Madrid Travel Forum

Looking for a nice wine tour -- had an excellent trip in Melbourne that took multiple sign ups in one big van to different wineries (had the sweetest, most rib-tickling driver, especially on the trip home! :). Everything I see in Spain seems to center on "private" tours. Any help finding a more "assorted" group (and more reasonably priced) tour? Either Madrid, Sevilla or Barcelona?

Have a look at this web site set up by the wineries surrounding Madrid City:
http://www.vinosdemadrid.es/index_en.php
These wine growing areas are not as well known as the traditional ones such as La Rioja and the Duero River, however they may offer a chance to visit one or more bodegas from Madrid. If you like white wines, you may be interested in a Grape variety gorwn in Spain that originated in North Africa and came to Spain at the time of the Moors. Called VERDEJO , it makes a tasty delicious white and you should certainly try it. The main region in Spain where the Verdejo grape is grown is North West of Madrid called RUEDA.

I had given you this on your other threads.

the best in wines in Barcelona is Villafranca del Penedés and the best known is sparkling type champagne call Cava, is at San Sadurni d'Noia with best brands Codorniu and Freixenet

contact
best in my opinion of jean Leon at Penedés
http://www.jeanleon.com/eng/index-eng.html

in San Sadurni are
http://www.codorniu.es/
http://www.freixenet.es/

hope it helps

ps Sevilla is more sherry base and sweet malaga wines mostilla, but some wines are good, my favorites over the years has been Bodegas Gonzalez Palacios in Spanish only, and about 76 km from Sevilla and the birthplace of Antonio Nebrijas author of the first grammar book in Spanish!
http://www.gonzalezpalacios.com/

Madrid is again poor on wines, mostly a new denomination vinos de la comunidad de Madrid has brought some quality to them; my favorites are ricardo Benito and valle Iglesias
http://www.bodegasricardobenito.com/bodegas_ricardo_benito/Bienvenida.html
http://www.valleyglesias.com/

older Madrileños still opted for the region of Valdepeñas a bit south in Castilla-La mancha province of Ciudad Real,some bodegas there I like
Bodegas Félix Solis
http://www.felixsolis.com/
Bodegas Navarro Lopez
http://www.navarrolopez.com/

hope it helps, I do love wines ::)