Amics restaurant, at the top of the Buil & Giné winery

Amics is the restaurant of the Buil & Giné winery and occupies the highest floor of the building, at kilometre 11.5 of the road from Gratallops to La Vilella Baixa. The dining rooms have glazed arches and an open view over the estate and the Montsant range. You eat after the tasting, with the wines you have just tried on the floor below.

Marc Pi and the cooking of the region

Chef Marc Pi cooks with market and seasonal produce and gives priority to what comes from the Priorat. The house describes its cooking as traditional with a modern touch. There are two ways to eat: the Amics menu, seasonal, served with the house's DOQ Priorat wines, and a tasting menu that changes with the season.

What the published menus say

The website links menus from past seasons that give an idea of the style and the price. The 2023 harvest Amics menu had aperitifs such as sardine with grape or saffron rice with eel, a boletus coca with sanfaina, turbot or roast shoulder of lamb with PX and figs, and dessert, for €47 without drinks. The autumn tasting menu, with five aperitifs, a starter, fish, lamb with grapes and chestnuts, and dessert, cost €51 without wine or coffee. Current prices and dishes may be different: ask when you book.

Lunchtimes except Wednesday

It opens at midday every day except Wednesday, when it is closed. In the evening, Fridays and Saturdays by prior reservation; other evenings, subject to availability and also by reservation. The website gives no service hours. Book at [email protected], on 977 83 98 10 or by WhatsApp on 697 112 970. Guests of the winery rooms are also served breakfast, with produce from local makers.

Tasting, walk and table

The most rounded way to come is the Buil & Giné tasting with the Baño de Viñas around the estate, which the winery sells together with the Amics menu: about four hours for €170 for two, with the lunch wine extra. It is what the plan A day of wineries in Gratallops suggests, with the Devinssi vineyard in the morning and the Cal Llop wine bar in the evening.

You get there by car from Gratallops, about ten minutes away, and the winery has its own car park. If you have been tasting and will have wine with lunch, it is better to have someone who doesn't drink drive, or to stay the night at the winery.