The Vins del Tros project was created in 2009 by Joan Ramon Bada, winemaker, and Josep Arrufat, vintner. Both were born in Vilalba dels Arcs, have been friends from childhood and are passionate about the vineyards and wine from their land. Together, their main objective is to produce wines that represent the distinctive characteristics from the region where they are made in the Terra Alta, by using the old vines of Red and White Grenache, the two main traditional local varieties. Finally, in late 2012, another wine culture enthusiast from our country, Xavier Orobitg, joined our team, bringing his extensive professional experience to this exciting project. Our cellar is located on the main level of one of the most emblematic country homes from Vilalba del Arcs: casa “Granyena”. The cellar is situated right in the middle of the historical village and surrounded by narrow streets and various buildings with stone walls that all add to its beauty. This home has been associated with wine making since it was built, as can be seen in many different details within the home. The fact that the whole home is completely surrounded by thick stone walls allows for the inner temperature to be almost the same all year round, independent to what the outside temperature may be. As for the wine making process and it's aging, at Vins del Tros we have on one side, French oak barrels with a capacity of 225 and 500 litres as well as various French oak tanks with a capacity of 4000 litres each. We also strongly believe in the process of aging the wine in large clay pots, both for the red and white wines. Each clay pot can hold between 150 to 800 litres. Lastly, we also use several stainless steel tanks with a capacity of between 1000 and 5000 litres.

The Xavier Clua wine cellar is situated in Vilalba dels Arcs, in the Terra Alta in Catalonia - a dry, sunny area where vine-growing and wine production have been a tradition since medieval times. For four generations, the name of Clua has been associated with the culture of the vineyards and the production of wine. The latest generation, led by Xavier Clua combines the experience of this viticultural tradition with university training, bringing new perspectives and techniques both to viticulture and winemaking. In 1995 the small family enterprise exchanged the production of bulk wine for a quality product, sold in bottles with personal labels. This evolution only underlined the desire keep working with a limited production to obtain a rigorous selection of the different grapes of each plot and close control of the whole winemaking process. More and more the products of the Cellar Clua acquire a name in the wine world and the family enterprise has grown with the addition of Rosa Domenech: Xavier's wife and an experienced oenologist in her own right. With this growth it became more and more necessary to expand to a newer, more modern site. In 2006 this dream came true with the creation of a new infrastructure where the usability is guaranteed by a contemporary architectural construction and modern technology going hand in hand with the tradition and love for the terroir. As in the vineyard, in the wine cellar: the members of the Clua family are guided by their love of the land that, day by day, they bring to their wines.

We produce and bottle the ecological wine with the transformation of different varieties of white and black grapes which have been cultivated following the advises of the biodinamic calendar, preserving the natural systems and the biological process. In the winery, we have installed machinery, stainless steel tanks, a bottling plant, etc. All the necessary equipement to keep the process in working order. Usually work in vineyard is done the traditional way like grafting varieties made in situ, comprehensive monitoring of the principles of natural farming as the non-use of chemical subscriber or compound prepared, and non-use of synthetic products like herbicide.