Wine Tourism

Wine Trip

This is not a visit to the winery. It is a trip from the vineyard to the glass.

Valleyglesias offers you a unique wine tourism experience. We want you to experience the whole winemaking process, from the vineyard to the glass.

Visit our winery and taste the wines directly from the tanks and barrels. You will learn about the world of wine in a fun and entertaining way in an incomparable environment of wine tourism.
Our winery is located in the middle of nature on the top of a hill, between vineyards, in one of the most beautiful wine tourism areas of the D.O. Madrid.
San Martín de Valdeiglesias is located just one hour from the center of Madrid, Avila and Toledo.

The visit is divided in three parts:

Valdehornos Winery

First part

The vineyard

Traditional vine-growing

Location, height, the position of the vineyard. Varieties. Vine-growing works. Special characteristics of this type of growing. What means organic vine-growing?

Native varieties?

When we must harvest the grapes?

Anything else?

Of course! It depends on your interest. Don´t be afraid, ask us whatever you want!

Second part

The elaboration

Grapes entrance

What do we do when the grapes arrive at the winery? What type of machines do we use? How do we select the grapes?

Wine making room

We will explain you what the fermentation consist on. Characteristics of the fermentation tanks. The differences between red wine and white wine elaboration. Rosé, young red wine, growing wine… You will discover the differences of preparation for all of them.

Growing room

Which is the cause of using the barrels? How are the wines made? We´ll tell you how long our wines are in barrels. If we use new barrels or we use used barrels too. If we use barrels only for the red wines or for White wines as well. Does the wine growing end in the barrel?

Third part

The tasting

Tasting from the tanks

We´ll taste the wines directly from the tanks, You will be able to check their characteristics, smells, colours…

Tasting from the barrels

Have you ever tasted wine directly from a barrel?. Here, the wine is evolving due to the fact that the barrel is doing its work. Now, What differences can we feel?

Tasting from the bottles

The wine has passed throw the hole process. Finally, the wine can be sold!
An impressive evolution! Right?
?

Not only tasting

We will enjoy a little snack to go with the tasting!

IMPORTANT

All our visits are private.

We make visits every day in the morning and afternoon but always with prior reservation.

We arrange the schedule individually at the time of making the reservation, adapting to the needs of the client.

Limited places. Minimum 4 people, maximum 20.

Send us an email to make the reservation enoturismo@valleyglesias.com

It includes:

Visit to vineyards and facilities.

Tasting of wines in the process of elaboration:

In tank 1 white + 1 red.

In barrel 1 white + 1 red.

Depending on the time of year and the availability of the wines, this could vary, but always, at least 3 wines in the process of being produced will be tasted.

Bottled wine tasting:

whites: A3 (Albillo Real – Malvar ValleYglesias) + A2 (Albillo Real ValleYglesias).

reds: G3 (Garnacha – Syrah – ValleYglesias Tempranillo) – G2 (Garnacha ValleYglesias).

Appetizer with each of the bottled wines.

At the end of the visit, you can buy the wines directly at the winery with a very special discount!

Visits available in English.

PRICE €45 per person. (VAT INCLUDED)

MEETING POINT:

The meeting point and end of the visits is Restaurante ValleYglesias located in C / Corredera Alta 28. San Martín de Valdeiglesias.

You will find a free parking next to the bullring.

Access to the winery is by a dirt road. If you do not want to access the winery with your own vehicle, we can transfer you in ours. Please let us know at the time of booking.

If you come by bus to San Martín de Valdeiglesias from Madrid, you must take line 551 from Príncipe Pío. The duration of the trip is 1:15 hours. The bus stop in San Martín de Valdeiglesias where they must get off is the second, located next to the bullring. Just opposite is Valleyglesias restaurant.

The transfer to the winery from the restaurant is in our own vehicles.

Bus timetable Madrid – San Martín de Valdeiglesias

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