Carrer de la Roca, 3 | 17750 Capmany, Girona
Coordinates: 42.3750260000, 2.9189770000 (map)
If you have spent some time eating and drinking your way around the Costa Brava, you are likely to know at least several local wine producers and brands. However, try putting a name to the face when it comes to the Oliveda winery in Capmany, and you will probably draw a blank. Celler Oliveda is not a brand you would know; it is not a brand at all, but a major wine producer whose wines have their own names and labels, and at least some of them you may have tasted even outside of Catalonia.
Grup Oliveda owns the following product lines: the so-called Mediterranean wines that include Rigau Ros, Clos Primat, Masia Oliveda (yes, this one might give you a clue); the Vins de Finca such as Finca Vilamaniscle, Finca Rabós, Finca Capmany; cavas and dessert wines. The cavas produced by Celler Oliveda include a whole range with their own product lines, most notably Familia Oliveda, OH! and Gran Rigau.
With such a massive product offering, you can expect a comprehensive store selection and an enjoyable shopping experience when you visit Celler Oliveda. The winery is open daily except for Sunday during set opening hours and welcomes tastings, guided tour reservations and even self-guided tours that require no prior notice. Visiting Celler Oliveda is fun the premises form an attractive maze of interconnected tasting rooms, cellars, dimly lit hallways and even an upstairs museum that you are welcome to explore at your own pace.
The museum on the second floor is dedicated to barrel taps. Yes, barrel taps of all sizes, big and small, plus tools for making and fixing them, vessels they attach to and the artifacts from the winery that collects them. No explanations, notes of dates or producers in sight; just hundreds of objects grouped by one purpose to let the good times (wine) flow!
Back downstairs, you may browse and sample the bottled wines that Celler Oliveda currently makes, plus table wine (white, red) and vermouth sold by litre straight from the barrel. In addition to Spanish and Catalan, the staff speaks excellent English and French, making a spur-of-the-moment visit all the more possible.
Visitor information
Address: Carrer de la Roca, 3 | 17750 Capmany, Girona
Phone: + 34 972 54 90 12
E-mail: comercial@grupoliveda.com
Contact person: Ingrid Teixidor Bech
Opening hours: Mondays to Saturdays 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Winery tour duration: 1.5 hours
Min group size: none
Max group size: 50
Languages spoken: Catalan, Spanish, English, French, German
Gran Rigau Brut Nature Rosé N.V. (brut nature sparkling rose)
Rigau Ros Cabernet Sauvignon Gran Reserva 2011 (dry red)
Rigau Ros Gran Reserva 2010 (dry red)