activities & experiences in spain

Activities & Experiences 2009

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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

[email protected]


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INDEX Gourmet Casino................................................................................................ 4 Walking tours Gastronomic visit with tapas tour ................................................................... 6 Wine tasting & tapas meal .............................................................................. 7 Cooking Classes Traditional Cooking Classes............................................................................. 8 Traditional Cooking Classes............................................................................. 9 Traditional Cooking Classes........................................................................... 10 Traditional Cooking Class in Costa Brava ................................................... 11 Spring on your table ....................................................................................... 12 Creative Cuisine Cooking Class ................................................................... 13 The Genius Cuisine of a Michelin Starred chef........................................... 14 Make your own Make your own Cava .................................................................................... 15 Make your own Brandy with tasting course ............................................... 16 Clients ............................................................................................................... 17


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Gourmet Casino The pleasure of Tasting, the exhilarating world of Casinos, the satisfaction of learning while having fun,…

Food & Wine casino is the answer. It is an enjoyable opportunity to bring together employees from various departments in your organization, create an experience for them to meet, and produce immediate and tangible results.

This highly informative tastings blend a host of surprising information with challenge, participation and a good slice of humour!

Participants are provided with some chips to allow them to play throughout animation, as real money must not circulate.

The Game varies upon the number of game tables, duration and number of participants. • Wine Tasting Game: Make a blind taste of a wine, on a choice of possible of answers in

front of you, make a bet!!

• Chocolate Game: Make a blind taste of a chocolate, make a bet on a choice of 10 possible of answers in front of you., after having tasted chocolate with nuts, fruits, spices,…

• Aromas Game: How often have you been tasting a glass of wine, beer, whisky or any other drink, 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. You will have to guess, and bet on a collection of scents related to wines from an aromas set. Bet on a choice of answers after having smelt the aromas of fruits, flowers, spices...

• Colour Game: Are you able to recognize the right combination of colours of the wines masked in black opaque glasses?

White, red o rose. Which one is it?

• Cheese tasting Game: Make a blind taste of a chocolate, on a choice of 10 possible of answers in front of you, make a bet!! The possibilities are endless, goat, caw, sheep cheeses from all over the world.

• Wine Quiz: Think you know the answers? Test yourself and find out! The player bets on a possible answer of one of our Wine Quiz questions. A crash course in wine knowledge for novices and a fun challenge for experts.

We can do the tasting tables with different topics: Beers, water, wines of Catalonia, wines of Spain, wines of the world, reds, sparkling wines, whites, roses, …

By the end of the activities players have the opportunity to “buy” wine and wine gifts in our Wine Auction. After this activity, enjoy an optional meal in the venue with wines.


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Location: All over Spain. Participants: Groups from 30 to 200 people Duration: 2-4 hours

Availability: Mondays to Sundays, all year around under request Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages.

Number of game tables

Number of people Game tables

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1 a 20

Mixed Table: Aromas Game Colour Game Wine Game

2 10 a 30 Aromas Game Wine Game

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31 a 60

Aromas Game Wine Game Chocolate Game

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61 a 10

Aromas Game Wine Game Chocolate Game Cheese Game

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101 a 150

Aromas Game Wine Game Chocolate Game Cheese Game Colour Game

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151 a 200

Aromas Game Wine Game Chocolate Game Cheese Game Colour Game Choice of Food & Wine Game

Program includes: Game tables:

All the required material to play: wines, aromas, quiz,… Sommelier – Croupier Tables Chips

Glasses Wine gifts Coordination & Assistance from Ocio Vital / Food & Wine Tours All local taxes


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Gastronomic visit with tapas tour Taste Spain's fundamental flavours with this walking tour.

Savour and indulge with us in some of our favourite foodie haunts as we visit historic Barcelona. Spend an evening with a small group strolling along the historic streets of Barcelona with a knowledgeable guide while tasting Spanish wines and Spain's culinary treasures.

We offer you the opportunity to go where the locals go, eat what they eat and to have fun while learning something in the experience.

Built on a site where an open-air market has existed since the 13th century, just off of la Rambla street, the world-famous Boqueria market is surely Barcelona’s greatest food market. You will enjoy an incredible contrast between colours and activity, ideal to discover why Mediterranean cuisine is internationally known due to its ingredients.

