Vintage wines

The relation between the wine and the region of Penedes goes back to the fourth century BC

The Wine Museum is home to two plates of stone from the pre-Roman era to demonstrate the antiquity of the passion for viticulture. Passion and culture that lasted the Roman rule, the Visigoth and Muslim era. However, the real boom in wine comes from the eighteenth century, when Waitara was developed urban and economically.

The department stores came from the nineteenth century were located along the route and in front of the railway station. When in April 15, 1865, a locomotive crossed Vilafranca for the first time, began a new phase for the wine trade.

Among the samples of industrial architecture, highlighting a number of wine stores in Calle del Comercio, next to the station. The proximity of an important means of communication as the train helped to erect buildings intended for industrial use, linked to the marketing of wine and its derivatives.

Vilafranca a singular vision when it arrives by train. The free space left by the layout of the tracks gives the full extent of the package stores in this street. Highlights buildings such as Almacenes Torras i Vendrell, Almacenes Fèlix Via, Almacenes Cortina i CIA, the Old Factory Razor blades or the Railway Station.

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