BIKE & WINE SPAIN

Spain, Mountains and Wine.
The Ultimate Biking Experience in the Spanish Terroirs.

Guided BIKE & WINE LUXURY TRIPS in SPAIN

BIKE & WINE = Cycling + Terroirs + Mountains + Caves + Gastronomy + Wines
Many mountains = Many microclimates = Many Different Landscapes = Many Different Wines
Terroir Santo Tomas, old strains for Golerga wine, the project of Viña Zorzal and Gonzalo Ibarrola in the Pre-Pyrenees of Navarra.
Vineyards of the "Alto Najerilla" on foot of La Demanda Range. New wines in the old Universe of Rioja wines.
Mountain of A Muria, the place of the hidden terroirs where the 100 Parker Points Wine of Raul Perez surges.
Armantes Range, Calatayud "Far West". Terroirs of El Cismático wine.
"Searching days" at the terroir of L´Ermita. The "Master Piece" of Alvaro Palacios and one of the indiscutible Ultra-Premiums wines all over the world
Spectacular "Barrio de Bodegas" of Atauta in the unknown Ribera del Duero of Soria. Behind, the Ultra-Premium Terroirs of Dominio de Atauta and Dominio de Es.

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What are THE WINE LANDSCAPES?

THE WINE LANDSCAPES is the BIKE & WINE SPAIN´s proposal to immerse yourself in the landscape and winemaking universe of NORTHERN SPAIN, on the back of a bicycle.

The distinguishing feature compared to other, seemingly similar, options is that, in addition to the winery visits and tastings typically offered on these types of trips, the routes at THE WINE LANDSCAPES explore the region in a sought-after balance between pure countryside and mountain scenery and wine-producing landscapes: wineries, vineyards, terroirs, small vineyards with old vines hidden in the mountains, etc.

The proposals go beyond simply showing a more or less beautiful vineyard, but include a more oenological discourse that highlights the work carried out in the field and delves into the elements that go into creating a terroir and that are not visible to the naked eye. We talk about winemakers, viticulturists, producers, associated wineries, etc. And obviously, we will delve into the product resulting from the work of all those people and elements involved in the process: the wine, and when applicable, the specific wine that emerges from that terroir, the Vino de Paraje, around which this proposal largely revolves and which will invariably appear in our glasses at the end of the day.

In the gastronomic aspect, although the same localization structure provided by the Vinos de Paraje, cannot be maintained in such a compact manner, the intention of using products as local as possible is maintained, such that the final result can be summarized in the phrase:

"The landscape on the table, expressed in both the glasses and the dishes."

The proposal from a logistics point of view is precise; Once the trip has been decided among the available, (1-NAVARRA, 2-LA RIOJA, 3-ARAGÓN, 4-EL DUERO and 5-LEÓN-ZAMORA). You choose the LANDSCAPES you want to travel through from among the options available on the selected trip and inform us of this, also adding the level of physical demand you want the routes to have.

Everything else is up to us, depending on your choice, we will choose the most appropriate hotels, tours, vineyards, wineries, and Wine-Gastronomic Experiences so that the trip is close to "perfection".
It´s that simple!

The above is the "simple", but there is also something difficult in all of this. What is difficult?
The difficult thing is the choice of the LANDSCAPES.
Don´t come crying to us for help! The only reason we have such a variety of LANDSCAPES is because we like them all—otherwise, they wouldn´t be here!

The journey starts here, as the saying goes, but this time, it´s for real... You will have to explore the different LANDSCAPES and find your own reasons for choosing one or the other. Maybe a specific winery or wine that you know or want to know... a region or mountainous area that you have heard about... or maybe... just the opposite; a place that you have never heard of and that from the images we show promises to offer surprises - in truth there will be - eno-landscape surprises (true, we have invented the term).

If you insist on letting us decide your LANDSCAPES, we will, but we´ll have to roll the dice!

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What are ULTRA PREMIUM WINES BIKE TOURS?

The trips we discuss in this section are unique journeys that emerge from the term used in the wine world to describe Great Wines: that is, ULTRA-PREMIUM wines.

The inclusion of these wines in the packages—including their tasting at the end of the day—along with the hotel selection—always at the limit of Excellence—and all this combined with the Wine and Gastronomic Experiences designed specifically for each day of the trip by carefully selected restaurateurs and sommeliers, "impose" the label with which we refer to these trips;
ULTRA PREMIUM WINES BIKE TOURS.

