Porrón - Spanish Catalan glass wine pitcher

Porrón - Spanish/Catalan glass wine pitcher


A typical way of drinking Catalan "vin negre" red wine, or cava is from a glass porrón wine pitcher. In the Catalan language it's called a porró. The porrón wine pitcher is a fun and communal way to serve wine, or beer or sangria. Fill it then just hold it up and tip it towards you to let a steady stream flow into your open mouth, then pass it on! It takes a little skill, but it’s a fun addition to any gathering especially if you are still practising drinking from a porrón. A porrón typically holds 1 liter of wine. Porrones are famous throughout Spain, but were originally used by winemakers in the autonomous community of Catalonia as a way of sharing wine. The original Catalan porrones were ceramic, but most nowadays are glass. 

A porrón is often used when eating calçots which is a local vegetable similar to spring onions or leeks. Drinking and sharing wine using a porró is a well loved opportunity for Catalans to go a little mad and bring out the "rauxa" which is the foolish and reckless side of the Catalan personality (rauxa is the opposite of the Catalan "seny" which is consider an ancient inborne Catalan trait of wisdom or common sense.

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