Before we get going we must clarify one thing. Many of the bars you would find in Barcelona while you walk the streets of the City (and the same applies for many other cities in Spain ) offer tapas , yes. But not the kind of tapas nor wine that would make your dining experience one that will last in your memory. That is why we decided to do this article with some of what we think are the best wine bars and tapas of Barcelona. In some cases you will be surprised to see many bars offer mainly red wines from Rioja. That is changing a lot, but still, if you would like to enjoy local wines we recommend you join a winery tour from Barcelona during your stay in the City.
We have chosen a number of bars offering a menu composed of excellent tapas in Barcelona. There are some bars that have specialized in only one type of tapas. They are excellent at what they do, but for the purpose of this post we have preferred to focus on the bars offering more variety.
On the other hand it is very difficult to speak of the “Top 10 wine bars” in Barcelona or of the “10 best tapas bars in Barcelona” It is virtually impossible to do so if we pretend to be fair. To start with, we do not know all the bars in Barcelona! It is a pretty big City, with many neighbourhoods and many people behind new bars trying to do very interesting things.
When we start writing this post we do not know how many bars we will include in our list. There wil be for sure quite many, as there are many wine bars in Barcelona with great quality. But our list should not be taken as a ranking, nor as a fully exhaustive list. It would not be fair. A visit to one of these bars is a perfect way to continue a day after enjoying one of our wine tours from Barcelona.