A cava winery and hotel among the Penedès vineyards
Cava & Hotel Mastinell is a cava winery, hotel and restaurant in Vilafranca del Penedès, among vineyards at the foot of the Sant Pau mountain. It is in the middle of the Penedès wine region, a 10-minute walk (1 km) from the centre of Vilafranca and 35 minutes by car from Barcelona-El Prat airport. Vilafranca has train services on the R2 and R4 lines, which helps guests who do not drive.
The website offers customisable rooms for ceremonies, and terraces and gardens with views over the vineyards for the aperitif. Dinner is served in air-conditioned salons that hold up to 260 guests. The menu is made to measure and paired with wines from the winery, with advice from the oenology team. The hotel has 13 rooms, including a bridal suite, so part of the group can stay on site. The venue says its salons and gardens won a Gold Medal at the Shanghai International Design Exhibition in 2011.
It suits couples who care about food and wine and want to stay in a winery, close to a town and to Barcelona. A team of wedding planners works with you from the first visit.
For your photos
The terraces and gardens with views of the vineyards are the places for the aperitif and for relaxed photos of the guests. For portraits, walk into the vines with your photographer in the hour before sunset, when the light is low and warm, and ask the team where you can go, because this is a working winery. The salons won a design award, so it is worth seeing the room for a few first photos of the couple before the guests arrive.
The website does not describe a rain plan for the ceremony or the aperitif, so ask which indoor rooms can be used and how much daylight they get. If the ceremony is in a customisable indoor room, visit it at the hour of your ceremony to see the light. The bridal suite and the hotel rooms are useful for the getting-ready photos, and having them on site saves travel time.
Good to know
- Location: Carretera de Vilafranca a Sant Martí Sarroca, km 0.5, Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona province.
- Getting there: 35 minutes by car from El Prat airport. Trains R2 and R4 to Vilafranca, then a 10-minute walk (1 km) from the town centre.
- Capacity: salons for up to 260 guests.
- Rooms: 13, with 1 bridal suite, 10 double and 2 single rooms.
- Catering: tailor-made menu, paired with the winery’s wines.
- Parking: private outdoor car park.
- Pets: not admitted at the hotel.
- Website: mastinell.com.