The proposal revolves around specific wines, one might say "with a name and surname." Wines that are "iconic" for one reason or another. We will invariably visit the places where it all begins and where the vines from which the grapes sprout are found, the source of the must that, after long and patient elaboration, will end up in our glasses. They will usually be hidden on lonely mountain slopes or in the moors of the EMPTY SPAIN. We will also visit—when possible—the wineries that process this nature and treasure it in barrels and bottles.
Along the route, stories of other wines that compete—or coexist—in the same territory and emerge from the Terroirs we encounter will also appear. From these, we will also select some of the most promising to complete the "Experience" that closes each day.

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PRESENTATION

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What is this website about?


This page is about wines and bikes.
The power that emanates from the past —the old vineyards— when it reaches the living present, is perhaps the main element that has driven us to search, investigate, and pedal thousands of kilometers through the mountains, valleys, and moors of the geography that is beginning to be recognized by the toponym EMPTY SPAIN. A territory where that power is still latent.

This is but a glimpse of a journey with no end.
... What you'll find if you continue on this website are two types of Travel Packages that we've called THE WINE LANDSCAPES and ULTRA PREMIUM WINES BIKE TOURS.
The intrinsic needs and services offered in these packages make them what—to summarize—we could describe as Premium-level packages (with a Lux option) when we talk about THE WINE LANDSCAPES and strictly UltraPremium-level packages when we talk about ULTRA PREMIUM WINES BIKE TOURS.

You can see the specific information for each proposal by clicking here on the tabs with the proposal name, but there is some general information we can provide here that helps to understand the whole picture, since all the proposals are shaped by these common elements:

Trips are always GUIDED and always include a support vehicle.
The stages can be challenging in terms of sporting activity or more relaxed. We adapt them to the group's profile while maintaining the essence of the activity.
Trips are pre-arranged and exclusive to the group that hires us. The dates are the ones requested by the group.
And one more thing:
This website is a work of craftsmanship. Please excuse its irregularities. They reflect the artisan process of the most authentic wines we have chosen for your trip.


Sierra de Cantabria y Bodega Macán

MOUNTAINS and WINES

The core reasons for this project


Biking the Wine Landscapes of Northern Spain

If driven by enological and geographical curiosity, you cross the North of Spain from the Mediterranean Sea to the Portuguese border or the Atlantic coast and incorporate a slight zigzag to your progress, you may complete your journey having added a count of 20 to 30 well-differentiated wine regions to your history. Some will be official DOCs (Classified Designation of Origin), others will have different classifications or none at all, but their mere existence as distinct entities speaks to underlying differences in other realms; soil, vegetation, climate, culture... in sum; differences in the elements that, grouped and active, allow a LANDSCAPE to "sprout."         ...         Descriptively, the journey begins in the Catalan lands of the Priorat -a place of cult status in modern oenology- and Montsant. This is; a few kilometers from the Mediterranean coast.
Closer or further away, depending on our zigzag, but always to the north, stand THE PYRENEES, an omnipresent mountain range that, even when unseen, constantly "shelters" us from the North and its "inclemencies." It is worth noting here that protections against the North are a constant across most of the territories where our proposals THE WINE LANDSCAPES and ULTRA PREMIUM WINES BIKE TOURS unfold.

When THE PYRENEES spill out and dissolve into the Cantabrian Sea, the protective baton is taken up by the geological tendon of the Sierra de Cantabria, which tenaciously carries the challenge -leaving La Rioja, at its feet- until the moment the earth rises again and we begin to refer to it as the CANTABRIAN MOUNTAIN RANGE. This is a directly wild territory that will not yield a single kilometer in its mission to "protect" us from the North, until a new interweaving -or clash- causes it to expand and become a network of ranges and ravines that we might call the Galician Mountains. These hills have the privilege of hosting the place where The Earth "ends"; the Roman Finisterre.

In that aforementioned advance, we will have left behind, first in Aragón, south of the Pyrenees, the "comarcas" -sometimes also DOCs- of the prepirinean Somontano -with its "snow vineyards"- , the deserts of Los Monegros and Las Bardenas -with their "desert wines"-, the "Far West" of Calatayud, Cariñena -with its "Wine of the Stones"- and the vast plains of Campo de Borja, sheltered by the 2,300 meters of the omnipresent Moncayo.

Straddling THE PYRENEES and the aforementioned Sierra de Cantabria, the zigzag becomes a scribble as we enter Navarra, a territory with such diverse internal geography that it hosts 5 clearly differentiated DOCs within what is officially a single DO.
Without interruption in our theoretical advance, fully protected by the Sierra de Cantabria and differentiated into Oriental, Alta, and Alavesa, emerges La Rioja, the name that has done the most to link the words Spain and Wine globally.
Everything cited thus far both dresses and is dressed by the Ebro Basin, the ancient Roman "Iber," the River that gave the Iberian Peninsula its name and whose north we traverse.

