Wine tours

We organise visits to wineries, mainly in the Valencia region – day trips from Valencia city, or with overnight stays at some of the old winery farmhouses.

Valencia was known for its bulk wines, cheap and large quantities, low quality, but times have changed! There are now several internationally renowned wineries in the Valencia region, like Hispano Suizas, Mustiguillo and Vera de Estenas that produce top wines and Cavas. These wineries can also be visited, as part of a day trip, or just in a few hours in the morning or so. We also organise high end luxury private wine tours - just ask us for the options.

We do mainly private tours (one person and more...) but you could also join other people on a tour if there are more requests, and if you want. A few wineries are wheelchair accessible, so we also organise day trips for people in wheelchair, including accessible transport.

Wine tourism is becoming increasingly popular in Valencia, also because the main wine areas of Valencia are within easy reach of the city, at about one hour’s drive. We often go to Utiel-Requena, which is the nearest to the city, and is famous for the red Bobal grape, but we can also take you to the Terres dels Alforins region, 60 kms south of the city, which makes excellent wines, or  to Castellón and even Alicante, where you can find amazing wines.

On a typical day trip, we usually start with something cultural, such as a visit to some 10th century wine caves in the old centre of Requena (this includes a wine tasting!), or the excavations of the Iberian village near Moixent, before visiting a winery for a guided tour and a wine tasting. After that we go for lunch to try the local gastronomy, with more local wine. Another option is to stay at the winery for lunch - a 4-5 course lunch, accompanied with all the best wines of the winery..! And, weather permitting, we could sit outside in the shade of the big trees, with a great view over the vineyards...

Or how about an American-style wine tour, visiting three wineries in a day? Not easy in the Valencian wine regions, where wineries are not exactly next to each other; but it can be done! Or we add a visit to a local biodynamic olive oil producer, including an olive oil tasting !

A winery day trip could also include doing some grape harvesting (during the months of September-October): we pick grapes for half an hour or so, and take them to the winery to stomp them with our feet; we then visit the barrel rooms of the winery, taste some of their wines, and end with a wonderful lunch with more wine, relaxing in the shade of the old farmhouse… It's a great day out of the city, just for having fun, a nice lunch and drinking wine...

But these are just examples – there are more options, all depending on your preferences. Depending on the season or time of the year, you could join one of our open tours, or have your wine tour tailor-made to suit your own ideas and wishes. This could also include longer wine tours to any region you like, with pvernight stays at a winery or a hotel.

Wine tours could be done in various languages, just ask if we speak your language!