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Here are some comments from travelers who have done a wine tour with us and press reviews of our services If you want to send us a comment, you can use our email info@vintagespain.com If you want the newest reviews click here I want to thank you again for a great, and I mean GREAT trip! Everyone
was thrilled at what we did and the places that we went-Brava Cristina!
I hope you enjoyed us as much as we enjoyed meeting you and having
fun! ... Again, muchas, muchas gracias, we had a fabulous trip!...
Thanks so much for making it fun and educational! Here are some thoughts: I think you provided great personalized
tours at the vineyards as well as a great combination of tours (variety
in what we saw). Hotels were great overall... the one in San Sebastian
was located in a great place but our room had too much perfume smell.
The amount of "free time" was appropriate to explore cities
by ourselves. I thought the intro tour by Gaetan was a great way
to meet the group and get an intro of Madrid. I think perhaps there
should be an intro dinner/tapas the first night to eliminate the
chaos of us trying to set up dinner plans the first night... In
some cases (like Burgos) it would have been better to have a whole
day to explore. Again, overall we had a great time and the experience
was well worth the price. Dear Christina, We had a wonderful time. Thank you for putting
together such a diverse and enjoyable trip. Spain is an amazing
country with so much to offer. We enjoyed all the wineries, the
great food and the hotels. We appreciated Gaetan's tour even more
when we returned to Madrid. The only suggestion Bill could think
of is having the trip start and end in the same place for greater
ease of travel. It was harder to try to negotiate the travel once
we were on our own. Your packing suggestions were very helpful.
The six bottles we brought back did better than the suitcases themselves
did. We look forward to trying to age some of the wine and share
some also with family. Thanks for all your help. The Winery/cellars visit was a great
success. Marcos Yllera looked after us all day and was a great hit
especially with the young women in our group... Transport was fine
-on time etc. Thank you so much for putting together a great trip in a short
amount of time. You took into consideration everything we wanted
to do and more. You booked us tours of very nice wineries where
the wine makers took time to talk with us about their wines and
did not just show us the winery and then kick us out the door. You
made changes to the schedule on the fly so that Cristina, We both had a FANTASTIC time! Thank you for being so
flexible with everything. This may have been our best vacation ever.
We made it to both the Flamenco show and dinner at the restaurant
you recommended. Both were excellent suggestions. The service from yourself and vintage Spain was fantastic, the
coach transport fine (although all Spanish driving appears to be
a little scary), the food really excellent, and Julian, who hosted
us was the perfect host. Thanks you again, it was a magnificent
day, and our entire trip to Madrid was really good. I want to thank you for setting up an awesome day of wine tours
for us. The three wineries were all very interesting and very different
which we thoroughly enjoyed. I will be recommending your service
to others in the US. We will return to Spain in the future and will
look forward to letting you set up a multi-day tour of a number
of the different wine regions. Thanks again. Christina and Javier: The tour was absolutely fantastic!! (Of course,
you have to realize that, for Cindy, anything that involves horses
is absolutely fantastic.) Actually, the tour really was fantastic.
Christina, for the two of us, you were absolutely the PERFECT guide.
As two self-employed, small business people who really love learning
about people in different countries, we truly enjoyed learning about
your experiences, problems and issues encountered, and being treated
to a real inside view of running a wine-tours business in Spain
in 2006. Your knowledge of wines and winemaking was very helpful
and your knowledge of when to skip the winemakers spiel and just
go taste the wine met our needs and desires perfectly. Even the
panicked tour of Navarette was a delight. ... no where that we have
stayed has been as fantastic as Hotel Castillo El Collado there
in Laguardia. The incredible beauty of the building, the vistas
from the hill (and the top of the tower), the waist-band-splitting
food, and the hospitality of everyone there left memories which
we will not soon forget! Thanks to the two of you for all that you
did to make this visit to Spain such a joy!! We had a great
time -- really enjoyed the day, and particularly appreciated the
variety in the types of wineries you chose. All three were very
interesting, much much better than we could have done on our own.
