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Travel with your senses to our landscapes, from the table to our spanish vineyardsTRANSCRIPT
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Food & Wine Tours specializes in organizing Corporate and Special Events; Incentive
Trips and Product Launches in Spain with a gastronomic touch.
THE BASICS: We propose locations; we manage singular spaces that combine art,
beauty and history. Unique and elegant places to celebrate business meetings.
Itinerary planning, transportation, accommodation and on-the-ground support
OUR ADDED VALUE is the possibility to combine these business activities with our
experiences created around Food & Wine.
Team building & training, Indoor activities, tours, trips & cultural activities, restaurants
& nightlife.
These experiences allow the opportunity of discover, share, and appreciate the
diverse tastes of our unique country.
If you are a lover of good food and wine and are planning on doing a creative
and fun experience, then our activities have been designed for you.
We can tailor made all of them to your specific needs.
Creativity is one of our milestones.
Our offer is addressed companies, tour operators and travel agents but also to all
those entities seeking for high quality food and wine experiences.
Our services can meet all your needs, from the expertise of our professionals to
create a unique activity; to the design, creation and coordination of the event that
you consider it fulfils the agreed upon objectives.
We have classified our experiences by the level of activity
Team building / competitions o Develop organizational skills
o Give and take direction effectively
o Work toward common goals
o Build confidence and morale
o Adapt to changing environments
o Sharpen communication skills
o Dare to be creative
o Have fun
Activities & Experiences
Incentive tourism: winery visits …
From gourmet tours to cookery courses, take a break with a gastronomic twist,
tailored to your needs!
Information & reservations
FOOD WINE TOURS
Tel.: +34/93-317 1909
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Wine Tastings ................................................................................................. 5 Aromas & Wine Tasting ................................................................................. 6 A delicious Catalan Snack ........................................................................... 7 Chocolate Tasting ......................................................................................... 8 Cheese Tasting .............................................................................................. 9 Ham Tasting ................................................................................................. 10 Olive Oil Tasting ........................................................................................... 11 Beer Tasting ................................................................................................. 12 Cheese & wine pairing ............................................................................... 13 Chocolate & sweet wine pairing ............................................................... 14
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Gourmet Tastings
Experience with us new sensations of the palate and delights to the senses.
It's about sharing the experience of wine and food among friends. It's about
learning to appreciate the finer things in life in a friendly environment.
Tasting, an activity that surprises by its innovation.
Pairing, a sensory experience that combines flavors in a way that you would have
never imagined, providing you with exciting surprises on your palate.
The activity begins by making a sensorial taste to educate and to prepare the
tongue and the senses. We will go through all the stages and shades of flavours
and tastes. Sweet, bitter, salty, spicy,… all of them thru a variety of products,
aromatic plants, fruits,..
A trip thru the tasting world.
Each tasting is a single activity, which you can combine with other tastings.
Tastings:
Wine Tastings: traditional (vertical, horizontal), surprising (cava versus
champagne), specials
Chocolate Tasting
Cheese Tasting
Iberico Ham Tasting
Beer tasting
Olive oil Tasting
A trip to all your senses
Pairings
Cheese and Wine pairing
Chocolate and Sweet Wine pairing
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Wine Tastings [Grapes are] the most noble and challenging of fruits.
Malcolm Dunn, Head Gardener to the 7th Viscount Powerscourt, c 1867
Eyeballing wine, swirling and sniffing and
swishing ... it may look complicated but
you will see that it is not. Nevertheless,
wine tasting is an art that must be learnt,
following a strict process in the search for
aromas and flavours; a training that can
be turned into a great time!
Wine culture forms part of the Spanish
gastronomy. Our wines are a real richness,
which doesn't leave indifferent the most
demanding palates.
We have made a rigorous selection of gastronomes, in order to guarantee the best
services in the wine tasting training.
Thanks to them, you will be able to discover the most used tasting techniques, and
make use of your talents as an amateur sommelier!
