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Nos vamos con el Winebus a Bodega Malpica de Tajo y Navalcarnero el 22 de diciembreThe Winebus goes to Malpica de Tajo Winery and Navalcarnero on Saturday december 22

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Para saber de esta excursión visitar: El Winebus en Bodega Malpica de Tajo de Osborne y Navalcarnero el sábado 22 de diciembre.

Esta excursión en inglés: The Winebus goes to Malpica de Tajo Winery and Navalcarnero on Saturday december 22

On Saturday December 22nd we go to the Malpica Winery from the Osborne Group.

This winery is located in the Extramadura road about 60 miles from Madrid.

This winery is special for several reasons. They ellaborate some great wines, and you perceive the Osborne brand in everything, their wines, their facilities, their speech. Everything starts with the Osborne bull “El Toro de Osborne”. Before arriving to the winery you can already notice its presence. Where else? On the road that leads to the cellar, of course.

The “Toro de Osborne” Is something very special and friendly for all Spanish. There was a time when all our roads were lined with billboards. Until they were abolished But they decided that the “toro” should remain. And the “Toro” is still in our roads. It is part of our landscape.

This brand, Osborne, and that logo is seen in each of its wines, its facilities, in their speeches. It transmits desire for perfection, elegance, beauty, personality, expertise.

During the visit we will see quite a good sized cellar, a very pleasant and didactic walk, on the elaboration of wine, about what the Osborne Group represents, and the way Osborne making wines. This is a very well prepared visit in which you realize that many people come to visit attracted by its charm. We will taste 3 of their wines, all of them pretty good. In a very appopiated room for tasting wines.

After the visit we wiil go to have lunch in a restaurant very closed to the winery, in Puebla de Montalbán that has made us a delightful menu of 20 euros.

On the way back we will stop at Navalcarnero to visit its wonderful “Wine Interpretation Center”. We can we also go to the Wine Museum which is a successful attempt to bring the world of wine through the 5 senses.. Navalcarnero is a gem that we have at hand, and do not remember that exists, perhaps because it is too close. And that seems a defect when it is a actually a virtue.

And if we still have time (god knows if we will have spare time), we will have a drink in Segovia Square, one of the most original and pretty squares of Spain.

This is the program

11,30 h Departure from Madrid (Plaza del Conde de Casal)

13h Visit to Malpica de Tajo Winery from Osborne Group and tasting of 3 wines.

14,45h End of visit.

15,15h Lunch at restaurant in Puebla de Montalbán

16,45 h Departure to Navalcarnero.

17,45h Visit to the “Navalcarnero Interpretation Centre”, Wine museum and drink in Segovia square.

19,45h Departure to Madrid.

20,30h Arrival to Madrid.

To pay, you can do it with a transfer with a previous email to igsegma@gmail.com , or calling to 630 099 630 o through Ticketea.com

http://www.ticketea.com/el-winebus-en-bodega-malpica-de-tajo-de-osborne-y-navalcarnero

This trip in Spanish: El Winebus en Bodega Malpica de Tajo de Osborne y Navalcarnero el sábado 22 de diciembre.

El Winebus en Bodegas Portia y Peñaranda de DueroThe winebus in Bodegas Portia and Peñaranda de Duero, Saturday December the 15th

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Para saber de esta excursión visitar: El Winebus en Bodegas Portia y Peñaranda de Duero, Sábado 15 de Diciembre.

Esta excursión en inglés: The winebus in Bodegas Portia and Peñaranda de Duero, Saturday December the 15th

Bodegas Portia is like a real slap in the face. As hard as I experienced  visiting Marques de Riscal in Rioja, designed by the famous Frank Gehry, the architect that designed  the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. The impact was so hard for me that since I have as an image as a back screen on my twitter account of the terrace Marques de Riscal cafeteria in contrast with the amazing village of El Ciego.

It just happened the same with Bodegas Portia, with the difference that I have visited many wineries  on the way. And I got dazzled. When you are getting close to the winery you already feel you are going to see something unusual.

When you enter you realize that what there is inside is much better than the outside. I would say it’s a pharaonic  work.

Every day architecture and wine are more related.

And Norman Foster wanted to make his mark here. They say his fee was 5 MM euros for this work. And I say they are worth.

This is a winery from the Faustino Group. This group is a high quality wines warranty. We will taste 2 of their wines which are at the level of the winery.

Its hard to forget a visit to any winery in general. In this case I would it is almost impossible.

We will hace lunch in Aranda de Duero in a place where tapas reach heaven.  We will not pay for the meal no more than 20 euros per person. (not included on the price of the tour). And then we go to Peñaranda de Duero in which we will do a guided tour of the city. This city has so many iconic buildings. For instance the Colegiata, the castle and José Cerezo blacksmith store.  Probably we will see all of then, but it is not sure because you know how the winebus starts but little variations in the program may happen.

