Andorra Wine & Drinks Guide
The Pyrenees' highest winery. Craft beer born from mountain water. A walnut liqueur macerated forty nights under the stars. Andorra drinks with more character than you'd expect.
You don't expect to find a winery here. Andorra is ski passes, duty-free electronics, and fuel stops on the mountain road. But in a hamlet called Auvinyà in Sant Julià de Lòria, a family has been coaxing wine from near-vertical slopes at 1,200 metres — the highest vineyard in the Pyrenees. They produce fewer than 8,000 bottles a year from Syrah, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, and Viognier grown on inclines of up to 70 degrees. The result is wine of genuine mountain character.
In the valleys, three craft breweries have grown from nothing in the last decade. Boris Craft Beer in La Cortinada builds its identity around the legend of Andorra's last king. Blót serves its Viking-named ales in two restaurant-pubs with mountain-inspired cooking. And Estrella Andorra, the principality's original lager, draws from the same springs that feed the country's rivers. Above Canillo at 1,500 metres, Asgard produces mead in six flavours. And in La Cortinada, FORA Gin opened Andorra's first artisanal distillery — fifteen native botanicals, a 100-litre copper still, and a gin bar where you can taste the Pyrenees in a glass.
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Wine — The Highest Vineyard in the Pyrenees
Fewer than ten hectares. One recognised estate. Around 8,000 bottles a year from slopes so steep you need ropes to work them. Andorra's wine scene is tiny — but Casa Auvinyà produces something worth going out of your way to taste.
Casa Auvinyà & Andorra's Wine Producers
Andorra has no official wine appellation and no centuries-old tradition. What it has is altitude — and a handful of passionate producers who have turned that into something distinctive. Casa Auvinyà is the most recognised, working Syrah, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, and Viognier on slopes of up to 70 degrees in the hamlet of Auvinyà. Other small producers worth seeking out include Casa Beal (known for the Cim de Cel wine), Borda Sabaté 1944, Mas Berenguer, and Casus Belli. Local wines rarely appear on regular bar menus — visit the wineries directly, or look in gourmet shops in Andorra la Vella.
Varieties grown: Syrah · Pinot Noir · Pinot Gris · Viognier · Cim de Cel (Casa Beal)
Casa Auvinyà Wine Tasting
Auvinyà, Sant Julià de Lòria — 1,200m altitude
The only internationally recognised winery in Andorra, and the highest in the Pyrenees. Casa Auvinyà works slopes of up to 70 degrees in the hamlet of Auvinyà, producing around 8,000 bottles a year from Syrah, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, and Viognier at 1,200 metres altitude. Visits include a guided walk through the steep vineyards, the barrel cellar, and a seated tasting of the estate wines. The wines are elegant rather than powerful — a high-altitude signature of cool nights, thin soils, and obsessive care. Strictly by appointment.
⏱ By appointment only — book in advance · 🍷 Guided vineyard tour + tasting · 📍 Auvinyà, Sant Julià de Lòria Parish
Visit Casa Auvinyà →🍷 Wine Tips for Andorra
- Casa Auvinyà wines are produced in very limited quantities — if you see one on a restaurant wine list, order it. You will not find it outside Andorra
- Other small producers worth seeking out: Casa Beal (Cim de Cel), Borda Sabaté 1944, Mas Berenguer, and Casus Belli — ask at gourmet shops in Andorra la Vella for current availability
- Visits to Casa Auvinyà are strictly by appointment — contact them well in advance, as walk-in visits are not possible
- Andorra levies no VAT on alcohol — wine from France and Spain is significantly cheaper here than at home. Stock up before you leave
- The tourist office in Andorra la Vella can advise on which local producers currently have their wines available in shops
Craft Beer — Mountain Water & Rebel Recipes
Three craft breweries have grown from nothing in the last decade, each drawing from the same pure Pyrenean water that fills Andorra's mountain rivers. The result is a local beer scene with real personality — from Viking-themed brewpubs to the principality's original mountain lager.
Boris, Blót & Estrella Andorra
Boris Craft Beer bases its identity on the legend of Boris I — a 19th-century rebel who briefly claimed the throne of Andorra before being sent into exile. Blót takes its name from Old Norse for a ritual feast, serving four house ales in two restaurant-pubs with mountain cooking. Estrella Andorra, the principality's classic mountain lager, is the everyday pour you'll find on draught in borda restaurants and ski resort bars across the country.
