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Winebus is a Travel Agency located in Madrid, Spain. We propose to enjoy a different experience going from Madrid to nearby attractive wineries, not having to drive, tasting wonderful wines, with a nice story behind it. It is also the possibility of relating to others in beautiful cities with very good cuisine and culture. We offer also activities that can be a good complement to the visit to wineries such a visit to a medieval town or and old catedral, a castle or even a breathtaking landscape. What ever we do as a complement we try to do it with a glass in hand because we strongly believe that everything is much more beautiful with a glass of wine in hand. People who have already been with us say in general they have enjoyed with their 5 senses, that they will do it again, that they will recommend it to others. We propose tours on the day almost every day of the week. Also taylor made and private tours, longer and shorter, Less hours, more days.
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

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carolynrreid
Belmopan, Belize2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Ignacio provided a one of a kind experience... simply the best and most unique tour we’ve ever been on!!! We’ve been to many wine tours at Napa, Sonoma, Niagara on the Lake... Winebus was the absolute best! We learned so much and had wonderful, unique tastings. Highly recommended if you have a few days in Madrid. It was the highlight of our Madrid stay!!!
Written 27 April 2019
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Thank you very much for your comment. Please let us know if you ever come back to Madrid. Un abrazo
Written 13 June 2019
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majka108
68 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
I had a week alone in Madrid after my husband had to return to work and was looking for something unusual to do and this tour caught you eye. From the reviews, I was certain that this would be fun, but I was also a little worried that the reviews were so good that I might be disappointed. Well all I can say is that Ignacio did not disappoint. There were just two others on the trip and it was clear that from the moment Ignacio greeted us to the moment he dropped us back off, we were all captivated by his stories and the rich history of the region that he shared with us, and every stop along the way was fascinating, educational, and enriching. Lunch, wine, and company were all top notch. I look forward to repeating the trip next time with my husband.
Written 28 September 2019
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Thank you very much for your comment. We are fortunate to carry out an activity whose best virtue is the human quality of the people who come. We will be happy to design a completely different tour if you ever repeat so that the experience is just as enriching for you who have already come, as for your husband that it would be the first time you come. Here you have your home. a cordial greeting.
Written 20 January 2020
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Vicky M
101 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
This day trip to the wineries was amazing. Ignacio was so friendly it was like you had known him for years! Incredibly knowledgeable and kind. We managed to go to three wineries and a fantastic lunch which was well priced. One off winery where you are taken underground in caves where the wines are stored. A must do for wine lovers and in particular reds!
Written 4 August 2019
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Thanks a lot for your comment. If any time you come back to Madrid please let us know. Un abrazo.
Written 2 September 2019
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max90069
la2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
June 2014 • Couples
while ignacio is a nice enough man, his so-called winebus tour is a joke... a very expensive and not very funny joke!.. i've done wine tours everywhere from california to chile to france and this was NOT a wine tour but an unequivocal disaster... before you spend (a lot of!!!) your money on this garbage, take 2 minutes to read my correspondence with igancio and i guarantee you will think twice about it... STAY AWAY!!!

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igancio, what you sold us was a pile of garbage (i'm sorry to use such strong language as you were clearly trying your best, but we were not paying for your best, we were paying for a wine tour!)... what you sold us was completely misrepresented - what exactly makes this "wine"bus and not just "bus"?.. where was the wine?.. you packed us like sardines on a 2-hour drive to what you call a winery?.. neo bodegas is NOT a winery!!! it's a bottling plant! (and a really terrible one at that).. a winery has vineyards where grapes are grown!.. when one tours a real winery he's educated about different types of grapes and how they're grown, not just how they're processed (and bottled)!.. and after 2 hours in a hot bus we weren't even offered a welcoming glass of wine!!! i had to ask you for water!!!!! are you kidding me?.. 2 hours in a bus and then 30 people using a single toilet? is that a joke?!??!!! then another hour of "touring" the factory and after that i had to argue with you about white wine? your response to me is that you respect the winemaker! I'M the client, I'M the one who paid for this "tour" so your respect should be to ME and my wife and my parents!.. that red wine was undrinkable!.. absolute swill and i don't see why after 3 hours i'm forced to drink it if i don't like it!.. then i asked you nicely about taking wine on the "wine"bus and you clearly stated to me that i just need to be careful with the glasses (which in itself is ridiculous - i'm a grown man, not a child!) to which i replied that i've prepared plastic cups (drinking wine out of plastic is ridiculous!!! but still i was trying to cooperate)... but when you insulted my family in front of the entire bus by making us leave our wine (in plastic cups) before getting on the bus, that was the last straw!!! how dare you???!!!

