Wines of the Tarragona Designation of Origin Food and drink · el Catllar, Tarragonès, Tarragona Image of el Catllar, not of the place itself. The vine spread through the comarca over the course of the nineteenth century and still occupies the terraces of the Gaià. The designation covers whites of macabeo and xarel·lo, reds of garnacha and cariñena, and the rancio wines and mistelas of the local tradition. Photo: Herodotptlomeu (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in el Catllar