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We offer Spanish w**e tours from Madrid to the w**eries of Madrid, Ribera del Duero, Rueda, Rioja and more.

29/09/2026

Three years of Vine Travel.

And we got to celebrate it in Gredos, with clients in the vineyard tasting great bottles at source (Slide 1). For us, there’s no better way to do it.

Three years of dusty roads, cellar doors, long lunches and a lot of very good w**e.

From Madrid to Cebreros, Utiel-Requena, Ribera del Duero, Rioja, Bierzo, Ribeira Sacra and plenty of places in between, we’ve shared w**es from producers both big and small. But it’s never just been about what’s in the glass. It’s the people who make it, the stories behind the vineyards, the regions, and the food that belongs on the table beside it.

A huge thanks to all the w**emakers, w**eries and restaurants who welcome us time and time again, and always make us feel at home.

And thanks to everyone who’s travelled with me. Those who came once, those who came back, those who’ve booked for the future, and those I haven’t met yet.

Three years in. Plenty more roads to travel.

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22/09/2026

I like to tell people on our w**e tours that there’s only one word you really need to understand:

**Depends.**

“Do you ferment at 24°C?”

Depends.

“Do you always use French oak?”

Depends.

“Will you make a Gran Reserva this year?”

Depends.

Because there are very few universal rules in w**emaking.

The quality of the grapes comes first. Then the w**emaker makes decisions based on the fruit, the vintage, the vineyard and the style of w**e they want to make.

The same grape can produce completely different w**es in different hands.

So when a w**emaker says “it depends”, they’re not avoiding the question.

They’re usually giving you the most honest answer.

**Depends on what?**

Welcome to the Room of Depends.

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17/09/2026

Harvest started early this year in Ribera del Duero.

And once those grapes make it into the w**ery, 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 w**e.

It doesn’t look like much yet.

But listen closely.

This is w**e being born.

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20/08/2026

Under the streets of Gumiel de Mercado lies another town.

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

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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 w**e’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 w**emaker, it’s one of those moments when the vineyard suddenly feels very real: the w**e is beginning to take shape.

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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 w**e tour through Spain.

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

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27/05/2026

You’ll hear people in w**e 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 w**eries like Ismael Arroyo (pictured), still authentic and family-run, alongside newer w**eries are easily accessible and producing Tempranillo-based w**es of outstanding quality.

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

Link to blog in bio.

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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.

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12/05/2026

Come for the w**e, stay for the culture.

W**e 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 w**e 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 w**e regions
• See: Montilla | Drink: PX & Amontillado

4. Rioja

• Closely tied to The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
• Long lunches, late nights and classic w**e 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 w**e from culture.

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

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07/05/2026

Come for the w**e, stay for the castles.

Spain’s w**e 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 w**es 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 w**e 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.

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