the dinner?.. another joke!.. disgusting dry sandwiches (at 3.50 each for which you charged us 5E!) wrapped in tinfoil and of course i did NOT receive the sandwiches i ordered... which was just as well as they were inedible!.. i clearly asked you at least 3-4 times about my wife's salad (she's a vegetarian and we made it very clear to you!) - and it was NOT what she ordered!!! 8E for tuna salad that we threw away!.. no instructions from you when we we're supposed to eat any of this so my parents wound up eating dry sandwiches on the bus with not even anything to drink!!! i was dumb enough to wait until pedraza - eating a sandwich that was "hot" an hour earlier but now cold and disgusting, standing up while being pushed by thousands of people????? that's your idea of a "nice picnic"????

now to pedraza... another disaster!.. you sold us 3 hours of white wine and music - where was the music??? i'm sure it was wonderful if we arrived in time but we didn't!!! plaza mayor was not full of music but full of trash!!! by that time we were so tired and hungry we just wound up eating at one of the restaurants!!!
Written 29 September 2014
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Thank you very much for your comment. We regret you did not like the tour in which you joined us. We put our best efforts to that tours are the best possible experience.
Written 16 October 2014
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Connie H
Baltimore, MD33 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2019 • Couples
For our last day in Madrid, my husband and I decided to book the half day tour of wineries near Madrid. We met our guide Ignacio in the morning and were delighted to find we were the only ones booked on this tour (which is one of the joys of traveling off-season). We drove to a small family run winery about 45 minutes outside of Madrid. Consuelo, the owner, gave us an enthusiastic and lively tour of its operations (in Spanish, with Ignacio translating), including the history of the handmade clay pots that are used to store her wines. We tasted three of her wines along with a local cheeses and olive oil made with her olives. We then left to see a larger operation, which was interesting but not as warm as the first. Since it was just us, Ignacio changed our plans and we stopped for a wonderful lunch in the small town of Chinchon at a beautiful and historic wine cave and then returned back to Madrid. The entire time, Ignacio provided a history of the area and a history of the winemaking. We had such a great time, we decided to change our plans and stay in Madrid for an extra day so that we could take his Ribera del Duero tour the following day. Ignacio’s English is excellent and his passion for wine is apparent. We will take another tour next time we are in Madrid.
Written 15 February 2019
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Thanks a lot for your comment. You are a beautiful couple. We are lucky people. We find in our tours people who enjoy with their five senses the activities they do. And this is viral. For us it is very easy to do our work and to do our best to try to make you have the best day we can. You know where we are any time you are back to Madrid. Un fuerte abrazo a los dos.
Written 26 February 2019
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Marlene G
4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2019 • Couples
We met Ignacio early in the morning, and we were on our way to Ribera de Duero. We were the only 2 on the tour and it was amazing. Not only did he take the time to give us background history about the region but also he made sure to take pictures of us while we were visiting the wineries and other locations. He made sure to document important moments while we were enjoying the tour. He is very passionate about wine and Spanish history.He also made sure to give us great lunch recommendations and he was fun to be around. He made sure to send us an e-mail after our tour with all the pictures he took as well as the links to the wineries and information for everything we visited that day.Bonus Points: He speaks English very well, and can give a detailed explanation about wine and history. Overall, there are no words to describe how much we enjoyed the tour. When will definitely take another tour with him when we return to Madrid in the future and recommend him to our friends.
Written 20 January 2019
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Thank a lot for your comment Marlene. We promise you a completely different tour but as good ast he one you already did. Un fuerte abrazo. :)))
Written 5 February 2019
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SueBea8
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2017 • Friends
What an amazing personal tour with the enthusiastic Ignacio. Such a memorable drive through the Ribera wine region near Madrid with wine tasting at 2 wineries that were beautifully designed. A delicious and traditional lunch at a rustic restaurant and a final glass of wine overlooking the stunning hilltop town of Segovia. A MUST DO tour. Unforgettable! ! Thank you Ignacio for a perfect day!
Suzanne and Keryn
Written 3 October 2017
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Thank you very much for your comment. You know you have the doors of the Winebus open to do a completely different tour next time you come to Spain in order to try to please you as much as you did this time. This kind of comments are for us the best prize. Regards,
Written 4 October 2017
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Lisandra Baez
Dorado, Puerto Rico6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2015 • Couples
We loved our tour!!!! Ignacio was the best tour guide ever!!!! We enjoyed so much this experience. Nos encanto!!! We learned so much about tradition, about the culture, we definitely tasted a bit of Spain. The tittle of WineBus come a bit short to what we experimented, we had the opportunity to visit a cellar where we tasted different grapes out of the vines... Then we went and had a visit through the modern facilities of the winery and did the tastings of the wines... Delicious! After we were taken to this local town and they were having this festivity from the medieval times, everyone was dressed up, grandparents, children, teenagers, parents... The whole community... I think we were the only tourists on the place.... Needless to say there was a castle in the town and they had a special presentation resembling the battles among the knights!!! We went to a feast after in the Plaza, it was an amazing experience.... We ended up the night around 1:30am!!!! Just call him or text or email.... You wont regret it!!!! Cant write it all, he will find something cool for you to do, thats for sure!!!! Desde Puerto Rico, gracias Ignacio!!!!
Written 12 September 2015
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Thank you for your comment. We are very happy knowing that our proposal pleased you. And we feel also very happy knowing that you liked the combination we do in our tours. Of course we go first to a winery to drink good wines but we also like to do many other things that can be a nice complement, trying, if possible to have a good glass of wine in hand. We know that the best of the Winebus is the quality and the attitude of the people that decide to come with us. We expect to see you again if you ever come to Spain. Desde Madrid, muchas gracias a ustedes dos. Nos lo ponen muy fácil con su actitud y sus ganas de ayudar a que todo salga de forma correcta. Aquí les esperamos con los brazos abiertos. Un cordial saludo. :)
Written 13 September 2015
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Kelly
Vicenza, Italy28 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
July 2015 • Couples
One of the great things about the WineBus is that the program changes based on what's going on around the area. There is always a winery tour & tasting and then a local event.

