Vintage Spain offers a Tapas and Wine Tour in Madrid, which lasts two and a half hours and takes guests to four different locations around Madrid. At each stop on the tour guests can sample various tapas, or small plates, and wine. They also learn about Spanish culture and how tapas can be paired well with wine. The tour guide will teach guests about the various historic Madrid landmarks as they make their way from spot to spot. Guests on the tour will have enough food for either lunch or dinner. As of September 2010, the tour costs 79 Euros for each person in a group of eight.
Vintage Spain Tours
C/ Burgos 9 4 B.
09200 Miranda de Ebro.
Burgos, Spain
+34 947 310126
vintagespain.com
Food Wine Tours is another company that offers both tourists and locals wine and culinary tours in Spain. The Wine and Gastronomic Tour from Food Wine Tours takes place in Andalusia, a southern region of Spain. The tour lasts six days and begins and ends in the city of Seville. Highlights of the tour include a three-hour cooking class in Seville, a walking tapas tour, and visits to several area wineries, including a Sherry winery in Jerez. Guests will also attend a horse show at the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art.
Food Wine Tours
Ronda Universidad 12, 4-7B
08007 Barcelona, Spain
Cómo llegar
933 171 909
foodwinetours.com
Cellar Tours features an eight-day tour of northern Spain that examines the wine and food of that region. The tour takes guests through various cities and areas, including La Rioja, Navarra, and Ribera del Duero. It starts and ends in the city of Bilbao. On most days of the tour, guests will visit different wine cellars and wineries; they will also eat traditional Spanish meals while trying the various wines. On the sixth day guests will take a break from wine drinking and focus on the food of Basque country at an area restaurant.
Cellar Tours
C/ Zurbano 45, 1st Floor
28010 Madrid, Spain
+34 91 143 6553
cellartours.com