After this activity, enjoy an optional meal in the venue with wines.
Locations: all over Spain.
Participants: Groups from 6 to 50 people
Duration: 1- 2 hours
Availability: Mondays to Sundays, all year around under request
Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages
The activity includes:
A wine expert who will lead the tasting
Tasting of 5 wines of your choice: whites, reds, cavas or combined
A maximum of 3 hours
All local taxes
The activity does not include:
Venue rental
Glassware and dishes
Observations:
Optional gourmet meal.
Optional Private transfer to the venue
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Aromas & Wine Tasting Educate your nose!
How often have you been tasting a glass
of wine and you think “I know what that
aroma is” but you just can not put a name
to it, even though it's on the tip of your
tongue..... literally.
This is a wine workshop to develop a fine
nose, essential for a wine tasting.
As an aid to novice wine tasters - and
experts too - wine scientists came up years
ago with something called the "aroma
wheel."
You do not need a wheel to do a good tasting, however: The information is just as
useful in the form of a list, starting at noon and moving around the clock from "fruity"
through "nutty" and "earthy" around to "floral," "spicy" and back to fruity again.
You will have to guess, a collection of scents related to wines from a wine aromas
set.
By the end of the workshop you will be able to pair aromas with 4 different wines,
and you will know the difference between them.
After this activity, enjoy an optional meal in the venue with wines.
Locations: all over Spain.
Participants: Groups from 6 to 50 people
Duration: 1- 2 hours
Availability: Mondays to Sundays, all year around under request
Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages
The activity includes:
Gastronome
Aromas Workshop
Tasting of 4 wines (2 whites, 2 reds).
aromas guide, aromas set,…
A maximum of 3 hours
All local taxes
The activity does not include:
Venue rental
Glassware
Observations:
Optional gourmet meal.
Optional Private transfer to the venue
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A delicious Catalan Snack
Spaniards love their food!
In fact, the typical Spaniard probably puts away more food than any one of you,
but we spread our meals throughout the day and walk between meals.
How long ago did you have your last snack?
The late-afternoon snack in Spain is called la merienda and is necessary since lunch
is done late, but dinner isn't usually eaten for another five to six hours. La Merienda
can be anything from a piece of French-style bread with a piece of chocolate on
top, to bread with chorizo, ham or salami.
La Merienda is eaten around 4:30 or 5:00pm and since dinner isn't served for at
least another 3-4 hours, nobody worries that this snack will ruin the appetite for
dinner!
In a fun way we propose a trip to the history and traditions of “la merienda”. We will
taste cava (sparkling wine), sweet wines, breads, chocolates, cured meats, olive
oils,…
Locations: all over Spain.
Participants: Groups from 8 to 50 people
Duration: 2-3 hours
Availability: Mondays to Sundays, all year around under request
Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages
The activity includes:
An expert who will lead the tasting
Tasting of cavas, sweet wines, chocolates,
A maximum of 3 hours
All local taxes
The activity does not include:
Venue rental
Glassware and dishes
Tel.: +34/93-317 19 09, mail: [email protected], [email protected] www.foodwinetours.com www.ociovital.com
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Chocolate Tasting
Chocolate tasting skills will allow you to truly savour
gourmet chocolate. And learning to taste fine
chocolate and appreciate its distinctive
personalities is a pleasure.
The first impression is very important when it comes
to chocolate tasting. Therefore, you should first pay
attention to the chocolate's appearance - colour,
and even structure and sheen.
True chocolate lovers taste chocolate like a fine
wine or a select cigar. Equally, a special
vocabulary is also used to describe chocolate. We
invite you to find out more about the many and
varied sense impressions.
Give it a try, it’s really
After this activity, enjoy an optional meal in the venue with wines.
Locations: all over Spain.