Cristina, We enjoyed the wine tour so much and wanted to thank
you for your highly personalized service. By touring a modern winery,
a traditional winery and an old, family-run winery we were really
able to experience the full range of winemaking in the Rioja region.
Each tour was special and your presence enhanced the trip even more!
Never in a million years did we think we would be tasting wine directly
from a barrel in a cave! I mean, that's the stuff you see on the
Travel Channel! We enjoyed each winery and really loved our lunch;
the food was amazing and they cooked lamp chops just for our table.
We are now back down to earth with work and kids, but when our friends
and family have asked us our favorite part of our trip to Spain
we both reply, "Our Wine Tour!" Hi Christina, to say they enjoyed it would be an understatement,
my dad called it memorable (which is quite a compliment from him)
he said the cathedral was stunning and he particularly enjoyed speaking
with the vineyard owners/managers. My mum loved it all and both
complimented the hotels, food and yourself so thanks again it meant
a lot to them and thus loads to me :-) What a memorable day we had while touring the village in Asiegu
where they make Cabrales cheese. Juan was the perfect guide...warm,
patient, kind and accommodating to our wishes. The two brothers
who conduct the cheesemaking tour were fabulous. We visited the
caves where they age the Cabrales, saw the apple orchards where
they grow their crops for the Cider, then had a magnificent, traditional
lunch in the banquet room next to the Sideria. For me, an avid cheese
fanatic, it was the highlight of our trip to Northern Spain. We
would love to book another tour through your company on our next
trip to Spain. Warmest Regards, Thank you so much for arranging a very interesting tour in Laguargia
for us. I think that we all enjoyed it a lot - and the (young) bulls
running through the town was a bonus, as were the dodgem cars that
caused all our old men (like me!) such amusement! The demonstration,
wine tasting and the lunch were all excellent. Well done! Thank you again for the most excellent day out in the Vineyards.
Every one was happy & several commented on your professional
approach to the visit. As for the tour, we enjoyed it very much. The restaurant at the
foot of the Castle was exquisite. It was also very exciting to visit
the older Arroyo winery and walk in the 400 year old caves. The
castle was very interesting and our guide very knowledgeable. We all had a GREAT time on both tours. We would recommend your
services to anyone. Also, we would love to do it again, but I don’t
know how quickly we’ll be back. Thank you again for helping
make our visit to Spain so enjoyable. The celebration after the
game was really fun. Thank you again! Cristina, It was brilliant. All the group had a great time. First, overall the trip was wonderful. We had a great time and
look forward to visiting Spain again. As for the specifics, the
Lope De Vega was a perfect choice for us for our first night. It
was close to the Prado and to the Plaza Santa Ana. The people at
the hotel were very nice and their ability to speak some English
was good for us on our first day. The breakfast was also excellent.
The Palacio de los Serrano in Sotillo was a wonderful place to stay.
The room was very comfortable and staying in a city like Sotillo
gave us a much better view of Spain than a "made for tourists"
hotel... The Wineries in the Ribera were well chosen... ValSotillo
may be the highlight of the trip for me. It was great to walk through
the caves, see the barrels and bottles and have one of the owners
there to answer questions. Javier was such a good translator that
I still feel like my discussions with the people at ValSotillo were
with them personally with no translation involved. The wines were
excellent. I only wish I had spent alot more time there. The restaurant
in Aranda De Duero --El Lagar de Isilla- what can I say? I will
spend the rest of my life looking for that kind of lamb. Javier
was an excellent translator and guide. He is also a very good guy.
He was also very helpful with Denise and with the cheese tour...
In the Rioja, Los Calaos was a lovely place. The restaurant there
is fantastic and the rooms were very comfortable. The winery tours
were wonderful. Muga had a very informative tour and we had the
chance to see everything from Barrel making to racking... Christina,
you were a great guide and translator. We had fun with you. |
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