Burgos Province Territorio Luthier Located a couple of hours drive north of Marid, a few minutes outside of Aranda de Douro, in the Burgos province, you’ll find this small winery, Bodega Territorio Luthier, with an outstanding selection of limited production wines. They produce around 90,000 bottles a year, relying on grapes from more than 280 micro-vineyards…
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Wine Touring, Valle del Tirón, Rioja Alta
West of Haro, the “wine capital” of La Rioja, in the Valley of Tirón, you will find several small villages, some with castles and all with a long history of wine making; Anguciana, Ternero (Castile-León) Sajazarra, Fonzaleche, Cuzcurrita de Río Tirón and Tirgo. The Río Tirón joins the Río Oja near Cihuri, before flowing into…
Bodegas Casa de Valle
Bodegas y Viñedos Casa del Valle In early March we took a quick trip south to Yepes in Castile–La Mancha, in the Toledo province. Although Toledo, once the capital of Spain, doesn’t have its own D.O., it does produce some excellent wines, including those from the Bodegas y Viñedos Casa del Valle, which produce a…
Madrid For Christmas
What’s Madrid like at Christmas time? This may be your year to find out. Madrid During The Day Madrid At Night Travel Planning, Bespoke Travel Exclusive Travel Planning Services by Iberian Traveler & Maribel’s Guides. Contact Maribel to arrange a custom itinerary for your next trip to Spain, Portugal, or France.
The Montecillo Dolmen, Ibaola Harriak and Bodegas Badiola
Surprisingly, or maybe not, this 3900 year old dolmen, a bronze age tomb, wasn’t discovered until 2009 by Roberto Ibáñez of Villabuena de Álava. It sits just north of the village on the high ground in the middle of the vineyards, which today belong to Bodegas Badiola. Interestingly enough, there is another “dolmen” located nearby,…
Madrid Fusión 2022
Spain in 2022 is about the culture of food & wine Spain Food & Wine 2022 We were invited to attend the recent 3-day long Madrid Fusión Alimentos de España 2022 by our friend and owner/chef of the popular Taberna La Catapa, Miguel Angel. This year’s event, the largest in it’s 20-year history, featured Dabiz Muñoz (DiverXO, Madrid), Joan…
Rioja, Beyond The Wine
Exploring The Other Rioja If you are planning on being in the Rioja for more than a few days, you have a great opportunity to visit some of the areas outside of the popular wine producing regions, or combine these areas with your daily wine touring. We usually visit Casalarreina, Santo Domingo de la Calzada…
La Ribera Baja de Navarra
Wine Touring in the south of Navarra The Ribera Baja, often referred to as the “kingdom of the vegetables”, is a flat river plain with sparse vegetation at the southern tip of Navarra between Aragón and La Rioja, a region dominated by the imposing Sierra del Moncayo mountain range to the southwest, and includes the…
Rioja Oriental
The Rioja Oriental, Spain’s largest sub-region is also its newest wine appellation and has been undergoing a winemaking transformation the past several years as a new generation of winemakers have reclaimed the long abandoned higher ground, bringing about a rebirth of the native Garnacha grape. Known as the Rioja Baja until 2018, the Rioja Oriental…
Wine Touring – The Najerilla Valley
The Najerilla river flows from the mountains of the Sierra de la Demanda to the Ebro River making this a special corner of La Rioja, with a unique style of wine, the lower part of the valley yielding the region’s most balanced wines. The valley, considered by many to be central to La Rioja vineyards,…
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