This experience is available throughout December and January only.
Languages available: English, Spanish.
Would you like to feel yourself like a real winemaker?
Thing is they not only try wines all day long but also do some actual, very important, field job.
One of them is grapevine pruning that consists of cutting vine branches with big scissors during the winter period when vines are resting.
I propose you to go with me to a tiny winery, an hour drive from the center of Madrid to learn why and how to prune a vine and participate in the process supervised by a winery oenologist.
Once finished, we will have a tour around the winery and production facilities.
Worth mentioning that this winery produces organic wines, that regularly receive national awards.
All field operations are held manually, using donkeys and horses instead of machinery as a part of the organic production.
We will learn what other conditions should be observed by winemakers in Spain in order to be considered as organic or eco.
After the tour we will transfer to a typical Spanish restaurant located in a nearby village to try all the winery wines during a Gourmet lunch with local products in the nearby village restaurant to perfectly match the wines.
WINES TO TRY:
✅ White wine from an Arbillo Real variety, a local, indigenous Madrid grape that grows only here and nowhere else in Spain or in the world.
✅ Red wine from naked Garnacha, Garnacha as it is. Meanwhile Garnacha grape grows in many places, here in Madrid is one of the specialties.
✅ Red wine (Garnacha) without filtration.
✅ Red wine (Garnacha) from a 100 year old vines (dated 1908) with sophisticated barrel aging.
By trying out three red wines from the same grape variety we are getting to know typical aromas of this variety and learn how it changes from bottle to bottle due to the production technique chosen by the oenologist.
DURATION of the experience: approx. 4-5 hours + 2 hours of transfer
PRICE per person: 300 euros for the group of 6. For smaller groups price may vary.
Please leave a request for more information.
INCLUDED INTO THE PRICE:
+ Transfer from your hotel to the winery, the restaurant and back.
+ Pruning masterclass by the winery
+ Welcoming glass of wine
+ Snacks at the winery
+ Degustation of 4 wines held by the winery
+ Gourmet lunch with local products (please specify if you have any allergies or food intolerance)
+ Water
