Wineries and wine of Ibiza and Formentera: visits with tastings, local wine and hierbas ibicencas

Ibiza's wine falls under the protected geographical indication Vi de la Terra Eivissa (in the specification, "Eivissa / Ibiza"). The specification was approved by an order of the Minister of Agriculture of 18 February 2013, published in the BOIB of 19 February, an issue that also carried the decree repealing the 2003 decree on "Ibiza country wine". Production is concentrated around Sant Mateu d'Albarca, in the Albarca valley, and the most common grapes include monastrell, garnacha, tempranillo and malvasía, according to La Voz de Ibiza. The same source says the native beba grape almost disappeared and that several wineries are helping to bring it back.

Those producing under the PGI, according to the local press, are few: La Voz de Ibiza names Can Rich, Ojo de Ibiza and Can Maymó, and Periódico de Ibiza also names Blacknose Ibiza, founded in 2016 in Sant Joan, with organic and biodynamic wines. Can Maymó, which started in 1995, makes two whites, two rosés and three reds, including Quinto Tradición, macerated with thyme. We could not confirm official figures for hectares or production, so we do not give them.

Can Rich (Buscastell, Sant Antoni) is the best documented. According to its website, there are visits Monday to Friday at 10:00 and 12:00, lasting about two hours, on an estate with an organic vineyard and winery. The visit with tasting costs 45 euros per person (tasting only, 25); the full experience, 60 euros, includes three wines (white, rosé and red), Ibizan herb liqueur and an aperitif of cured meats, cheeses, country bread and the estate's organic extra virgin olive oil. Booking is by form, for groups of 1 to 20 people; larger groups must write to the winery. The language of the visit is not stated.

Can Maymó, in the Albarca valley, appears with visits with tasting from May to October on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 to 13:00, booking by phone, according to a guide, and a 2015 report describes a visit of an hour and a half with tasting and mentions the estate's animal park. Both sources are old and give no price: confirm times and rate. For Ibizkus, a wine-tourism blog cites a visit of an hour and a half with a tasting paired with ham and cheese, Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00, with only guided tastings in high season; we found neither a current rate nor an official website.

Formentera has its own PGI, "Formentera". A resolution published in the BOE on 7 May 2024 records a normal amendment of its specification; according to the summary we checked, it adds the syrah variety. Production is tiny: Wikipedia mentions about 10 hectares and two wineries, a figure that may be out of date.

Terramoll farms organically on the La Mola plateau. According to Vinetur (April and August 2026), it reopened visits in 2026: a walk through the vines, a tour of the winery and a tasting of three wines (Savina, Es Virot and Rosa de Mar) with a local bite, with sessions Monday to Saturday at 10:00 and 18:00 for 40 euros per adult and 15 per child; the wine bar opens Monday to Saturday from 20:00 to 22:00. Cap de Barbaria, at kilometre 5.8 of the cape road in Sant Francesc, has made wines since the early 2000s from grapes such as cabernet sauvignon, merlot, monastrell and fogoneu, hand-harvested, including the red Cap de Barbaria and the fresher Ophiusa. The wine press cites guided visits with tasting, but publishes no times or prices: you must book.

Hierbas Ibicencas is a protected geographical indication for spirit drinks, recognised on 12 December 1996. According to the technical file (PGI-ES-01973), it is an aniseed-flavoured spirit of 24 to 38 % vol., flavoured with plants and sweetened with sucrose, with a maximum of 250 g/l of sugars; pale yellow to amber in colour, sweet in taste and dense and unctuous in texture. It can only be made on the islands of Ibiza and Formentera.

It contains star anise or green anise seeds and aromatic plants produced in the area: fennel, Thymbra capitata thyme, rosemary, lemon verbena, lavender, rue, eucalyptus, chamomile, juniper berries, oregano, mint, spearmint, lemon and orange leaves and peel, and sage. The producer decides how many and which. It is obtained by maceration (15 days in 70° alcohol), distillation in a copper still and infusion. The file says that Joan Marí Mayans, who from the 1850s travelled to Barcelona, set up a small distillery in Formentera and moved it to Ibiza in 1880, and that it is traditionally drunk with or without ice, before or after meals, with a glass alongside flaó, the Ibizan dessert.

To recognise the genuine product, the name may only appear on the labels of producers entered in the PGI register; in March 2024 the Conselleria impounded 138 litres of counterfeit liqueur and said that three operators were registered, who made about 440,000 litres in 2023. In February 2025 controls were tightened, with an official document for each shipped batch and an alphanumeric code on each bottle, according to La Voz de Ibiza.

To see the plants in the field, Ibiza Outdoors offers an Ibizan herbs walk with a liqueur workshop: about 5 km and 3 hours, easy difficulty and 30 metres of ascent, in the north. Its calendar announces a session on Saturday 21 November 2026 from 10:00; the price of that walk is not listed, although the company's group walks start at 15 euros per person according to its website. It operates in English, French, German, Dutch and, on request, Spanish.

If you are interested in olive oil, Can Miquel Guasch Trull, in Santa Eulària, is a family olive mill with more than 3,000 arbequina and picual olive trees planted in 2008 and oil with the Oli d'Eivissa PGI; Balearic tourism announces a guided visit to the olive grove and mill with a tasting at the Ses Escoles oil gallery, but we have not found a price, schedule or booking route.

Almost all wineries ask for advance booking; La Voz de Ibiza adds that autumn months are good because of the harvest. Book early, ask about the language of the visit and confirm the price before going, because several sources are from earlier years. Ibiza also has wine fairs: the second Fira de Vins de sa Terra was held on 9 November 2025 in Santa Gertrudis, with tastings from PGI wineries, and La Voz de Ibiza mentions the Festa del Vi Pagès, held since 1993 in Sant Mateu d'Albarca; we have not found the 2026 dates.

A tasting involves alcohol: if you drive, let someone else do it or take a taxi, and do not try the herb liqueur before getting behind the wheel. The Formentera visits combine well with a bike route around La Mola.