Cellar Tours Launches New Tours to Wine Regions in the Iberian Peninsula: Lifestyle: Wine/ Gourmet/ Luxury/ Travel

Cellar Tours LLP, today announced the introduction of ten new wine routes throughout Spain and Portugal. The first of these tours is scheduled for October 5, 2003- October 11, 2003 throughout the classical wine regions of Spain. In addition to the scheduled itineraries, Cellar Tours offers customized wine routes for groups of 8-15.

Cellar Tours leads small private groups on luxurious winetrails. Tours include visiting historic cellars, meeting the winemakers, tasting “Reservas” and special vintages, dining in picturesque surroundings and sleeping in small, plush hotels. Other activities featured on their tours have included: excursions to top art museums or historical monuments, visits to medieval villages, golf, spa treatments, live music (Opera, Flamenco, Fado, Jazz) and even horse shows.

Cellar Tours are unique in that they are the only specialized wine touring company offering luxury wine vacations throughout Spain and Portugal. They have positioned themselves in the higher end, premium niche, and their tours are aimed at the English speaking market. The company’s gourmet wine vacations target customers that love good wine, inventive, regional cuisine, luxury accommodation and unique travel. Spain and Portugal are destinations relatively unknown to wine lovers, and Cellar Tours believes now is the time to discover these unspoiled gems

Far from the traffic-congested roads of Napa Valley, Bordeaux and Chianti Classico, their tours take their clients through scenic, untouched wine trails.

Upcoming Cellar Tours trips include: “Classic Spanish Wine Regions”, “Sherry, Sevilla and Dancing Horses”, “Ronda, Roman Ruins and Ancient Wines”, “Don Quixote's Footsteps in Wine Country”, “Spa, Surrealism and Sparkling Wine”, “Wine Journey in Old Castille”,
“Discover Portugal's Aristocratic Wines & Palaces”, “Balearic Island's Best Kept Secrets” and “Northern New Wave Architecture and Cuisine”.

Recent Customer Testimonials:

"The view at Finca Valpiedra was memorable. The organization of the trip was superb. Everything went like clockwork, a credit to you and your driver. The company was marvellous, the tastings very informative, the hotels eclectic and interesting, the Guggenheim, the meal with the Count, and the sing song after with the "lads", were the aspects I enjoyed the most on the trip ", says Barry Wyse, Hotelier from Dublin, Ireland.

"Great Trip! Well organized by someone who obviously loves wine and people and the group really had fun! ", comments Bill Simons, Lawyer from Minnesota.

For more information, visit http://www.cellartours.com