What are you waiting for joining us?

We are waiting for you.

This is the program of the day:

11,15 h Departure from Madrid (Plaza del Conde de Casal)

13h Visit to Bodegas Portia, in Utile de Guzmán and tasting 2 wines.

14,30 h Having tapas in Aranda de Duero

15,40h Departure to Peñaranda de Duero

16 h Guided tour of Peñaranda de Duero

18 h Departure to Madrid.

20,15 h Arrival in Madrid.

To pay, you can do it with a transfer with a previous email to igsegma@gmail.com, or calling to 630 099 630 or through Ticketea.com http://www.ticketea.com/el-winebus-en-bodegas-portia-y-penaranda-de-duero

This post in Spanish: El Winebus en Bodegas Portia y Peñaranda de Duero, Sábado 15 de Diciembre.

Nos vamos a Grupo de Bodegas Yllera y Medina del Campo The Winebus in Grupo de Bodegas Yllera and Medina del Campo, Sáturday December 8th

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Para saber de esta excursión visitar: El Winebus en Grupo de Bodegas Yllera y Medina del Campo, Sábado 8 de Diciembre.

Esta excursión en inglés: The Winebus in Grupo de Bodegas Yllera and Medina del Campo, Sáturday December 8th

GRUPO YLLERA

We are going again to a winery in Rueda. We are going to Grupo de Bodegas Yllera which is an spectacular winery. It is a double visit actually. On the one hand a visit to the facilities of winemaking of white wine of Rueda DO and then the red Yllera. Both wines are excepctional. And if we add to that, a spectacular winery and an a very attractive speech, the result is wonderful. Bodegas del Grupo Yllera are pioneers in many things in the world of wine and we will realize about it during the visit.

More images of the winery of Bodegas del Grupo Yllera

The wines are pretty good but the winery is at the same level. We will visit the modern facilities they have 1 mile from Rueda, to turn back afterwards to visit the old winery, just in the middle of town with a wonderful story about “EL Hilo de Ariadna” We go down 20 meteres deep to relate the Greek mythology to the world of wine.

Castillo de la Mota

After the visit we will go to Medina del Campo to have some tapas (fixed price (optional), no more than 20 euros) And after lunch we will see the Castle of la Mota and the Museum «de las Ferias» . We are what we are because in the Middle Age there were cities like Medina del Campo that that facilitated trade. On the Museum  “de las Ferias” they will explain it to us very well.

This is the program

10 h Departure from Madrid (Plaza del Conde de Casal)

12 h Visit to Bodegas del Grupo Ylletra (Rueda, Valladolid)(New facilities, Bodega laberinto “El Hilo de Ariadna” Tasting of 3 of their wines.

14 h End of the visit

14.15 h Having tapas in Medina del Campo (fixed price 20 euros) (not included in the price of the trip)

16 h Visit to the castle of la Mota and the Museum of las Ferias.

18 h End of the guided visit and departure to Madrid.

20  h Arrival to Madrid.

Do you join us?

To pay, you can do it with a transfer with a previous email to igsegma@gmail.com , or calling to 630 099 630 or through Ticketea.com: http://www.ticketea.com/winebus-en-bodegas-yllera-y-medina-del-campo

Museo de las Ferias

This post in Spanish: El Winebus en Grupo de Bodegas Yllera y Medina del Campo, Sábado 8 de Diciembre

Nos vamos a Bodegas Verum y Tomelloso el 1 de diciembreOn Saturday December the 1st we will be in Bodegas Verum and Tomelloso

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Para saber de esta excursión visitar: El Winebus en Bodegas Verum y Tomelloso el sábado 1 de diciembre

Esta excursión en inglés: On Saturday December the 1st we will be in Bodegas Verum and Tomelloso

On Saturday December the 1st we will be in Bodegas Verum and Tomelloso

We are doing more and more trips in which we discover new wineries and new places to visit

I often heard that in Spain there are many very good wines. But that when you go to Castilla la Mancha this does not happen so. Well, ladies and gentlemen. I must say that this could have happened in the past, but now, every time I go to this region I find amazing wineries  and wines. And that it is a real pleasure to know that more and more wineries make great wines,  have the facilities to be proud of and hold a breathtaking speech.

On this case we are going by the hand of our friend Jesus Benito. We will go to visit Bodegas Verum that is just aside Tomelloso. There, after the visit, we will have 3 wines.  Then we will go to best  place to have tapas un Tomelloso. I am sure that Bodegas Verum is going to be at he same level or even higher than other wineries of Castilla La Mancha that impressed me when we visited with the winebus. See its website. Bodegas Verum

They have made us a menu of 20 euros (optional, not included in the trip price) Afterwards we are going to make a visit to everything that is worth to be visited in Tomelloso . Did I say everything?  Y do not think we will be able to see everything because there is a lot to be seen in Tomelloso.