Participants: Groups from 6 to 50 people
Duration: 1- 2 hours
Availability: Mondays to Sundays, all year around under request
Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages
The activity includes:
The services of our exclusive chocolate specialist
All the necessary material for the tasting:
o Chocolates with different % of cocoa
o Chocolates from different parts of the world
o Chocolate bonbons with different flavours
A maximum of 3 hours
All local taxes
The activity does not include:
Venue rental
Glassware and dishes
Observations:
It can be combined with a Wine pairing
Optional private transfer to the venue
Tel.: +34/93-317 19 09, mail: [email protected], [email protected] www.foodwinetours.com www.ociovital.com
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Cheese Tasting
Creamy, sharp, woody, mild...the choices are
endless. And just like a fine wine or a good beer,
Cheese should be appreciated. And there is no
better way to experience cheese in its purest form
than to hold a tasting.
Enjoy a delicious selection of cheeses from Spain,
In the tasting, we discuss the characteristics of the
flavour, the aromas, the texture, the colour and its
aspect.
Spain has about 120 different varieties of Cheese.
Every region has its own specialty, covering a full
range of cheese types, from fresh to cured, to
fermented and blue-veined. One essential
characteristic is the type of milk used in the production. Depending on the area,
time of the year, climate, or tradition, cheeses are made of cows', sheep's, goats'
milk, or of a mixture of two or all three types of milk.
After this activity, enjoy an optional meal in the venue with wines.
Locations: all over Spain.
Participants: Groups from 6 to 50
people
Duration: 1- 2 hours
Availability: Mondays to Sundays, all
year around under request
Languages: English and Spanish.
Consult other languages
The activity includes:
The services of our exclusive cheese specialist
6 different types of cheeses
All local taxes
A maximum of 3 hours
The activity does not include:
Venue rental
Glassware and dishes
Observations:
We recommend to combine with a Wine pairing
Optional private transfer to the venue
Tel.: +34/93-317 19 09, mail: [email protected], [email protected] www.foodwinetours.com www.ociovital.com
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Ham Tasting
This flavourful and versatile dry-cured ham is
making its way to tables around the world.
From France to Japan, from the Netherlands
to Mexico or the United States, consumers in
over seventy countries worldwide have come
to appreciate its fine taste and texture, its
health-promoting qualities, its variety in
culinary uses, its excellent shelf-life, its
affordability, and particularly the fact that
Serrano ham is the product of a natural
process.
During the tasting with which you will be able to experience the different qualities
and textures from Spanish Ham and their different flavours according to the origin,
raising and feeding of the pigs.
All the Ham to be tasted is Iberian and Iberian of acorn and with denomination of
origin.
After this activity, enjoy an optional meal in the venue with wines.
Locations: all over Spain.
Participants: Groups from 6 to 50 people
Duration: 1- 2 hours
Availability: Mondays to Sundays, all year around under request
Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages
The activity includes:
The services of our exclusive Ham specialist
Tasting course: 8 different hams
A maximum of 3 hours All local taxes
The activity does not include:
Venue rental
Glassware and dishes
Observations:
It can be combined with Wine pairing
Optional private transfer to the venue
Tel.: +34/93-317 19 09, mail: [email protected], [email protected] www.foodwinetours.com www.ociovital.com
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Olive Oil Tasting
As an amazing approach for the novice,
Olive Oil tasting astonishes guests every
time. Olive Oil is the faithful reflect of its
native tang, and reveals pervasive aromas
which is its typical and exclusive signature.
Learn what Olive Oil is, what are its origins, its
extraction method and its designations.
Discover how to taste it without forgetting
that Olive Oil combined with wine tannins
was recently acknowledged as a positive factor for health.
After this activity, enjoy an optional meal in the venue with wines.
Locations: all over Spain.
Participants: Groups from 6 to 50 people
Duration: 1- 2 hours
Availability: Mondays to Sundays, all year around under
request
Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other
languages
The activity includes:
The services of our exclusive Olive oil specialist
Tasting course and all the necessary Olive oil for the
tasting: 5 different types of olive oil
A maximum of 3 hours
All local taxes
The activity does not include:
Venue rental
Glassware and dishes
Observations:
It can be combined with other tastings.