We went specifically for the Pedrazza Fiesta de las Velas, where once/twice per year the medieval town of Pedrazza turns off the electricity to be lit by 30,000 candles. It was beautiful, and as we sat on the grass of the Mirador chatting, we observed that we appeared to be the only foreigners there. It was a very relaxed, enjoyable evening - and with plenty of wine!

If we were to go back to Madrid, we would definitely contact Ignacio again to see what event was happening that week on the WineBus!
Written 9 July 2015
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Thank you very much for your comment. I like what you said that you felt like a local. We are very happy when we see the people that come, feel so comfortable and enjoying the tour. If you ever come back we will try to improve your experience. So long :)
Written 10 July 2015
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James B
Houston, TX3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2015 • Solo
I participated in a roundtrip Winebus tour from Madrid to the town of Toro, in northwest Spain on May 30, 2015. It has been my great privilege and pleasure in life to have visited wineries and participated in organized wine tours all over the world. My Winebus tour to taste the wines of the Toro region rates at the top of the list. Anyone can take you to a few vineyards and call it a tour, but helping you to experience a region is something else: it was a truly special and personal experience.

After a failed attempt to find a daytrip to Ribera del Duero, my hotel concierge hooked me up with Ignacio Segovia Martínez (Nacho), the owner of Winebus. Nacho offered me a unique opportunity to attend a local wine festival in the town of Toro. Rather than visiting the standard two or three wineries, we were able to sample wines from 20 (or so) different wineries that had set up tents on the floor of the Plaza de Toros. The antithesis of a snooty French or commercial California event: It was a charming and intimate affair attended by winery owners, local growers and townsfolk. Everyone was amiable and chatty, happy to strike up a conversation with a complete stranger (I felt like I was in the grocery line back in Texas). My poor Spanish skills were not an impediment as Nacho was delighted to interpret for both sides. Following the tasting, Nacho organized a tour of the town of Toro using a third party guide. The knowledgeable local woman talked to us about the history of Toro as we walked through town and two of the most impressive religious buildings. (Note: it’s not that Winebus doesn’t offer more conventional tours ... In this instance, Nacho found the local festival and created the tour to take advantage its availability).

In my experience, participating in a local wine festival is an unusual format for a wine tour, but what really sets the Winebus apart from other tours is the owner, Nacho. In addition to being warm, engaging and knowledgeable, he has found the right balance between wine and culture. By the end of the tour, I had learned about more than the wines of Toro: I was given a glimpse into the history and culture of the region and its people. Nacho (and his lovely partner, Ana) made it unforgettable.

PS. Just because I haven’t waxed on about the wines, don’t think they weren’t memorable. Like Ribera del Duero, the wines of the Toro region made from Tempranillo. I found the old vine offerings from Liberalia and Valbusendo with 12 month (or more) barrel aging to have great depth, structure and intensity. My only regret is that the wineries didn’t have large bottle formats available for purchase at the festival.

Sincerely,
Jim Bogardus (Houston, Texas)
Written 1 June 2015
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Hi Jim: Thank you very much for your comment. It was a real pleasure to have you on the tour to the Toro Wine Fair. You are right when you say that what we did on Saturday was not the conventional format. But we considered that to taste the best wines of the best wineries of Toro in such a charming and special environment such as the bull fighting plaza of Toro and meet their characters and their people, it was an opportunity that I did not want to miss. The best of the experience on the Winebus is the quality of the people who join us to share our different proposals. What it happened last Saturday in Toro is what we are looking in our tours In general, and normally we do it with a more conventional format. And yes, we are seeking an equilibrium between wine and culture. And we do it because we believe we have a countryside that deserves this kind of approach. We have a wonderful country and we believe that even the wines we drink are better understood when you learn about all is around. And most of it the people that are behind these wines. I hope to see you soon. You have the doors of the Winebus open. Un abrazo. 
Written 3 June 2015
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