This is a preliminary announcement of a two-week tour of Spain in early July, 2008, with the following features:
Simultaneous translation with electronic headsets for all visits, performed by an accomplished translator.
- Visits to include large and small producers, traditional and non-traditional, and some of the most famous in Spain.
- Varieties to be emphasised will include Tempranillo, Graciano, Mencia among reds, and Albarino, Godello and Verdecho among whites. You will meet the leading producers.
- Each region visited will have the Australian homoclimes identified.
- Emphases given to viticulture, wine making and marketing.
- Wine regions to be visited include Jerez, La Mancha, Madrid, Penedes, Priorat, Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Rueda, Bierzo and Rias Baixas.
- Tourism opportunities in Seville, La Mancha, Toledo,
Madrid, Barcelona, Rioja and Galicia with professional guides for highlights.
- 3-4 star hotel accommodation, with cooked breakfast, lunch every day and 6 group dinners featuring local cuisine and wines.
- Single, twin share or double accommodation available.
Contact
drvine@bigpond.net.au, or call 0418 656 480.
“TEMPRANILLO AND OTHER VARIETIES WILL BE THE VINOUS EQUIVALENTS OF THE MERINO SHEEP IN AUSTRALIA”…….R. Smart