Optional private transfer to the venue
Tel.: +34/93-317 19 09, mail: [email protected], [email protected] www.foodwinetours.com www.ociovital.com
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Beer Tasting
Beer is a drink of enormous agricultural and
commercial significance. Every drop of the
millions of gallons made annually has one final
objective-to be consumed. In passing the lips,
crossing the tongue and descending the
throat, beer is tasted whether or not a
conscious comment of judgement is made.
During this activity you will learn the history of
beer, how to taste it, how to serve it, the
different types of beers in the world,…
This experience will vary depending on the
knowledge, tastes and wishes of the group.
After this activity, enjoy an optional meal in the venue with wines.
Locations: all over Spain.
Participants: Groups from 6 to 50 people
Duration: 1- 2 hours
Availability: Mondays to Sundays, all year around under request
Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages
The activity includes:
The services of our exclusive beer specialist
Tasting course
Beer tasting material: Tasting guide, ..
A maximum of 3 hours All local taxes
The activity does not include:
Venue rental
Glassware and dishes
Observations:
It can be combined with Cheese pairing and/ or a visit to a beer factory.
If this activity is done in a Winery, there is an Optional Complete guided visit to
the cellar
Optional private transfer to the venue
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Cheese & wine pairing
Cheese, wine, and a friend must be old to be good.
Cuban proverb
Cheese and wine have a great deal in common, and they have been enjoyed
together since ancient times. Both are products of fermentation. Both may be
consumed while fresh, simple, and young or in their more complex forms when they
are aged and mature.
The possibilities of pairing cheese and wine are endless.
Spain has about 120 different varieties of Cheese. Every region has its own
specialty, covering a full range of cheese types, from fresh to cured, to fermented
and blue-veined.
This activity allows you to discover cheese with all your senses, while enriching your
knowledge about its matching possibilities with drinks and other food.
You will also learn how it is made, what are its different variations in function of the
milk and the elaboration process.
After this activity, enjoy an optional meal in the venue with wines.
Locations: all over Spain.
Participants: Groups from 6 to 50 people
Duration: 1- 2 hours
Availability: Mondays to Sundays, all year around under request
Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages
The activity includes:
The services of our exclusive Cheese and wine specialist
Tasting course and all the necessary material for the tasting
6 different cheeses
Combinations with other foods: marmalades, vegetables, seasonal fruits, dried
fruits, bread sticks, etc.
4 different wines
A maximum of 3 hours
All local taxes
The activity does not include:
Venue rental
Glassware and dishes
Tel.: +34/93-317 19 09, mail: [email protected], [email protected] www.foodwinetours.com www.ociovital.com
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Chocolate & sweet wine pairing
The perfect harmony
A day without chocolate is a day without sunshine.
Although chocolate is not typically
Mediterranean, it is closely linked to
the Spanish culture.
For several centuries it has been part
of us, now associated with specific
periods, now used for its medicinal
and psychological properties. But it is
in its purest expression, namely the
cocoa bean, that chocolate reveals
its whole character and intensity.
The transformations that undergo
cacao can affect its genuine flavour,
but they also confer many attributes,
that are worth discovering.
This tasting is a sensorial trip into the chocolate world, where you will learn the
whole process that transforms the cocoa bean to the chocolate we are used to
eating. We will explore the infinite possible combinations that chocolate offers.
Chocolate snack with salted chocolate bonbon
Chocolate bars with different % in cocoa
Chocolate bon bons
6 different wines
After this activity, enjoy an optional meal in the venue with wines.
Locations: all over Spain.
Participants: Groups from 6 to 50 people
Duration: 5 hours
Availability: Mondays to Sundays, all year around under request
Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages.
The activity includes:
The services of our exclusive chocolate specialist
Tasting course and Tasting guide
Chocolate & wine tasting material
All local taxes
The activity does not include:
Venue rental
Glassware and dishes