Communication flows between people around a glass of wine and relations are shaken. For that reason, wine tourism has become an ideal method for organizing trips that the business life offers to its players. Incentive travel, meetings, conventions, product presentations or 'team building' activities can become a great success, if accompanied by an exquisite cuisine and delicious wines in a unique environment.
Visits to wineries, wine tasting courses, wine & food pairing, cultural routes or recreational activities are just some of the alternatives that can enrich such expeditions and achieve to combine in appropriate doses business and pleasure.
Valladolid, within four extraordinary Appellations of Origin, stands as a unique destination, where you can enjoy in addition to its vast history and artistic legacy, of their typical food, ceramics and, of course, its people. The white Rueda, the rosé Cigales, or the red Toro and Ribera del Duero make Valladolid an authentic paradise for wine lovers.
All these attractions can be enjoyed in this region in a good number of wineries that have adapted facilities to receive business visits. Bodegas Arzuaga Navarro, a pioneer in wine tourism in Ribera de Duero is one of the most prominent. With Hotel Arzuaga, rated with five stars, located in their estate, provide customized services to its more demanding visitors. They have excellent lounges and terraces in Quintanilla de Onésimo, while offering its visitors all kinds of services for such meetings.
After work, comes pleasure. Then, the most selected guests can choose between winery and vineyards visits, wine tasting, rides in vintage cars and horses, and even hunting, among other activities.
We can also find in the municipality of Vilbañez an excellent destination in the facilities of Bodegas Vizar. Located next to the Canal del Duero, professionals who come with the aim of developing a business appointment will find a conference room for up to 40 people with audiovisual equipment at their disposal and gourmet dining room where you can taste the delicious castilian cuisine.
Bodegas Legaris, from the Codorniu Group, recreates the power and excellence of Ribera del Duero with a singular wine with unique character specialized in red varieties that are based on the grape Tempranillo. Visitors to Curiel de Duero and San Martin de Rubiales can enjoy visits to the winery with tasting accompanied by the best sheep cheeses and cured ham, conduct walks through the vineyards, enjoy the wine tasting course "From the Barrel to the senses" to deepen into the exciting world of the barrels and understand the importance of a good blend or “coupage”, as well as dining or having lunch in the cellars, with a capacity of 160 people.
At Abadía Retuerta, winery known as "El Pago de la Milla de Oro" for elaborating selected wines in one of the best wine regions in the country, can make visits to the vineyards, the winery and the abbey, concluding this stroll with an unparalleled commented tasting of wines in the refectory of the Monastery. To complete its enotouristic offer, it is expected that throughout 2009 they will open a new five-star hotel located in the abbey of Santa Maria de Retuerta, with meeting rooms, wine tasting room, gardens and paths to enjoy around the Ribera del Duero.
Moreover, the wineries included in the D.O. Rueda also have an offer of exclusive services. This area is emblem of the white wines from Spain, with a predominance of a noble variety: the Verdejo grape.
Bodegas Antaño, located in the town of Rueda, greets visitors with a Spanish courtyard decorated with old cars, and offers wine tasting and tapas, and even a catering service. For meetings of a professional nature it has a wonderful art gallery equipped with audio-visual system, as well as an extraordinary Imperial lounge where the most distinguished dishes from the castilian table can be enjoyed.
Bodegas Yllera, with vineyards from Rueda, Ribera de Duero and Toro, closes this selection of some of the most prominent wineries that, within the province of Valladolid, are adapted to organize business meetings in unique environments and with the most cared facilities.
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