Codorniu Winery, Barcelona, Spain

In July, I was in Barcelona, Spain, for one week. During those seven days I tried to see and learn as much as I could, and that meant trying to find a good balance between going on tours and giving myself downtime to explore the city on my own.

One of the tours I’m incredibly glad I made time for was the Codorniu Winery, located about 40 minutes east of Barcelona. The property is impressive — the cellars there were completed in 1915 after 20 years of construction and with the help of Josep Puig i Cadafalch, considered one of the greatest Catalan architects in history and a contemporary of the legendary Antoni Gaudi. Read more