tastings & pairings

Food Wine Tours, Gastronomic experiences

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Catalogue of Experiences

TASTINGS & PAIRINGS 2013


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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 fulfills 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!


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Index

Wine tasting ....................................................................................................... 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 For more information and reservations: Telephone: +34 93 317 19 09 Skype: Ociovital.Laia Ociovital.Antonio General Information: [email protected] Reservations: [email protected] Comercial: [email protected]

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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 flavors 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

Ibérico 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 tasting

[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 flavors; 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 The activity does not include:

All local taxes

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 cannot 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,…


All local taxes

Venue rental

Glassware

Observations: Optional gourmet meal. Optional Private transfer to the venue


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A delicious Catalan Snack

Spanish love their food!

In fact, the typical Spanish 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,


All local taxes

Venue rental



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Chocolate tasting

Chocolate tasting skills will allow you to truly savor 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 - color, 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



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 flavors


All local taxes

Venue rental


Observations: It can be combined with a Wine pairing Optional private transfer to the venue


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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 cheese from Spain,

In the tasting, we discuss the characteristics of the flavor, the aromas, the texture, the color 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.


The services of our exclusive cheese specialist

6 different types of cheeses


All local taxes

Venue rental


Observations: We recommend to combine with a Wine pairing Optional private transfer to the venue


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Ham tasting

This flavorful 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 flavors 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.


The services of our exclusive Ham specialist

Tasting course: 8 different hams


All local taxes

Venue rental

Glassware and dishes Observations: It can be combined with Wine pairing Optional private transfer to the venue


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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.



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


All local taxes

Venue rental


Observations: It can be combined with other tastings. Optional private transfer to the venue


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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.



The services of our exclusive beer specialist

Tasting course

Beer tasting material: Tasting guide


All local taxes

Venue rental


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.



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: jams, vegetables, seasonal fruits, dried fruits, bread sticks…

4 different wines


All local taxes

Venue rental



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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 bonbons 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: 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

Tasting course and Tasting guide

Chocolate & wine tasting material The activity does not include:

All local taxes

Venue rental


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