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Hello,
My wife and I are going to Spain and Portugal this summer for our honeymoon. We don't have a lot of money. She's a chef and I would like to get some info on winery tours/tastings. Very difficult to Google this info, because the results are generally clogged with ad- sites for long, very expensive gourmet wine/food tours. If someone has personally gone on a good, but not expensive tour and tasting for a day or a few hours near a major city in Spain or Portugal, I would appreciate any recommendations. (Maybe cheese too if you think of it) Thanks! please email amremovethis |
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Hash: SHA1 First off remember as a Chef she may be able to write off part of the trip on her taxes. See a "Enrolled Agent" tax person and they can give you the exact advice. I have always found, to get the best information as a starting place, I contact the embassy of the country I am going to. They always have a tourism department with lots of information. However most embassies as slow as a Rosie O'Donnell monologue. Congrats on the honeymoon "tipscommissar" > wrote in message oups.com... > Hello, > > My wife and I are going to Spain and Portugal this summer for our > honeymoon. We don't have a lot of money. She's a chef and I would > like to get some info on winery tours/tastings. Very difficult to > Google this info, because the results are generally clogged with ad- > sites for long, very expensive gourmet wine/food tours. > > If someone has personally gone on a good, but not expensive tour and > tasting for a day or a few hours near a major city in Spain or > Portugal, I would appreciate any recommendations. > > (Maybe cheese too if you think of it) > > > Thanks! > > please email > > amremovethis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.2 (Build 2014) - not licensed for commercial use: www.pgp.com Comment: Ask me about securing your messages and files. wj8DBQFGirBl2MTcHJnCIaURAmlFAJ0R9sDUE4xn8PNamFbFFO OlJb78uQCfdXdF LEi9nAUyY7gQ10vt+iB8bEw= =te9/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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tipscommissar > wrote in
oups.com: Which part of Spain you would like to tour? Most of wineries in Spain do not charge for visiting the winery or the tasting afterwards. Most of them do not think of visitors like a source of income and are not prepared for wine-tourism, but they will receive you if you contact in advance. On the other hand, there are wineries that even have a hotel as part of the business (Riscal in Rioja, Arzuaga in Ribera) and others that are actually prepared for tourists, such as Gonzalez Byass in Jerez. If you can explain further what parts of Spain you will tour, I may point out some interesting wineries. best, s. > Hello, > > My wife and I are going to Spain and Portugal this summer for our > honeymoon. We don't have a lot of money. She's a chef and I would > like to get some info on winery tours/tastings. Very difficult to > Google this info, because the results are generally clogged with ad- > sites for long, very expensive gourmet wine/food tours. > > If someone has personally gone on a good, but not expensive tour and > tasting for a day or a few hours near a major city in Spain or > Portugal, I would appreciate any recommendations. > > (Maybe cheese too if you think of it) > > > Thanks! > > please email > > amremovethis > |
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Add Torres to the list of those set up for it, and I think there are
several in Navarre. There is also a large, rather pretentious, but certainly comprehensive museum of wine, http://www.dinastiavivanco.com/museo/museo.asp, near Haro. You may not learn much from the museum, although the samples explaining descriptors like leather or grass work better than in other museums. You will see more presses in one place than you have ever seen before, but the 'garden' of hundreds of different vines is interesting. Sheila In article 8>, santiago > writes >tipscommissar > wrote in roups.com: > >Which part of Spain you would like to tour? >Most of wineries in Spain do not charge for visiting the winery or the >tasting afterwards. Most of them do not think of visitors like a source >of income and are not prepared for wine-tourism, but they will receive >you if you contact in advance. > >On the other hand, there are wineries that even have a hotel as part of >the business (Riscal in Rioja, Arzuaga in Ribera) and others that are >actually prepared for tourists, such as Gonzalez Byass in Jerez. > >If you can explain further what parts of Spain you will tour, I may >point out some interesting wineries. > >best, > >s. > > >> Hello, >> >> My wife and I are going to Spain and Portugal this summer for our >> honeymoon. We don't have a lot of money. She's a chef and I would >> like to get some info on winery tours/tastings. Very difficult to >> Google this info, because the results are generally clogged with ad- >> sites for long, very expensive gourmet wine/food tours. >> >> If someone has personally gone on a good, but not expensive tour and >> tasting for a day or a few hours near a major city in Spain or >> Portugal, I would appreciate any recommendations. >> >> (Maybe cheese too if you think of it) >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> please email >> >> amremovethis >> > -- --- Sheila Page |
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