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January 2007- Vol 23 |
VINTAGE SPAIN NEWSLETTER. Wine tasting tours in Spain |
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NEW YEAR FOR WINE TOURS IN SPAIN!
Winter
is a wonderful time to start preparing you
vacation. So here we are, with great suggestions
for gourmet wine and gastronomic tours in
Spain and Portugal. We want to share with
you our favorites places to give you an idea
of what you could be experiencing in our tours,
unique wineries, hotels, and restaurants.
And don't forget that wine and food can always
be enjoyed together with other activities
like cultural visits, golf, spa treatments,
bicycle, horse or walking tours, just to mention
a few.
This
year we
have decided to focus more on customized private
tours and have less scheduled tours, although
we are having a Classical
Wines in Rioja and Ribera del Duero
in June 4-8, 4 nights. All tours are
available upon request, you can check our
web
page.
This
month we want to show you a little bit of
different regions, Castiblanque
a winery in La Mancha,
Finca Valpiedra,
another winery in Rioja,
Real Sitio de la
Ventosilla a winery with a hotel
in Ribera del Duero and Cal
Blay, a restaurant in
Penedes.
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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.
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FEATURED TOUR |
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Classical
Wines: Rioja and Ribera del Duero. June
4-8 2007.
 This
tour is perfect for people who want to experience
Spanish wine and Spanish culture. It
is a special tour combining Wine, Architecture,
Art and Gastronomy. The tour starts and
finish in Madrid, and covers, Ribera del
Duero, Burgos, Rioja and Bilbao. The tour
will take you through the best wines in
Spain and its history, from the cathedral
of Burgos to the new Guggenheim Museum in
Bilbao,
including monasteries, medieval towns, and
historical sites that will be visited and
admired.
Four
nights
to immerse into the Spanish culture, wine
and gastronomy. Stay in a five star hotel
in a winery, in a former convent that is
now a four star hotel, and in another four
star hotel in a small medieval town home
of winemakers. Dine with the locals, in
the typical places not frequented by tourist
and in the very good well known places,
popular with everybody. And, of course,
enjoy the best wines of Spain, comparing
such different regions as the modernity
and innovation of Ribera del Duero with
the tradition of Rioja.
See
more information
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FEATURED WINERY |
BODEGAS
CASTIBLANQUE -
La Mancha
Campo de Criptana
(Ciudad Real)
This
winery is located in a restored
XIX century wine cellar. It represents
modernity and renovation in the
center of the traditional region
of La Mancha. They are making excellent
wines that can be tasted by anybody
who travels in the land of Don Quixote
and wants to visit the winery. They
just opened a new Gourmet
store in Madrid to sell
their wines and traditional Mancha
products.
More information
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Classical
Wines, Rioja,
Ribera del Duero and Bilbao, 4 nights. 4-8
June, 2007
- CUSTOMIZED
PRIVATE TOURS all year
upon request. We organize tours in RIOJA,
RIBERA DEL DUERO, TORO, LA MANCHA, PENEDES,
PRIORAT, south of Spain. etc, for groups
or individuals.
-One
Day trips All year
upon request.
2007
Schedule and itineraries
Tours
are open all year upon request.
info@vintagespain.com
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AGENDA
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Vintage Spain can help you attending any
of these events
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February 17. Carnaval in many Spanish
towns
-March 11-15. Alimentaria
Castilla- Leon in Valladolid
-March 16-18. SEVATUR
Tourism Fair in San Sebastián
-April 5-8. Easter with
celebrations in many Spanish towns.
-April 12-15. Destino
Vino, II International Wine Tourism
Conference in Logroño (La Rioja)
-April 16-19. Salon
Internacional del Club de Gourmets in
Madrid
-May 7-10. FENAVIN
Wine National Fair in Ciudad Real.
- Mayo 6-13. Horse
Fair in Jerez. Jerez de la Frontera
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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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FEATURED
WINERY |
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Finca
Valpiedra is a wonderful chateau
style winery located in one of the
most beautiful states of Rioja Alta,
surrounded by vineyards and the
Ebro river. They have incredible
views and a magnificent barrel room.
It is the flagship of the Martinez
Bujanda group, owners of Valdemar
and Cosecheros y Criadores in Rioja
and Finca Antigua in Cuenca. They
make only a type of wine from a
single vineyard with excellent quality.
They belong to Grandes Pagos de
España. More
information
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FEATURED
HOTEL |
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This hotel is located in Prado Rey
winery state, in a magnificent XVI
c Palace built in Herrerian style
which preserves its exterior architecture
and original proportions. Now it
is a Posada Real (Royal Inn) and
offers 18 rooms open to the guests
of the Ribera del Duero. The winery
has the most advance technology
to make quality Ribera del Duero
wines.
More information
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FEATURED
RESTAURANT |
CAL
BLAY in Sant Sadurni
d'Anoia (Penedés)
It is one of the most interesting
restaurants in Penedés. It
mixes traditional and innovative
food, offering both traditional
dishes, and modern and creative
ones, always giving an excellent
quality and and a perfect technique.
More
information
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