Gourmet Madrid

One Day Wine Tour

Discover Madrid wines and historic countryside villages one step from the city. 

Madrid, even if it seems unlikely, there is a moment when it ends. And the countryside starts. With its villages, orchards, vineyards and wineries. Join a tour where you will learn, from winery to winery, about Madrid winemaking and winedrinking History

Not an hour drive away from Madrid you feel transported several hundred miles way ahead, and several decades, if not centuries, way back. Madrid Region’s countryside, coated with vineyards and historical villages, that supplied wine for the capital since its very foundation (since its conquest by the Castilians from the Moors actually).

You will visit three wineries with a tasting of two or more wines on each place. The owner or winemaker will show you the winery most of the time. Modern and traditional winemaking merged at the Vegas (fertile plains) region . The wineries selected are a mixture of modern and traditional styles. All of them show a different aspect of winemaking. Some of the wineries visited are Jesus Diaz http://www.bodegasjesusdiaz.com, and Solera bodegas http://www.solerabodegas.com in Colmenar de Oreja, Qubel http://www.qubel.com in Pozuelo del Rey, El Regajal or el Real Cortijo http://www.realcortijo.com in Aranjuez, Andres Morate (organic) http://www.andresmorate.com in Belmonte del Tajo, Bodegas Orusco http://www.bodegasorusco.com in Valdilecha, Val Azul in Chinchón. The selection of wineries depends on the day availability.

The tour includes traditional lunch with the local dishes and wine, transport from Madrid and a bilingual expert guide during all the tour

Also available for private groups upon request, for more information contact: info@gourmetmadrid.com