Boris Craft Beer
La Cortinada, Ordino Parish
Inspired by the legend of Boris I — the rebel who briefly claimed the Andorran throne in the 19th century — this craft brewery in La Cortinada produces four ales with names drawn from the story: La Rebel·lió (American IPA, floral and fruity), La Corona (golden wheat ale, citrus and banana), La Caiguda (brown ale, coffee and caramel), and El Regnat (wheat, classic citrus). The brewery offers visits and tastings — worth booking for the backstory and the mountain setting alone.
🍺 Four craft ales brewed on-site · 📍 Avinguda de la Cortinada 3, La Cortinada · Visits by appointment
Blót Craft Beer & Food
Canillo & Andorra la Vella
Blót is Old Norse for a ritual feast — and this two-location craft beer pub brings that spirit to Andorra with four house ales: Mani, Drakkar, Hati, and Valkiria. The beers are brewed at the Boris Craft Beer facility in La Cortinada nearby. The kitchen produces mountain-influenced cooking to pair with the ales. Live music events, themed evenings, and close-up magic fill the calendar. The Canillo location is the original; Andorra la Vella has made Blót a city institution. Dog-friendly. Reservations recommended.
⏱ Daily 13:00–24:00 (kitchen closes 22:30) · 🍺 Four house ales + seasonals · 📍 Canillo & Andorra la Vella
Estrella Andorra
Brewed in the Pyrenees, Andorra
Andorra's original mountain lager — brewed from pure Pyrenean spring water with quality malts in the heart of the principality. Fresh, balanced, and light enough to drink cold after a day on the slopes, Estrella Andorra is the house pour you'll find on draught in borda restaurants and ski resort bars from Grandvalira to Vallnord. It is proudly Andorran, using the region's clean mountain water as a central selling point. The default choice when you want something local and straightforward.
🍺 Classic mountain lager · Pyrenean spring water · Available on draught across the principality
Visit Estrella Andorra →Know Your Andorra Bar Culture
Andorra sits between France and Spain — its bar culture reflects both, with its own unhurried mountain character and some of the most competitive alcohol prices in Europe.
Local Andorran drinks — Boris Craft Beer, Blót ales, Casa Auvinyà wine, FORA Gin, Ratassia de la Carmeta, Asgard mead — are rarely found outside the principality. Buy them here. You won't find them at home.
Local Spirits — Born in the Mountains
At 1,000–1,500 metres, Andorra's combination of altitude, clean air, and wild Pyrenean botanicals has inspired three very different artisanal producers — a walnut liqueur made from a grandmother's recipe, mead from ancient tradition, and the principality's first craft gin distillery.
Walnut Liqueur, Mead & Gin from the Pyrenees
Each of Andorra's artisanal spirit producers shares the same starting point: the mountain. Ratassia de la Carmeta uses herbs handpicked above 1,000 metres and a family recipe passed between generations of women. Asgard makes mead from local honey at 1,500 metres above Canillo. FORA Gin in La Cortinada distils fifteen native botanicals — juniper, Scots pine, rosemary, Arbequina olives, and Andorran honey — in a 100-litre copper still. All three are made in small batches. None are easy to find outside Andorra.
Ratassia de la Carmeta
Sant Julià de Lòria
The most famous Andorran spirit — and one almost nobody outside the principality has tasted. Ratassia de la Carmeta is a walnut and medicinal herb liqueur made from a family recipe passed down through generations of women. Botanicals are hand-collected from Andorran mountains above 1,000 metres. Tradition holds they should macerate in alcohol for forty days under the stars — and the family continues this to this day. The result is a digestive with anise-forward character, the warmth of mountain herbs, and a finish that lingers. Serve it ice-cold after a mountain meal.
🌿 Walnuts, mountain herbs, anise · Digestive · 📍 Sant Julià de Lòria · Available in gourmet shops and traditional restaurants
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Asgard Mead
Canillo mountains, 1,500m altitude
Above the village of Canillo, at 1,500 metres, Asgard has been producing mead from local honey and mountain water since 2016 — first for personal use, then commercially after years of refinement. The range covers six styles: classic semi-dry (which leaves a hint of white wine on the finish), red fruit, orange, peach, and two sweeter honey-forward variants. Alcohol content ranges from 13.5 to 15%. One of the world's oldest drinks, made at Andorra's highest altitudes, using ingredients that grow outside the producer's door. Find it in shops and restaurants across the principality.
