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We offer Spanish wine tours from Madrid to the wineries of Madrid, Ribera del Duero, Rueda, Rioja and more.

17/09/2026

Harvest started early this year in Ribera del Duero.

And once those grapes make it into the winery, things get loud.

That sounds you hear? That’s fermentation.

Yeast eating sugar, producing alcohol and CO₂, and turning a tank full of grapes into wine.

It doesn’t look like much yet.

But listen closely.

This is wine being born.

20/08/2026

Under the streets of Gumiel de Mercado lies another town.

The wine cellars of the Cerro del Castillo were dug into the hillside over centuries, as wine became central to life here. By the 16th century, Gumiel was already an important wine centre.

Today, the network contains 106 underground cellars, 69 lagares and around 3 km of galleries, spread across three levels.

And those little stone chimneys poking out of the hillside? They’re cerceras; ventilation shafts that helped regulate the temperature, humidity and gases produced during fermentation.

The map in the video gives you an idea of just how much of the hill is hollow.

Above ground: a quiet Ribera village.

Below: centuries of wine.

09/08/2026

Veraison. Or envero, as we call it in Spain.

This is one of the most important moments in the vineyard. After months of growing as small, hard green berries, the grapes begin to soften and change colour from green to purple for red varieties, and a more translucent, golden-green colour for whites.

It marks the point where the vine shifts its priorities.

Sugar starts accumulating in the berries, acidity begins to fall, and the compounds that will eventually shape the wine’s colour, flavour and tannins start developing.

From here, the race to harvest is on.

The timing of envero can tell a grower a lot about how the vintage is progressing, but it doesn’t mean harvest is just around the corner. There are still weeks of ripening to go, and plenty can happen between now and picking.

For a winemaker, it’s one of those moments when the vineyard suddenly feels very real: the wine is beginning to take shape.

30/07/2026

🇪🇸 Who are they?

The Osborne Bull was first erected in 1956 as a giant roadside advert for Veterano Brandy, produced by Osborne, the historic Sherry house from El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz. Standing 14 metres (46 ft) tall, they're impossible to miss.

🚫 The advertising laws

It started with a 1962 law banning billboards within 20 metres of roads. In 1974, that distance increased to 50 metres. Then, in July 1988, Spain introduced a nationwide ban on roadside advertising.

⚖️ The public had other ideas

In 1994, new road regulations ordered the removal of the remaining bull silhouettes. The backlash was immediate. After years of public support and legal battles, Spain's Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that the bulls could stay. Not as adverts, but as cultural landmarks. The brand name disappeared, but the bull remained.

🐂 Today

More than 500 Osborne Bulls once stood across Spain. Today, around 90 survive, watching over roads, vineyards and rolling hills as one of Spain's most iconic symbols.

You'll almost certainly spot one on a wine tour through Spain.

They may have started as an advert, but they've become a national icon.

27/05/2026

You’ll hear people in wine circles talking more and more about “the new Ribera”.

Less heavy oak. More freshness. More focus on vineyards, altitude and identity.

But to understand where Ribera is going, you first have to understand where it came from. From underground cellars beneath medieval villages, to the growers who fought to create the DO in 1982, to the powerful Tempranillos that put the region on the world map.

And the best part? You can still experience both worlds side by side today.

Traditional family wineries like Ismael Arroyo (pictured), still authentic and family-run, alongside newer wineries are easily accessible and producing Tempranillo-based wines of outstanding quality.

Ribera del Duero isn’t abandoning its past. It’s building on it.

Link to blog in bio.

25/05/2026

Vineyards have their own language, and most of it sounds more complicated than it is.

From weeping of the vine to veraison, here are five of the key terms you’ll actually hear on a tour, explained simply.

Once you know them, you stop just looking at vines… and start understanding what’s really happening in the vineyard at every stage of the year.

12/05/2026

Come for the wine, stay for the culture.

Wine and food are woven into the identity of a country, and Spain does this brilliantly. They’re not just part of daily life, they’ve shaped traditions, stories and some of literature’s greatest works.

From Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes to Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, Spain’s wine regions have been written into history for centuries.

Here are five places where great bottles come with an even better story.

1. La Mancha

• Featured in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
• Famous for windmills, vast vineyards and one very confused knight
• See: Campo de Criptana | Drink: Airén & Tempranillo

2. Sanlúcar de Barrameda

• Sherry (“sack”) referenced by William Shakespeare in Henry IV, Part 2
• One of Spain’s best seafood towns and home of Manzanilla
• See: Plaza del Cabildo | Drink: Manzanilla & Fino

3. Montilla-Moriles

• Inspired The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
• One of Spain’s most underrated fortified wine regions
• See: Montilla | Drink: PX & Amontillado

4. Rioja

• Closely tied to The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
• Long lunches, late nights and classic wine country villages
• See: Barrio de la Estación | Drink: Tempranillo

5. Penedès

• Featured in Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
• Spain’s Cava heartland with beautiful vineyard landscapes
• See: Garraf Natural Park | Drink: Cava & Xarel·lo

Spain has never separated wine from culture.

That’s what makes travelling here so rewarding — you’re rarely just visiting a winery, you’re stepping into a story.

07/05/2026

Come for the wine, stay for the castles.

Spain’s wine regions are full of villages where history and vineyards sit side by side. One minute you’re walking through a centuries-old fortress, the next you’re tasting some of the best wines you've ever tried just a few kilometres away.

From the iconic hilltop castle of Peñafiel to the Templar fortress of Castillo de los Templarios, these are the places that make wine travel in Spain so unique.

Special note to the cover shot, which features the stunning Castle of Curiel, that has been watching over the Duero valley for centuries.

Which one are you visiting first?

p.s. link to blog in bio.

04/05/2026

Come for the wine, stay for the food.

Ribera del Duero might be famous for bold reds and world-class wineries, but the food is a huge part of the experience too.

On our full-day tour from Madrid, you’ll likely try most - if not all - of these regional favourites along the way:

Lechazo asado – slow-roasted milk-fed lamb, the king of Ribera cuisine

Morcilla de Burgos – rich blood sausage made with rice, onion and spices

Jamón & embutidos ibéricos – jamón, chorizo, salchichón and lomo often served as aperitivos

Queso de oveja – aged sheep’s cheese that pairs beautifully with Tempranillo

Chuletillas al sarmiento – lamb chops grilled over old vine cuttings

People often book for the wine… and leave talking about lunch.

Which dish are you choosing first?

24/02/2026

What does our most popular 3 winery tour with lunch to Ribera del Duero from Madrid look like in under a minute?

We leave Madrid and head north. Two hours of changing landscapes, medieval villages, and vineyards before we arrive at our first winery.

Here, we set the foundation.
Soils. Altitude. Climate.
A walk through the cellar. A guided tasting that explains why this region has the reputation it does.

Second winery, different philosophy.
A new winemaking style. A fresh expression of the same land.
We taste again. Equally serious, equally delicious.

Then lunch.

Slow-roasted lechazo, cooked in a traditional wood-fired oven.
Powerful reds suddenly make perfect sense.

One final winery to round off the day. More depth. A final tasting. And then the drive back to Madrid, often under that golden Castilian sunset.

Want to taste wine straight from barrel? We can organize it.
Interested in a vertical tasting? Absolutely.
Prefer iconic names or small family producers? Your choice.

No bus tours. No rushing. No generic stops.

Just a properly curated day in Ribera del Duero.

Join us.
Link in bio. 🍷

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