After the guided visit we have to go back to Madrid. I expect of this jouney to be special trip on the Winebus project. I like to think that there is a turning point at this time.

I would be very happy if I see you there. Just to prove once again that the people, when they finish the trip, exhibit a broad smile on their faces and they hug each other whenthey leave even if they did know each other only from a few hours before. I love to see that scene again and again. Some say that this happens because of they wine. And I say it is not just not because of that. It is because of the wine, and much more. Why do you not come and give us your own impression?

This is the program

10,45h Departure from Madrid (Plaza del Conde de Casal)

13h Visit to Bodegas Verum and tasting of 3 of their wines.

14.30 h Having lunch in the best place for tapas in Tomelloso

16 16,15 Guided visit to Tomelloso

18,15 h End of the guided visit and departure to Madrid.

20,30 h Arrival to Madrid.

To pay, you can do it with a transfer with a previous email to igsegma@gmail.com , or calling to 630 099 630 or through Ticketea.com Para comprar por Ticketea: http://www.ticketea.com/el-winebus-en-bodegas-verum-y-tomelloso

This trip in Spanish El Winebus en Bodegas Verum y Tomelloso el sábado 1 de diciembre

Nos vamos a Bodegas Casa del Valle y ToledoWe go to Casa del Valle Winery and Toledo on Saturday November the 3rd

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Para saber de esta excursión visitar:El Winebus a Bodegas Casa del Valle y Toledo el sábado 3 de Noviembre

Esta excursión en inglés:  We go to Casa del Valle Winery and Toledo on Saturday November the 3rd

Bodegas Casa del Valle

We had already been in Martúe Winery and we had a wonderful time. What winery! What speech! ! What wines!

Then we had tapas in Toledo. The tapas were scrumptious.

And then we went to visit Toledo.

As I live in Madrid. Toledo is very closed from where I live and I have visited a lot of times.

Well, I never had a visit as I had on March 24 th. Read “En Toledo con el Winebus el 14 de abril”(in Spanish)

Toledo imagen general

Now we go to Casa del Valle Winery. What a winery of the Olarra group!!! It is located in Yepes, 65 kms from Madrid, with fantastic wines, with a very good speech at the winery, with a beautiful vineyard just beside the winery and very attractive facilities.

These are the wines that appear on its website: Hacienda Casa del Valle Shiraz, Hacienda casa del Valle Cabernet Sauvignon and Finca Valdelagua. And these are the wines that we will take in the tasting. Hacienda Casa del Valle Shiraz, Hacienda Casa del Valle Cabernet Sauvignon, Finca Valdelagua

Then there is Jose Fuentes the Winery wine tourism responsible that is going to do the best of himself for telling us how this group has taken advantage of its experience to design and create this winery.  Jose ´s speech  is very solid and there is something very nice on this visit that you will appreciate that do not happen to often on the visit to other wineries. I am talking about visiting the vineyard. Everybody agrees  that the key to have a good wine is obtained, from what is done in the vineyard. It is an act of recognition that the visit begins in the vineyard.

In short, it is a visit that is worth to do.

See more pictures of Casa del Valle Winery

Do you want to come to a spectacular winery from the Olarra Group? Do you want to enjoy  with wonderful tapas at a very nice price? Do you want to enjoy the city with the most important history where there is a better mixture than any other town of  the east and west world, the Muslim, the Christian and Jewish, and all this in a towns that looks just the same as it was on the 15 th century?

See more pictures of Casa del Valle Winery

Istambul also has the three sides. We have our own Istambul 70 kms from Madrid (half an hour trip). But let us not compete with Istambul. The visit to Toledo would include the visit to the Cathedral and “La Casa de El Greco».

Do you want to come to Casa del Valle Winery and then to Toledo?

This is the program of the day:

10,45 h Departure from Madrid (Plaza del Conde de Casal)

12h Visit to Casa del Valle Winery and tasting of 3 wines.

14h End of the visit and on the way to Toledo

15 h Having tapas in a very closed restaurant to Zocodover Square (estimated price 18 euros) (not included in the price)

16,30h Guided visit to Toledo (The Cathedral and El Greco´s house)

18,30 End of the guided visit

19,45 h Arrival to Madrid.

To pay the reservation, you can do it with a transfer with a previous email to igsegma@gmail.com , or calling to 630 099 630 o through Ticketea.com http://www.ticketea.com/el-winebus-a-bodegas-casa-del-valle-y-toledo-2

We are waiting for you.

This trip in Spanish: El Winebus a Bodegas Casa del Valle y Toledo el sábado 3 de Noviembre