Off we go to the gothic quarter, where you will discover an architecture, atmosphere, language and gastronomy that are unique in Spain... and some of the gourmet shops over 100 years old. En route to the gothic quarter we will stop a buzzing Mediterranean brassiere with an excellent selection of tapas. Here 3 tasty montaditos (tapas) and a glas of wine or beer will be waiting for you. Our last stop will be a restaurant with a wide selection of delectable pintxos, situated in Barcelona’s city centre. Here you will enjoy 4 pintxos with two glasses of wine or cider, while your food and wine guide explains the flavours of the wine, the cuisine and the cultures present in Spain. So join us for an evening of good food, good wine, good conversation, and good fun! Locations: Barcelona: Barcelona City centre and Gothic Quarter

Participants: Groups from 20 to 150 people

Duration: 2,5 hours

Availability: Mondays to Saturdays, all year around under request

Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages.

The activity includes: • Tapas walking tour with an English and Spanish speaking specialized gourmet guide • 7 tapas, hot and cold • 3 glasses of wine or beer • All local taxes

Observations: • This tour can be combined with a wine tasting and a meal with tapas • Consult prices for adding extra tapas or drinks to your group • Optional Private transfer to the venue


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Wine tasting & tapas meal

A lovely marriage between wine and tapas will seduce your senses. An inspirational evening for those looking to further their passion for fine wines and tapas.

This experience offers a unique opportunity to explore and sample four wines from Spain perfectly matched with a selection of 10 tapas.

We will meet in a restaurant with a wide selection of delectable pintxos and tapas. Here our specialist guide will welcome you.

You will enjoy a guided wine tasting of 4 wines specially chosen to drink with the 10 pintxos, while your food and wine guide

explains the flavours of the wine, the cuisine and the cultures present in Spain.

At the end there will be a glass of liquor to help you digest your meal.

Locations: Barcelona: Several locations.

Participants: Groups from 20 to 100 people Duration: 2,5 hours

Availability: Mondays to Saturdays, all year around under request Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages.

The activity includes: • An English and Spanish wine specialist guiding the tasting and the meal. • Wine tasting of 4 different selected wines: white and red • Meal consisting of tapas and wine • All local taxes

Observations: • Consult prices for adding extra tapas or drinks to your group • Optional Private transfer to the venue


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Traditional Cooking Classes in Barcelona

Join Food & Wine Tours cooking classes and discover the secrets of our local traditional cuisine. Learn how to cook the typical dishes of the region and taste the menu prepared in a friendly atmosphere.

Enjoy while cooking, play with the ingredients and savour the dishes you have prepared, while enjoying one day with your friends or colleagues.

Cooking lessons are hands-on, intimate, fun, informative and full of tips and tricks of the trade. You are encouraged to discover and explore the tastes and textures of some of the finest ingredients from fresh fish casseroles (cassola) to “mar i montanya” and rice dishes, fresh vegetables, green newly pressed olive oil, cheeses and our wines.

Menu will vary according to season: Gazpacho, potato omelette, tomato bread, shellfish paella and Catalan cream.

The workshop can begin with a tour at La Boquería, in the heart of La Rambla, is one of Barcelona's most interesting markets and the most visited market of Europe. We will take a guided tour around the Boquería market and buy the ingredients for the workshop.

Other locations: Barcelona Wine areas: Penedes, Abadal, Alella. Vilanova, optional visit fish market


Duration: 3 hours

Availability: Mondays to Fridays, all year around under request


The activity includes: • A hands on cooking class • A meal with Spanish wines • Translated recipes • All local taxes

The activity does not include: Apron Venue rental

Observations: • Consult prices for adding extra food or drinks to your group • Optional Private transfer to the venue


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Traditional Cooking Classes in Madrid

Join Food & Wine Tours cooking classes and discover the secrets of our local traditional cuisine. Learn how to cook the typical dishes of the region and taste the

menu prepared in a friendly atmosphere.


This cooking experience starts with a visit to the Chamartin Market, with Madrid’s best selection of gourmet products. At the market, merchants compete for shoppers' attention, often very vocally, surrounded by pyramids

built with red tomatoes, green lettuces, purple eggplants, red apples, yellow bananas and any produce you could imagine.

Every stall has usually a specialty, some will deal with fruit, other vegetables, nuts and seed, a butcher, cheese, fish, poultry.

In the market we will enjoy an aperitif, afterwards we will go to the cooking school where we will do a 2 hour cooking class, followed by lunch.

