Wine tours in Orense

Magosto, the feast of the new wine.

• In Orense we can find 5 wineries to visit.
• 4 towns here have wineries.

In the province of Orense (Galicia), tourism is represented at its best in the Pazo de Toubes, a Galician noble palace with a wine cellar, dating from the 18th century, completely restored and with a restaurant serving Ribeiro wine.

Orense is home to the vineyards of four of the five D.O.'s in Galicia, so Orense's potential as a wine city cannot be underestimated. And it seems that this is not new, but dates back to the Middle Ages, since Alfonso X The Wise, one of the most blameless kings in the history of Spain, already referred to it as 'bon viño D'Ourense'.

The designations of origin mentioned above are the following:
-Ribeiro (treixadura)
-ValdeOrras (godelló/mencía)
-Ribeira de la Sacra (mencía)
-Monterrei (verdello, mencía).

For those of you who are crazy about gastronomy, Galician bread is a must, and more specifically San Cristovo de Cea, an artisan bread that has its own denomination of origin, so imagine how good it must be.

Of the towns in Orense that offer wine tourism, Leiro is one of the most outstanding destinations.

As far as wine events in Orense are concerned, we must highlight the Magosto festival, which is of great importance, as shown by the fact that it is celebrated in more than one town. This is a festival in honour of the chestnut and the new wine, and usually takes place around the month of November.