The CANTABRIAN MOUNTAIN RANGE takes over in our imaginary journey, and at its feet lie some of the most extreme territories of the EMPTY SPAIN where, despite everything, the DOs of Arlanza, Cigales, and León -the "wines of the land"- still "resist."
The gigantic cauldron of El Bierzo -with renewed oenological vigor- halts our westward movement with a rugged geography enclosed by various mountain chains, all bordering the 2,000 meters of altitude.

And South of everything narrated here, almost from the borders of Aragón to the Portuguese frontier, The Duero River flows calmly. Driven by its waters and those of its tributaries, new LANDSCAPES, new DOs, and new temptations arise. Ribera del Duero is undoubtedly the most recognized, if not fully known, for beyond its popular "golden mile" it extends through a vast, diverse, and quite extreme territory. We speak of the Soria Ribera del Duero, the Triangle, more Platinum than Gold, of the Burgos Ribera, and the high, hidden mining lands of Fuentenebro on the borders of Segovia.

The river continues, giving rise to Toro, a city, a DO, and perhaps the first wine to reach America. And the Duero keeps flowing, gathering strength, colliding with the Portuguese border, turning, and creating Los Arribes del Duero, a different LANDSCAPE encased in granite walls that lend their character to its distinct wines. This is the place where our imaginary journey ends and, perhaps, the real one begins.        
   


ULTRA PREMIUM WINES BIKE TOURS

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THE PROJECT

A small piece of this story


After five long years - long in business terms - researching the vast territories of the northern half of the "EMPTY SPAIN" we have dared to present a unique proposal among the relatively numerous offerings on the market that combine cycling and wine tourism.
Five long years in which, moving away from the conventional cycle routes that cross NORTHERN SPAIN, we have immersed ourselves in a search for territories, landscapes, terroirs, winemakers, viticulturists, and other figures linked to the land. ... Sometimes they have taken us to their vineyards high in the mountains or on the moorland. Other times, we've first undertaken the task of linking wines with landscapes, with winemakers and viticulturists who are almost extreme in their passion, and then we've corroborated our findings with them to incorporate them into our list of
THE WINE LANDSCAPES and ULTRA PREMIUM WINES BIKE TOURS.
The result are the proposals we now offer in this website.


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GLOBAL FAQs

Another way to know what this is about


Here you have several questions and answers related to all of our proposals. Taking a look at the section we usually look at at the end is a good way to understand a proposal when it differs from the norm.
You'll find specific answers about specific Packs in the FAQs for each of them.

  • What are the groups like?: All of our proposals are for independent groups and on the dates the group proposes. That is, we don't bring together different people or groups into a common group. That is to say: You set up the group.
  • What sporting level are the proposals?: The sporting activities in all our proposals are always adaptable to the group's chosen fitness level.
    The wine-related "tension" of the route will be maintained regardless of the group's fitness level.
  • What kind of bikes are used... and who provides them?: Bikes can be regular or electric (at the user's request), but they will always be MTBs and usually have full suspension. The reason for this is not difficulty but comfort, as many vineyards are located in areas with a lot of gravel and alluvial rocks, and even for a few moments, it's worth having that comfort.
       Bikes are included in the package rates; however, if someone prefers to bring their own, which is quite understandable, the bike rental price will be discounted from the final offer.
  • What is the best time to go?: The route can be done at any time of the year as long as there is no snow, something frecuent in some areas of Spain.
       Spring and fall tend to be the most pleasant seasons; summer can be very hot, so we should take some precautions: get up early and try to be in the shade, or by a pool, during the hours when the sun dictates.
       Some routes are also cycle-friendly in winter, but some hotels are closed, and booking all the associated services can be complicated. If you are very interested in traveling in winter, it is best to contact us.

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WHO ARE WE?

In addition to the vines


This is the BIKE & WINE SPAIN team

Photo Jorge Vaquero

Jorge Vaquero Ollero

CEO & Founder in Bidea Outdoors Consulting and Pirineos PUNTO BIKE companys.

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Carlos Ciaurriz

Profesional MTB Guide

Photo Luis Ignacio González

Luis Ignacio González

CEO & Founder in Pirineos and La Rioja PUNTO BIKE cycling companys.


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Carlos Cuezva

Profesional MTB Guide

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Tinta de Toro Vine

The Mother of all spanish wines

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Vine Tinta de Toro

Hi, I'm an old pre-xylopheric vine, 130 or 140 years old, I don't even remember.

I live with some of my other sisters in a vineyard in the province of Zamora, a rather desolate place in northern Spain, specifically in a small town near Toro.
But anyway... the fact is, I don't answer emails or use social media; I only welcome visitors.
If you're really interested, the BIKE & WINE SPAIN team will bring you to me on a bicycle.

Let's talk when we see each other.

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