Penedès can produce some of the best and some of the worst wines in Catalonia. The region makes up a large percentage of overall production, but is dominated by the cava industry with relatively few outstanding producers. Credit to Torres for being big without losing its way quality wise, whilst elsewhere in the area, the most exciting wines are from producers like Albet i Noya, Can Ràfols dels Caus, Can Feixes, Mas Comtal, Jané Ventura or Augustus. More and more cava producers are moving over some production to still wines, a trend which is likely to continue. Likewise the past few years has seen a lot of red varieties planted, and as these vines reach maturity, we should start seeing more interesting producers come to the fore. Certainly when yields are kept low enough, the area can produce some excellent wines, particularly in the higher inland areas, but the viticulture required to produce cava base wine is not always appropriate for producing great still wines.