Jerez City Guided Tour and Winery Visit
Upgrade your experience by combining a historic center city tour with a visit to one of the most famous wineries in Jerez. Taste three excellent wines at the winery.
Day-by-day estate-visit plans for Jerez & Sherry: weekend, first-timer and deep-cellar editions.
Day-by-day plans
The Classic Sherry Triangle: 3 Days ★ 4.9
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Day 1
- Morning
- Guided tour of Gonzalez Byass: see the historic solera cellars, the cooperage and the Tio Pepe fino veil. Book through the Gonzalez Byass website.
- Afternoon
- Visit Bodega Tradicion on Plaza Cordobeses: private tasting of VORS Amontillado and Oloroso in the Spanish Golden Age art room.
- Evening
- Walk the Casco Antiguo and visit Tabanco El Pasaje on Calle Santa Maria for flamenco cantaores and a copa of fino beside the barrels.
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Day 2
- Morning
- Visit Osborne bodega, Calle Los Moros 7: tour the historic cellars including the famous bull paintings collection. Book via Osborne website.
- Afternoon
- Visit Aponiente for a cellar tour (if not dining): the restored tidal mill in the Guadalete salt marshes is an architectural landmark.
- Evening
- Take the catamaran ferry across the Bay of Cadiz to the old city for an aperitivo hour on the Atlantic.
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Day 3
- Morning
- Walk the Barrio Alto bodega circuit: visit Barbadillo (Calle Sevilla 1) and Hidalgo La Gitana (Banda Playa 42) for back-to-back manzanilla tastings.
- Afternoon
- Take the Donana boat tour from the Bajo de Guia quayside for 90 minutes in the wetland reserve.
- Evening
- Return to the Plaza del Cabildo and choose any tabanco for a final copa of en rama Manzanilla before the drive home.
Albariza Single-Vineyard Pilgrimage: 2 Days ★ 4.8
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Day 1
- Morning
- Visit Bodegas Cota 45 by prior appointment: Ramiro Ibanez leads a walk through the named albariza pagos (Balbainas, Balbaina Alta) and pours the UBE range of unfortified Palomino whites.
- Afternoon
- Drive to the Pago del Humo outside El Puerto de Santa Maria: visit Forlong by prior appointment. Rocio Ros and Alberto Orte show the organic albariza vineyard and pour the biodynamic-practice unfortified Palomino and fortified ranges.
- Evening
- Return to Sanlucar for a tabanco evening at Tabanco Las Banderillas.
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Day 2
- Morning
- Visit Bodegas Luis Perez at Carretera Jerez-Medina Sidonia km 2.3: Luis Perez leads a tour of his organic vineyards and pours the Pandemia and Garrotin unfortified wines alongside his traditional fortified range.
- Afternoon
- Visit Bodega Tradicion on Plaza Cordobeses 3 for VORS expressions showing how ancient pago wines express themselves after decades in solera.
- Evening
- Tabanco Plateros, Calle Plateros 38, Jerez: barrel-drawn fino in the city's most traditional tabanco.
Manzanilla Weekend in Sanlucar and Donana: 2 Days ★ 4.8
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Day 1
- Morning
- Barbadillo bodega tour (Calle Sevilla 1): the most comprehensive public tour in Sanlucar, covering the production process from Palomino harvest through solera maturation to en rama bottling.
- Afternoon
- Hidalgo La Gitana bodega visit (Banda Playa 42): compare La Gitana with the La Gitana Pasada en Rama to experience biological ageing across different maturation stages.
- Evening
- Tabanco El Guitarron de San Pedro: a small tabanco on the Barrio Bajo with flamenco on Friday evenings.
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Day 2
- Morning
- Early morning Donana boat tour from Bajo de Guia quayside: 90-minute guided tour through Europe's largest wetland reserve.
- Afternoon
- Argueso bodega (Calle Mar 8): tasting of the San Leon Manzanilla Reserva (manzanilla pasada) to close the Sanlucar tasting arc.
- Evening
- Final sunset copita on the Calzada de la Playa beachfront with chilled manzanilla watching the Guadalquivir mouth.
