ONE DAY WINE EXCURSIONS

If you don't have a lot of time and you still want to experience the joy of Spanish wines we suggest a short one day excursion from any of the main Spanish cities. We will pick you up in the morning and be back in the afternoon.

Discover Ribera de Duero, La Mancha, the land of Don Quijote, or visit a bodega and vineyards in Toledo from Madrid, go to wine and cava country in Penedés from Barcelona, visit La Rioja from Bilbao or San Sebastian and what about some Sherry from Sevilla? The possibilities are endless.

We will pick you up in the morning and be back in the afternoon. You will visit one or two wineries with wine tasting. As part of the gastronomic focus of the tour a delicious typical lunch accompanied by the regional wines is included. If you have time you can even visit a historical place.

One day excursions from Madrid

Ribera del Duero. La Ribera de Duero is one and a half hours away from Madrid, which makes it a nice day-trip. We will pick you up in the morning and be back in the evening. We can visit three bodegas or two bodegas and a historical site, including a walk through the vineyards, an explanation of how the wine is made in the winery, and cata or tasting in all of them. We will enjoy the traditional roast lamb lunch, the perfect companion for the wine of Ribera.

Toledo and the wineries of Toledo. We will visit the outstanding bodega 45 minutes away from Toledo that produces very good reds. The visit will include a walk through the vineyards, an explanation of how the wine is made in the winery, a cata or tasting of all the different wines produced there. Then we will follow to Toledo where we will have lunch and visit the city of the three cultures. We will pick you up in the morning and be back in the afternoon.

La Mancha. We will taste the spectacular and famous manchego cheese always tasty, but really outstanding accompanied by a good manchego white or red wine. We will visit two wineries, have lunch and visit the famous windmills fought by don Quixote.

WINE AND PICNIC DAY to Ribera del Duero. We offer you an outdoors alternative. Visit some of the wineries in the Ribera del Duero and enjoy a lovely picnic with wine outdoors in a fascinating natural reservoir.

One day excursions from Barcelona

Penedés. From Barcelona you can spend a nice day in Penedés visiting a couple of wine and cava (sparkling wine) wineries. After a nice lunch you can go back to Barcelona, visit another winery or you can stop to visit astonishing Montserrat Abby located at the top of a rocky mountain.

One day excursions from Bilbao or San Sebastian

Rioja. From Bilbao it is very easy to go to Rioja. You can visit two or three of the great Rioja wineries, from centenary wineries that keep in their caves the tradition of Rioja to the most modern ones designed by famous architects. There are also a lot of small family wineries, some using artisan traditions and some with state of the art equipment, making some of the best wines in the area. You will enjoy a typical Riojan lunch, potatoes soup with chorizo (spicy paprika sausage), vegetables and roasted lamb chops, where sarmientos (dry grape vine branches) are used to roast the meat, giving it a unique and delicious flavor. You can also visit the thematic center dedicated to wine in Laguardia, Villa Lucia or the New Museum of Wine Culture Dinastia Vivanco.

One day excursions from Sevilla

Jeréz or Sanlucar de Barrameda. From Sevilla you can visit wineries in Jerez or Sanlucar de Barrameda, a coastal town very close to Jerez. You will leave Sevilla in the morning arriving back early afternoon. Your will have an English speaking guide/driver who is an expert in Spanish wines and the area of Andalucía. In Jerez you will visit a vineyard, a large Jerez winery and a small family run winery with tutored wine tasting in both of them. The tasting will be with wines that not usually offered to the public. You will also learn about vinegar and brandy making. After the visits you will have lunch in one of the best restaurants of Jerez with wine. And back to Sevilla after a great wine day. Jerez is just 1h drive from Sevilla.

It is a similar itinerary for Sanlucar.

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