"Wine tours, tastings and other interesting visits...more than wine"                                                                                                               

 Valencian Cellar Tours                                    

                                **  Requena Winery 1/2 Day  **

     Come with us and discover the wines of Valencia´s "terroir" visiting a leading wine estate.

The D.O Utiel-Requena is the largest, highest (600-900m)  & the furthest inland of the Valencian D.O´s possessing great growing conditions.
It´s the rising star of the Valencian wine regions collecting more than 120 international awards in 2015. Good vintages & talented vintners have brought the Utiel-Requena region into a new era. You will encounter elegant, dry herbal rosés, delicate fresh Cavas focusing on chardonney &  rich whites tinged with subtle toast of new oak &  of course powerful, well structured red wines.. notably their unique "Centenary Bobal" vines yielding under 2kg complimented by noble grapes  like Syrah & Merlot used to create Pago estate wines .  

 These wines now compete with the more well known Spanish  names and often outshine their competition ! 

  We start  in the vines looking at the viticulture techniques, differences like hand vs machine harvesting etc. and concept of terroir. You have a guided visit of the boutique winery explaining how they make their wines and Cava (the Spanish Champan) ....more of a mini 101 wine education with interesting facts from grape to bottle .  

After a tour of the bodega &  production hall, we enter the cool cellars and on to the barrel salon; a temple of aging Crianza & Reserva wines.

You then have the pleasure of tasting a selection of the estate´s  Premium wines & Cava´s in the Tasting Salon,  complimented with Spanish cheese,Iberian charcouteria & Spanish almonds. One may of course purchase wines at  excellent prices directly from cellar.  *Although we have just outlined the visit here it is far from a typical wine tour one often encounters & despite the welcome competition of late I believe this is a unique wine  experience...your guide makes your visit worth it ..it´s not just the wines. * 
                                                                                
Salud !    

      Taking a panoramic scenic drive through wine countryside we make a short trip to Requena historic town with a stop at a local artisan carniceria (sausage, game & meat seller) where you may taste local embutido; cured sausage with specialities like Chorizo marinated in Cava or salchichon & walnuts... local delicatessen at amazing prices. I confess it´s one of my favourite tapas with a glass of Cava !

 Utiel-Requena with almost 40,000 hectares in vines is 2nd  
largest producer of wine in Spain. Requena is located 70km from Valencia city.

Well connected by autovia it´s a journey of just under an hour from Valencia.

 We offer trips for small groups from Valencia.  Most tours are guided by myself, Toni & the winery in English, so you are assured of  a good understanding of wine & historical knowledge of the region.