A local bar on the Carrer de la Bassa, Falset's informal evening wine street, pouring Priorat and Montsant wines by the glass alongside Catalan vermut and craft beer for the local crowd.
The list: Local Priorat and Montsant wines by the glass, focused on cooperatives and entry-level estates
Tip: The Carrer de la Bassa strip in Falset is where locals drink on weekend evenings. Bar de la Bassa stays open later than the hotel bars.
Address: Carrer de la Bassa s/n, 43730 Falset, Tarragona, Spain, Priorat
A wine bar and shop in Falset serving DOQ Priorat and DO Montsant wines by the glass, with a selection emphasising smaller estates alongside the better-known names of the comarca.
The list: Well-stocked DOQ Priorat and DO Montsant by the glass and bottle, with a focus on smaller producers
Tip: Vinum Priorat is a wine shop and bar hybrid in Falset that stocks bottles from smaller producers not easily found elsewhere in the town.
The cellar door and tasting room of Cellers Cecilio, the oldest family winery in Gratallops, is the village's de-facto wine bar in the summer season, pouring Garnacha and Carinena from the family's century-old licorella plots.
The list: Gratallops Vi de Vila wines from the oldest family winery in the village, sold by the glass and bottle
Tip: Cellers Cecilio is open in the evenings during summer season. The village of Gratallops has no other dedicated wine bar; the cellar door serves this function.
The village bar in Porrera, the historic Carinena village of the DOQ, serves wines from local producers including Vall Llach and Cims de Porrera by the glass on weekend evenings.
The list: Porrera Vi de Vila wines from local producers, served by the glass with Catalan snacks
Tip: Porrera's village bar is the place to drink Carinena-dominant wines from the local vintage at cellar-door prices.
A wine bar and shop in Falset serving DOQ Priorat and DO Montsant wines by the glass, with a selection emphasising smaller estates alongside the better-known names of the comarca.
The list: Well-stocked DOQ Priorat and DO Montsant by the glass and bottle, with a focus on smaller producers
Tip: Vinum Priorat is a wine shop and bar hybrid in Falset that stocks bottles from smaller producers not easily found elsewhere in the town.
A small tasting room and wine bar in Gratallops operating in the evenings as a listening-bar atmosphere for Priorat wine flights. The stone-vaulted interior and candlelit evenings create the most intimate wine-tasting setting in the village.
The list: Curated flights of Gratallops and DOQ Priorat wines, served in a intimate stone-cellar setting with ambient music in the evening
Tip: La Vinicola is the most atmospheric tasting venue in the village of Gratallops, operating in a traditional stone building with low lighting in the evenings.
A small village wine bar in Torroja del Priorat serving local Vi de Vila wines in the evenings during the spring and summer season.
The list: Torroja Vi de Vila wines from estate producers, served with background ambient music in the evenings
Tip: Torroja del Priorat is a remarkably quiet village in the evenings. The small wine bar next to the church is the only evening option in the village.
The cooperative bar in la Vilella Baixa, serving the village cooperative's own Garnacha and Carinena wines by the glass in a typical Priorat village setting.
The list: Local cooperative wines from the village's own cellar, served by the glass in the evening
Tip: La Vilella Baixa sits at the southern edge of the DOQ along the Siurana river canyon. The cooperative bar has a terrace with vineyard views.