🍯 Honey, mountain water, fermented yeasts · 13.5–15% ABV · 📍 Canillo mountains · Available in shops across Andorra
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FORA Gin Distillery
La Cortinada, Ordino Parish
Andorra's first artisanal gin distillery, opened by Soraya and John after a hike through the Incles valley convinced them that all those fields of juniper and wild botanicals deserved to be in a bottle. FORA produces three gins in a 100-litre copper still: TERROIR (fifteen botanicals including juniper, Scots pine, rosemary, Arbequina olives, and Andorran honey), CLÀSSIC (dry, juniper and citrus-forward), and NEGRONI (a pre-batched cocktail aged in Rioja Reserva barrels). The distillery runs guided tours and the on-site gin bar serves FORA in classic or signature style with tonic and garnishes. The distillery carries Ordino's UNESCO Biosphere Reserve seal.
⏱ Thu–Sat 16:00–23:00 · 🍸 Three gins + NEGRONI cocktail · 📍 Av. de la Cortinada 15, Ordino Parish
Coffee — A Mountain Ritual
Coffee in Andorra is taken seriously. The country has its own roaster — Cafè El Conseller, four generations of a family roasting beans at 1,000 metres since 1935. And a new wave of specialty cafés has made Andorra la Vella a small but genuine destination for third-wave coffee.
Kofi — Specialty Coffee
Andorra la Vella
Andorra's first specialty coffee roastery — opened in 2023 by a team that built the entire operation around sourcing, roasting, and serving in one place. Kofi roasts its own beans in-house and pairs them with a brunch menu built on fresh, local produce. The aesthetic is clean and considered; the coffee is serious without being austere. Single-origin filters, espresso-based drinks, and seasonal brunch dishes. A second location has since opened in Mallorca — but the Andorra la Vella original is where it started.
☕ In-house roastery · Single-origin filter + espresso · 📍 Avinguda Doctor Mitjavila, Andorra la Vella
Coffee To Be — CoBe
Andorra la Vella
A warm, unhurried specialty café that describes itself as "a place to disconnect" — warm interiors, considered music, and coffee prepared at your pace. CoBe works with quality roasters and builds a menu around espresso, pour-over, cold brew, and seasonal iced drinks. The kitchen covers breakfast and light bites through the day: pastries, toasts, sweet and savoury options. Open seven days, including weekends from 9am. One of Andorra la Vella's most consistent specialty coffee addresses and a natural pause mid-city.
⏱ Mon–Fri 8:00–19:00 · Sat–Sun 9:00–19:00 · ☕ Espresso, filter, cold brew · 📍 Andorra la Vella
☕ Coffee Tips for Andorra
- Cafè El Conseller is Andorra's traditional coffee roaster — founded in 1935, now in its 4th generation, roasting at over 1,000 metres altitude. Their coffee is sold in supermarkets and gourmet shops across the principality and makes an excellent souvenir
- Andorra's coffee culture sits between French and Spanish traditions — un cafè is typically a short espresso. Ask for cafè amb llet for coffee with milk or americano for something longer
- The specialty coffee wave arrived in Andorra around 2023 — Kofi, CoBe, Two Shots (Escaldes-Engordany), and Alt Benestar Cafè are the names to look for
- Most cafs in Andorra la Vella open from 8am and close by 7pm — there is no late-night coffee culture here; evenings belong to craft beer and aperitifs
💡 Good to Know
- 🍷 Casa Auvinyà wines are produced in tiny quantities — if you see one on a restaurant wine list, order it. You will not find it outside Andorra
- 🍺 Boris Craft Beer brews in La Cortinada, 20 minutes from Andorra la Vella — worth the drive. Contact them in advance to arrange a brewery visit and tasting
- 🍸 FORA Gin's Terroir uses fifteen native Andorran botanicals — it is the principality's most internationally acclaimed artisanal drink. Buy a bottle at the distillery shop to take home
- 🍯 Asgard mead pairs beautifully with Andorran mountain cheeses — the semi-dry classic style is the most versatile. Find it in shopping centres and gourmet shops across the country
- 🌿 Ratassia de la Carmeta is traditionally served ice-cold as a digestive after meals — ask for it in traditional borda restaurants or pick up a bottle as an Andorran souvenir
- 💉 Andorra has no VAT — alcohol is 30–50% cheaper than in France or Spain. Buy your wine and spirits here before crossing the border