Andalucia Grand Wine Tour: 4 Days ★ 4.6
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Day 1
- Morning
- Gonzalez Byass tour and Tio Pepe fino tasting.
- Afternoon
- Emilio Lustau bodega tour (Plaza del Cubo 4): the Almacenista range and en rama fino.
- Evening
- Tabanco El Pasaje, Calle Santa Maria, Jerez: flamenco cantaores beside the barrels.
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Day 2
- Morning
- Barbadillo tour in Sanlucar; en rama manzanilla tasting.
- Afternoon
- Osborne bodega tour in El Puerto de Santa Maria.
- Evening
- Waterfront aperitivo on El Puerto's Ribera del Marisco.
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Day 3
- Morning
- Drive north via A-4/A-45 to Montilla (c. 2 hours). Bodegas Alvear tour: the Pedro Ximenez asoleo platform and historic soleras.
- Afternoon
- Cordoba Mezquita visit; Bodegas Perez Barquero in Montilla for comparison tasting of Fino de Montilla versus Jerez fino.
- Evening
- Return to Jerez or overnight in Cordoba.
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Day 4
- Morning
- Drive to Ronda via A-382 (c. 1.5 hours from Jerez). Bodegas F. Schatz visit: organic estate at 700 metres altitude.
- Afternoon
- Puente Nuevo viewpoint and Ronda bullring; Bodegas Descalzos Viejos wine tasting.
- Evening
- Return to Jerez via the scenic A-375 road through the Cadiz hinterland.
Vendimia Harvest Week in Jerez: 5 Days ★ 4.9
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Day 1
- Morning
- Arrive and check in; walk the albariza vineyards on the Jerez Superior plateau before harvest.
- Afternoon
- Gonzalez Byass pre-harvest cellar visit: see the harvest preparation in the sorting area.
- Evening
- Tabanco Plateros for the first copa of fino.
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Day 2
- Morning
- Fiesta de la Vendimia opening ceremony at the Collegiate Church of San Salvador on the first Sunday of September: grape treading, blessing and first venencia ceremony.
- Afternoon
- Visit Emilio Lustau bodega (Plaza del Cubo 4): see the first must of the season being classified for fino versus oloroso destiny.
- Evening
- Peña Flamenca buleria singing in the old city.
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Day 3
- Morning
- Barbadillo harvest visit: the asoleo PX sun-drying mats laid out beside the bodega.
- Afternoon
- Bodegas Cota 45 visit by appointment: Ramiro Ibanez discussing the harvest character of specific albariza pagos.
- Evening
- Tabanco Las Banderillas for en rama manzanilla.
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Day 4
- Morning
- Osborne harvest visit (Calle Los Moros 7): the Osborne harvest festival events include public vineyard walks.
- Afternoon
- Catamaran to Cadiz for an afternoon in the oldest wine-trading port in western Europe.
- Evening
- Return by catamaran and aperitivo at an El Puerto tabanco.
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Day 5
- Morning
- Visit Bodega Tradicion (Plaza Cordobeses 3) for final VORS tasting: context for how this year's harvest wine will eventually taste after 30 years in solera.
- Afternoon
- Drive or transfer to Jerez airport or Seville for connections.
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Visit a century-old winery in the centre of jerez
A guided tour of an 1850's winery, the tour includes an audio-visual, history of sherry wine and winemaking. Also wine tasting an exhibition with historical labels
Itineraries in Jerez & Sherry, FAQ
When is the best time to visit Jerez & Sherry for wine?
Peak wine-travel season in Jerez & Sherry is spring through autumn, with harvest the standout window.
Do I need an appointment to taste at Jerez & Sherry estates?
classified-growth and grand-cru estates require booking days to weeks ahead; smaller family domaines often take walk-ins midweek.
What hours do Jerez & Sherry cellars and tasting rooms keep?
most estates open 10:00 to 17:00 by appointment, often closed Sunday and Monday.
How does tipping work at Jerez & Sherry tastings?
tipping is not expected at tastings; buying a bottle from the cellar door is the customary thank-you.
What is the one wine to try in Jerez & Sherry?
Ask the next local you meet what they would order. Jerez & Sherry rewards trust.