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With our best wishes from the Vintage Spain team
Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Year
December 2009 - Vol 38
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VINTAGE SPAIN NEWSLETTER. Gourmet Wine Tasting Tours
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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A GREAT 2010
Thanks
for your support during all these years!
We want to thank everybody who has trusted us all these years, specially people who have done tours with us and has recommended us, also we want to thank our collaborators, wineries, restaurants, hotels, guides, museums, buses, taxis, and everybody who always have helped us to offer an exceptional service.
We have decided to focus more on customized private tours and have less scheduled tours, although we will post some scheduled tours in January. All tours are available upon request, you can check our web page.
Our proposals cover different wine regions of Spain, from north to the very south. Winery Finca Loranque in Toledo, and winery Mas Comtal in Penedes, close to Barcelona. Our
hotels are a SPA in Olmedo - Valladolid close to three wine regions, Balneario
Villa de Olmedo and a rural villa Santa Petronila in Jerez de la Frontera to explore Sherry region.
And have also a look at our agenda.
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You
can also email us to
news@vintagespain.com
use this email address to send us suggestions,
comments, complains, contributions, etc.
NOTE: We would like for you to send us your contributions for the newsletter: description of wineries or wines you enjoy, articles about cities related to wine, interesting festivals and events, comments about tours you have enjoyed or not.
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HARVEST TOURS |
|  Private Customized Gourmet Wine Tours.
Our
exclusive Gourmet Wine Tours can be customized
just for your group to experience the authentic sabor and aroma of Spain
We can arrange private gourmet wine tours or rutas de vino all year upon request in all the main wine regions in Spain and Portugal. Explore all aspects of Spanish wine, from types of grapes used and how to grow them, to the secrets of wine tasting, while enjoying Spanish gastronomy, art, history, culture and some time for shopping. We want you to experience the real Spain, and create for you an authentic tour that will show you the breathtaking beauty of this country and its delicious wines and food, in large towns or small medieval towns. We can arrange a private tour to these regions for any group size: large groups or just two people. We have selected a variety of wineries, long-established, traditional, modern, and ecological ones, to give you a good knowledge of the wine of the region. All the visits to bodegas include wine tasting or cata. Wine and food are both protagonists in our gourmet meals. We use specialized local guides and hotels with a special charm. You
can check our proposed itineraries to start
getting ideas Our
gourmet tours are available upon request.
SEMI-GUIDED
GOURMET WINE TASTING VACATIONS - 20% OFF BOOKING NOW for 2010. For
independent travelers we suggest Semi-Guided
Gourmet Wine Tours. You can rent
a car (driving is not difficult in Spain)
and we plan the trip for you. We provide local transport and a guide for the days
with wine tours, since we
don't encourage drinking and driving. You
will have some days on your own and some
days with a chauffeured guided wine tour. We are still offering 20% discount if you book before end of January. Check
our samples
These
tours are also perfect for corporate
events and incentive trips.
Meetings, product presentations, meals etc
can be organized in some of these wineries.
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FEATURED WINERIES |
| Finca Loranque
in Bargas (Toledo)
Finca Loranque has wisely recovered the vinicultural history of a land that assimilates the wine culture as part of its personality. Only 10 Km away from monumental Toledo, in the town of Bargas, the Díaz Bermejo family started in 1996 the recovery of the more than one hundred-year-old cellar of Finca Loranque, which has been declared Site of Historic and Artistic Interest. The cellar, located in the heart of the farm, is a magnificent example of the civil architecture of the Toledo farms of the late XVIII century.
See
more information
Mas Comtal in Avinyonet del Penedés (Barcelona),
DO Penedés
When we talk about Mas Comtal we talk about the result of an accurate, modern and pioneering viticulture and a vanguardist and innovative task in the cellar. The result is a project that was initiated at the beginning of the 80s by the brothers Albert and Joan Milà, with the aim of producing quality wines in the same rural house where they both were born and raised.
See
more information
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FEATURED
HOTEL AND SPA |
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Balneario Villa de Olmedo in Olmedo (Valladolid)
The Villa de Olmedo Spa Resort is set on the site of a 12th-century, Mudejar convent. It is a particularly charming place to rest and relax, with the range of thermal treatments on offer. Located in Olmedo (Valladolid), in the Region of Castile-León, it is set in stunning natural surroundings that inspire peace and tranquility. It is the perfect place to visit the wine regions of Rueda, Cigales, Ribera del Duero, and Toro. See
more information
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LODGING
- RURAL VILLA |
Santa Petronila in Jerez de la Frontera (Cádiz)
Imagine having a stroll through ancient vineyards, rolling hills covered with white earth and vine stocks as long as your eyes can reach. A land where wine has been cultivated and appreciated from the time of the Phoenicians. Whether you are looking for peace, adventure or unique experiences, whether your interests are wine&gastronomy, golf and sun, culture or excursions, you will find it in Jerez, at Santa Petronila, a Vine estate from 1737. Project selected “Best Practices” in the “Europeo Eurovinq” Program, 2008. See
more information |
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