Menu will vary according to your choice: - A selection of tapas dishes - An aperitif, fist course, main dish and dessert according to season


Duration: 3 hours

Availability: Mondays to Fridays, all year around under request


The activity includes: • A hands on cooking class • A meal with Spanish wines • Translated recipes • All local taxes


Observations: • Consult prices for adding extra food or drinks to your group • Optional Private transfer to the venue


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Traditional Cooking Classes in Seville

Join Food & Wine Tours cooking classes and discover the secrets of our local traditional cuisine. Learn how to cook the typical dishes of the region and taste the menu prepared in a friendly atmosphere.


Our cooking class will start in a city centre restaurant. Our chef will welcome you into his kitchen and show you some of his culinary tricks.

The cooking class will begin on Saturdays with a visit to the market, one of Seville’s most interesting markets. We will take a guided tour around the market and then take the cooking lesson. After the lesson we will have the opportunity to eat a meal consisting of all we have cooked.

Menu will vary according to your choice: - A selection of tapas dishes - Popular rice dishes - Seafood recipes - Cooking with extra virgin olive oil. - Cooking with sherry style wines and sherry vinegar. - Dishes made with the ham and meat of the acorn fed Iberian pig.


Duration: 3 hours

Availability: Week days at 18:00 and Saturdays at 08:00, all year around under request


The activity includes: • 3 hour cooking class • Dinner at the cooking school • All local taxes


Observations: • We recommend combining excursions with the cooking classes. • A visit to the Xerry wine region could be combined with a class preparing dishes with

sherry-style wines and vinegar. • An olive oil excursion could be combined with a session on the use of olive oil in Spanish

dishes. • A trip to the ham-producing area would complete the cooking class on dishes using

Iberian ham and Iberian pork.


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Traditional Cooking Class in Costa Brava Emporda – Costa Brava

The Emporda cuisine has its own identity, which perfectly combines products from the land and from the sea. Professional chefs carry out gastronomic campaigns throughout the year with the aim of sharing, protecting and preserving the most significant dishes and products.

Join Food & Wine Tours cooking classes in Emporda and discover the secrets of their traditional cuisine: a reflection of its territory: the sea provides the excellent fish and seafood so typical of the cooking of the coast; the plain gives the produce of the field, the market gardens and the fruit orchards, and from the hills we receive meat, cheese and wild fruits and mushrooms. The mixture of all of these is what has given our cuisine this variety of flavours and contrasts and

gained it the name of “sea and mountain” cooking.

Learn to prepare authentic Catalan cuisine on the beautiful Costa Brava. Lunch with wine follows the private hands-on lesson, which is available for a minimum of two people

Menu will vary according to season

Locations: Girona Area: Figueres


Duration: 2,5 hours

Availability: Week days at 12:00 or 19:30 under request Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages.

The activity includes: A cooking demonstration A meal with Spanish wine All local taxes


Observations: We recommend to combine excursions with the cooking classes, like Dali

Museum


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Spring on your table “The only things left from Paradise are flowers, the stars and the eyes of children”

To find flowers in a dish is uncommon, but as our chef says, most children have once in their lifetime taste a flower.

Adding flowers to a dish can add colour, taste, and an unexpected surprise for your dinner guests.

In other cultures - and in other times flowers were customary. Our chef, awarded by his creativity, has incorporate them in his cooking as a valuable ingredient and seeing the spectacularity of his more than hundred recipes we wonder why it is not spring in every kitchen.

We will guide you through a world of aromas and unknown sensations, flavours set at the deepest of your memories and unforgettable moments. By the hand of our chef you will discover the virtues of this fashionable ingredient in our gastronomy, flowers; without a doubt a experience full of new sensations, surprising and original.

You will be able to taste flowers as the rose, the orange bloom, violets, begonias, lavender, jasmine and the surprising electrical flower; these flowers will be tasted raw and in surprising recipes that our chef will prepare for you.

Some of the culinary proposals: Cheese mouse with Indian cress Confit of duck with orange blossom Tuna Sashimi with violets Piña colada with jasmine Passion fruit cream with rose petals and water Strawberries with roses

Locations: Barcelona: Barcelona City. Barcelona Wine Areas: Alella, Abadal & Penedes. Sitges area. We go to your house or venue

Participants: Groups from 8 to 40 people Duration: 4 hours Availability: All year around under request Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages.

