and Côtes du Roussillon. Prices are sweet to make fun of. The visit is worth it, as well as tasting. Paintings of local artists are clinging to the cimaises, with always a sound background that delights the epicurians and fans of opera.

Gustumo, from Esperanto, means "the sense of taste", so we know why we enter this nice and friendly wine cellar. Jean-Philippe will advise you if you need to build up a cellar and in the same way for your food and wine pairings. You can trust him, he is a wine lover and he knows his products perfectly. A delicatessen corner (Banyuls and Maury vinegars, tapenade, foies gras) will help you with small gifts and last minute refined attentions. A place full of life and madness animated by a passionate person.

On soils composed of schist, gneiss, granitic and clay-limestone arenas, the winegrowers of the "cave coop" (founded in 1920) produce beautiful nectars and it is often said that the best of the department are born in the area. In addition to the often medal-winning dry wines, you will discover Rivesaltes and Muscats de Rivesaltes. 14 vintages in total for all tastes and budgets. To come to Latour is to make an escapade in a wild and authentic land.

There are two lovely shops that praise wine: grand cru and small estates from here and elsewhere, as well as a fine range of natural sweet wines. Local winemakers come to talk about their wines on Thursday evenings, with tastings accompanied by tapas. Depending on what's going on, the tastings are based on a particular theme: new wines, rums, champagnes, whiskies... La Part des Anges is also a whisky expert with a hundred references and clearly displays its passion for sweet wines and rancios.

Jean-Pierre Rudelle is an epicurean of wine, you are sure to find here a particularly careful selection of the best Domains of Roussillon and France. But also tasting courses in a very trendy setting. Le Comptoir follows the latest wine news with a calendar of seasonal events. From Thursday to Saturday evenings, the Comptoir des Crus offers tastings of wines from guest producers and advice from professional oenophiles. A valuable address for terroir lovers.

Tasting is a pleasure in this trendy wine-shop. Olivier, a young wine merchant and great connoisseur, will give you the advice you need. In his attractive light wood décor, you'll discover over 800 references, some of them exclusive to Collioure: Rectorie, Préceptorie, Gardiès, Clos des Fées, Gauby, Abbé Rous, Côtes d'Agly, Pithon de Calce, in short, the department's finest winemakers. All at estate prices. During the school vacations, tastings are organized every day. Everything is on their Facebook page.

At the Cellier des Arcades, the emphasis is on the wines of the department and on organic wine. From April to July, two Saturdays a month, in this beautiful house with its vaulted ceiling and stone walls made of Tech pebbles, Henri organises beautiful tastings in the presence of the winegrower to help you discover a domain. When we ask him to name his favourite vintages, he replies: "impossible to answer, I like everything! ». A good address to accompany the good and delicious local products brought back from the famous market of Céret.

A unique place is located in the heart of Perpignan: Sant Vicens. Created in 1942 by Denys and Firmin Bauby, this farmhouse of the 18th century has become a must of ceramics and Catalan tradition. The greatest artists that Roussillon can count made and make a stopover at Sant Vicens. Not to forget those from elsewhere, Jean Lurçat and Jean Picart Le Doux for the most renowned. You will be welcomed by the family atmosphere of the Bauby, in a farmhouse and a garden that still has other surprises like the cellar which will offer you, in addition to the wines of the region, a wide range of whiskeys, champagnes or cognacs. Ideal to combine Art and Epicureanism!

In the winding of the thermal baths, facing the town hall, it is in a nice setting that you will be advised a good believer among the 600 references of the shop, the wines of the department and a beautiful selection in domains in Languedoc-Roussillon! The range of fares is wide, there are all budgets. You can also choose from wine tastings to make the right choice. Lovers of natural soft wines will only have the embarrassment of choice, a third of the space is devoted to them with very old vintage banyuls, including this great 1950 vintage, or rivesaltes and maury. A gift idea, if the year corresponds to the birthday of a connoisseur-collector!

Fabrice and Alexandre Rieu, and Laurent of Besombes Singla have been creative wines for almost a decade. Their Bubbles bubbles, with fine bubbles, replace champagne in the region's trendy evenings, especially during the Les Waves Festival at Argelès. Presented in his small bottle, Crusade is a amber rivesaltes prepared with the technique invented in the th century by the doctor of the kings of Majorca. Nolita, a sparkling wine with strawberry, peach and apricot, is a favourite of the female gente at the time of aperitif with 6,5 ° alcohol. The last born, Antidote, is a 100% Muscat 0% of alcohol to take pleasure without taking risk at the wheel!

"Welcome, serve and distil good humour" is the credo of Pascale and Carlos, the owners of La Cave. When it comes to wine or meat, they have a flair for it and you will discover at their table the jewel of Catalan gastronomy. Generous quantities, rigorously selected products and inimitable taste! The bill is much less salty than the sea. La Cave is also a room with a charming rustic counter for aperitifs, a wine cellar and takeaway meals. A heterogeneous concept animated by passionate people who love life and living things.

Change of owner at Saint-Jacques winery with Pierre Tillier. After working in the bank and insurance, he decided to dedicate himself to his passion by becoming a merchant. After having made his arms in a Nicolas store, he made the big jump by taking over the winery Saint Jacques. It puts the producers of the Ruby Coast first, but also the producers of the Eastern Pyrenees. You will find the tip areas of the coast (such as La Rectorie, Coume del Mas, Vial-Magnères), but also less known wines. The selection is thus made with a view to discovering new flavours to customers. An innovative wine merchant.

At last, a wine shop that has fallen in love with natural wines and is putting them on the map! Olivier offers the finest organic, biodynamic and naturally vinified wines, as well as an attractive range of local produce. He's a colorful character, as free with his words as he is with the wines he offers. In addition to his expert advice, Olivier offers a range of wines to suit all budgets and tastes, and always finds the right bottle for you! A character as engaging as the wines he advises. A must to discover.