Perpignan

Wine tasting in Perpignan: between urban tradition and natural renaissance

Capital of Roussillon, Perpignan is much more than a historical and cultural center: it is also a key hub of the Catalan wine scene. Long at the heart of the trade of Natural Sweet Wines, the city is now experiencing a oenological revival driven by the natural wine movement and a generation of committed winemakers.

Around the city, the vineyards of the Roussillon plain stretch across clay-limestone soils, rolled pebbles, or silt, depending on the neighborhoods and estates. But Perpignan’s wine identity is best expressed in its natural wine bars, urban cellars, and events around living wine.
Here, wine tasting in Perpignan becomes a friendly and authentic experience: meetings with passionate wine merchants, local food and wine pairing evenings, introductions to organic or natural wine tasting.

Some estates, located on the outskirts (in Saleilles, Canohès, or at the foot of the Aspres), also welcome visitors for an immersive tasting, often in a rustic setting just minutes from the city center.

For lovers of natural wine in Perpignan, it’s the ideal place to discover additive-free cuvées, with raw and sincere aromas, often vinified in amphorae or concrete tanks, with great respect for living things.

If you want to have a drink in town, you can go to Lady Jaja, on Cathedral Square, to Domaine Giocanti, or to Le Grabuge