A story of returns, forgotten vineyards and the future

Making wine in Prades is not a recent fad. For centuries, many houses in the village produced wine for their own consumption, a mountain wine, with character, adapted to the extreme conditions of altitude and slope of the Prades Mountains. This popular memory took root in the mind of Totó Marquès, originally from Prades and a professional traveler, who after years working abroad felt the call to return home. But he didn't want to return in any way. He wanted to create something meaningful, rooted, useful. And wine was the answer.


Thus was born the Celler Totó Marquès, a project of return and future. A vital and collective adventure that has contributed to recovering the winemaking pride of a territory that seemed forgotten.

Totó visited that place. And he saw it clearly: there was a story there to be rewritten.

Together they began to recover the vineyard: cleaning the terraces, preparing the soil, planting vines. The first varieties chosen were Grenache, Syrah, Pinot Noir and Merlot, well adapted to the cool, dry climate of the area.


The next step was to expand the vineyards towards Estapans, on the way to Albarca, and from here the Cel de Prades was born: a wine with body, freshness and character. Its name comes from a painting by Miquel Borràs that shows a reddish sky over the mountain vineyards, now the image on the label. A perfect union between art, landscape and wine.

White vineyards, rosés and ancient methods

Over time, the winery incorporated white and rosé wines. In the Molinets, a particularly suitable area, varieties such as Grenache Blanc, Xenin Blanc, Pinot Noir (Blanc de Noirs) and Grislin are planted. From these lands are born Prades 950 Blanc and Cel de Prades Blanc, fresh, delicate and full of personality wines.


They have also experimented with ancestral techniques such as “anajuan”, a minimal intervention vinification that connects with peasant tradition.

The Priorat: the DOQ adventure

With the experience consolidated in Prades, the winery took a bold step: acquiring vineyards and a small winery in Poboleda, within the DOQ Priorat. On the La Pleta and Les Foreses estates, Grenache, Carignan, Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon are grown. From these lands come Shirus (100% Syrah) and Omus (a blend of 4 varieties), wines with the intensity, minerality and strength typical of Priorat.

This jump represents recognition of the quality of a unique territory and an opportunity to complement the mountain spirit with the depth of Priorat.

A living, ecological and community vineyard

From the beginning, the winery has opted for organic viticulture . Without pesticides or herbicides, promoting biodiversity, plant cover and the presence of auxiliary fauna. This means sharing the vineyards with birds, insects and mammals, and working in favor of living and regenerative soil.

Furthermore, the management model maintains a communal essence: part of the land has been ceded by families in the village in exchange for wine — a new version of the old tithe. It is a pact of trust, esteem and reciprocity.

With the wine tourism offer, the project contributes to positioning Prades and the Prades Mountains as an emerging wine-growing area, with high-quality, expressive wines and their own identity.

The future: new generation, new rurality

The future of the winery is here, and his name is Willy Marquès. Trained in Business Administration and Management at the Sarrià Chemical Institute, Willy combines knowledge, passion and roots. He represents a new generation of trained and committed farmers, who understand the vineyard as a project of life, landscape and sustainability.


With him, the winery looks to the future: committed to quality, respect for the environment and the connection with the land.

When you open a bottle, you open a story

Each wine from Celler Totó Marquès is more than a product. It is a bottled story. A
tribute to the land, the people and the memory. A way of saying that rurality is not
past, but future.