The activity includes: Creative cuisine - Flowers cooking class: material, ingredients, master chef English speaking gastronome assistant Gourmet pairing dinner with wines All local taxes



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Creative Cuisine Cooking Class

The creativity in Spanish cuisine is well known all over the world. Soma Catalan chefs are known for their peculiar talent.

We offer you the opportunity to learn the basics of avant-garde cuisine with one of the talented young chefs of the moment. Learn new techniques and cooking methods!!

Program The program consists in 2 activities

Creative cuisine cooking class: liquid nitrogen, vapour, heat vacuum…

Wine Tasting course After the activities are done a pairing dinner with wines will be served at the restaurant or location chosen

The dinner consists of two tapas, two aperitifs, two first courses, two main dishes and two desserts matched with wines.

Locations: Barcelona: Barcelona City. Barcelona Wine Areas: Alella, Abadal & Penedes. Sitges area. We go to your house or venue

Participants: Groups from 8 to 40 people Duration: 4 hours

Availability: All year around under request Languages: English and Spanish. Consult other languages.

The activity includes: Avant garde cooking class: material, ingredients, master chef English speaking gastronome assistant Wine Tasting course Aperitif or desserts course Gourmet pairing dinner with wines All local taxes


Observations: Optional Private transfer to the venue


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The Genius Cuisine of a Michelin Starred chef Cooking Class with a Michelin starred chef

Michelin stars are probably the most recognized and influential culinary ratings in Western Europe.

The guide awards one to three stars to a small number of restaurants of outstanding quality

During this experience we will have the unique opportunity to learn from a master.

Cooking class with a master Michelin starred chef. After the class there will be a meal served at the restaurant.

Locations: Barcelona: Barcelona area. The cooking class can be held in 3 different locations, depending on availability.

Consult other locations


Duration: 2,5 hours


The activity includes: Cooking class: material, ingredients, master chef English speaking gastronome assistant Gourmet pairing dinner with wines All local taxes



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Make your own Cava In Food & Wine Tours we've been able to link actual and fashion concepts as well as cava, rural tourism and the combination between modernity and tradition.

Disgorging of Cava The cava, after resting bottled at least during nine months and very often after a longest period of time, it takes place the disgorgement process. This process lets clean the wine of the yeast sediment by removing the cork. The liquid lost is replaced with wine of the year (dry or sweet) according to the preferences of the producer. Then the final cork is put in and the bottle goes to be labelled and dispatched.

In the cellar you can choose the type of cava that you want to disgorge from different types of coupage and aging. With the help of the specialist we will open several bottles and do the disgorging process. You can take the bottles with you or drink them during lunch.

Locations: Barcelona: Barcelona wine areas.


Duration: 2-4 hours


The activity includes: Complete guided visit to the cellar An specialist guide from Food & Wine Tours Assistance during the whole disgorging process Information dossier Cases, labels, halter, cava plate and capsule Venue included All local taxes

Observations: the labels can be personalized with you own logos. Price depends on colours and sizes.


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Make your own Brandy with tasting course Use your creativity and make a work of art: make your own brany blend.

This program consists of a complete visit to a Brandy cellar near Barcelona, an introduction tasting course of brandy tasting and the blending of different blends to make your own brandy.

Arrival to the cellar: complete visit of their premises. Our oenologist will explain the elaboration of Brandy through several samples of distillates (4-6 different distillates) until the final product with different aging methods (solera and static).

Inside the cellar, in the middle of the barrels “Make your own Brandy”. Our oenologist will explain the different types of blends, qualities,

characteristics, tastes, varieties, aging,… so you can make a Brandy on your own style and taste.

Departure to the old manor house of the winery: Brandy Tasting course with the tasting of 5, 10, 20 Brandies, Jaime I and Orange Liquor with dried fruits and chocolate

Pairing gourmet lunch in the private restaurant of the cellar Average duration: 3-4h

Locations: Barcelona: Penedes wine area

Participants: Groups from 4 to 15 people Duration: 2-4 hours Availability: All year around under request Languages: English, French and Spanish. Consult other languages.

The activity includes: Complete visit to a Brandy cellar Tasting of different distillates Tasting course with a 5, 10, 20 year old aged Brandy, Jaime I and Orange Liquor

with dried fruits and chocolate Gourmet lunch with pairing wines 2 bottles per person: a 10 year old aged Brandy and a reserve red wine Venue included All local taxes

Observations: It can be completed with a lunch


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