Gourmet Madrid

Madrid, even if it seems unlikely, there is a moment when it ends. And the countryside starts. And villages, and vineyards, and wineries ...

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

Join a tour where you will learn, from winery to winery, about Spain's Golden century, History and habits, old and modern winemaking in the region and in Spain in general, and discover medieval and Renaissance architectures through the countryside just one step from the city

Also available for private groups upon request, we can customize it fro you. For more information contact: info@gourmetmadrid.com.

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

Just 30 Kms away from Madrid you feel transported several hundred kilometres way ahead, and several decades, if not centuries, way back. Madrid's Region's countryside, coated with vineyards and historical towns, that supplied wine for the capital since its very foundation (since its conquest by the Castilians from the Moors actually).

900 years of winemaking tradition at the fertile vegas region (riverbanks) where rivers Manzanares, Tajuña, Jarama, Henares, and Tajo meet. Or south of Guadarrama's Sierra's granite foothill. Environmentally protected territories that where the exclusive wine suppliers of the thirsty and growing new capital of the sixteenth century Spanish Empire.

 Before the improvement of road connections eased that wine from farther spanish regions flooded Madrid, these were the wines that were celebrated in the writings of Cervantes and all the Golden Century writers and painters, and from the Royal Palace to every tavern of the city.

Más información: info@gourmetmadrid.com