Sub-area Val do Salnés
WINE
WINE TOURISM
in the Salnés ValleyEvery client staying at Quinta de San Amaro Hotel & Restaurant has a visit to an Albariño winery with tasting. We also offer a wine tourism package including two of the following wineries. (Visit + tasting)
Price of the two visits 10 euros per person. It is necessary to make a reservation in advance
DISCOVER THE BEST SECRET OF ALBARIÑOS WINES!
Val do Salnés occupies the peninsula of the same name between the estuaries of Pontevedra and Arosa in the lower part of the Umia river. Its dynamic center is the city of Cambados, full of beautiful pazos. The vineyard is cultivated in small hills that do not exceed 100 m above sea level. The name of Salnés comes from the salt mines exploited in the Middle Ages, which had a high economic interest in fish salting.
SALNÉS
OUR 3 WINERIES PROPOSED
in the Salnés Valley
ALBARIÑO RÍAS BAIXAS
PACO & LOLA
This distinguishing but risky mark of product identity, our desire to think outside of the box and the achievement of brand recognition worldwide are the three pillars of Paco & Lola’s winemaking philosophy. They are behind absolutely everything we do, from our packaging and bottle design, -with Paco & Lola’s signature crisp, bold polka dots-, to the entire winemaking process itself. By being true to this philosophy we have established ourselves as one of the most recognized wineries within the appellation Rías Baixas.
And the foundation on which these pillars stand is to make exceptional wines for exceptional people.
SANXENXO
ADEGA EIDOS
Adega Eidos is a family winery that starts its business project on year 2000, under the D.O Rias Baixas with a making wine history since 1993, inaugurating its new building on year 2003.
The winery is located at the southern end of the subarea “Val do Salnés”, protected by the hill of Padriñan, where we can find a lot of small plots which feeds the winery.
• Explanation of the area and different subareas that D.O Rias Baixas has, location of the winery and short walk around laboratory and upper Gateway of deposits area
• Always that climate and time allow it, we will make a walk over the plots close to the winery, where we show the characteristics geophysical of the area, grape characteristics and short explanation about the harvest.
• The visit will follow at the grape collection area, there we will use an explanation video where people could see more deeply the different parts of the harvest, grape collection, selection, analysis of the grape, weighting, maceration, pressing, bagazo pick up and it pass of the musk to the tanks
• Later we will go to the tanks area where sedimentation, fermentation, settling and musk fermentation and stabilization takes place. Also there winery will decide the difference among the different wines of the winery: Eidos,Veigas and Contraaparede.
• Wine making process finish with the bottling of the wine, visitor will go to bottling and labelling area, where we explain visitors all the process since the wine gets out of the tank till the final labelling
• Finally visitor will be invited to taste our wines
• Total time of the visit would be around 45-60 minutes, but we can be flexible with visitors demands as much as our capabilities and infrastructures allow us
*Notes:
• Languages: Spanish, Galician, English and Portuguese
• Opening times: Monday to Friday: 09:00 a 19:00 (Peak season until 20:00). Saturday: morning -10:00 to 14:00 Afternoon- 16:00 a 19:00 (Peak season: Morning- 10:30 to 14:00 Afternoon- 16:30 to 20:00). Sunday: 10:30 to 14:00.
• Guided tours at :
Low season:
✓ Monday to Saturday: 11:00, 12:30, 16:00, 17:30
✓ Sunday: 11:00, 12:30
Peak season:
✓ Monday to Saturday: 11:00, 12:30, 17:00, 18:30
✓ Sunday: 11:00, 12:30
Tasting will be done on the hall or balcony of the winery (depend on the weather)
• Is recommended to book in advance the visits by e-mail ([email protected]), fax or phone (Ph.: +34 986 690 009/ Fax.: +34 986 720 307/ Cell.: +34 664 444 334)
MADE OF ATLANTIC. UNCONQUERABLE.
MAR DE FRADES
Since 1987, Mar de Frades has worked hard to bring you singular wines with a unique personality and a capacity for surprise. Today it is one of the most sought after brands of white wine in Spain, offering a Premium innovative quality product.
Mar de Frades was launched in 1987, with its history running parallel to the RIAS BAIXAS Designation of Origin, and is a pioneering winery in the region, representing the deep-rooted tradition of wine-making in the Salnés Valley; the historic capital of Albariño. This is the very place where the legend of this grape variety began and where the most sophisticated and most select white wines in Spain are produced. Mar de Frades, a term from Galego, the language of Galicia, meaning “Sea of Friars”, is also the name given to a place near the Ría de Arosa, at the mouth of the Umia river, where a long time ago pilgrims would disembark and continue on their journey towards Santiago de Compostela.
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