Tapas And Wine Routes For Costa Blanca Homeowners

When you are lucky enough to live in the Costa Blanca a staycation can be the perfect way to enjoy a holiday and explore this beautiful region of Spain with its wonderful coastal and inland scenery, fresh Mediterranean cuisine and wines made from sunkissed local grapes. A tour of the areas wine and tapas routes could be a wonderful way for you to enjoy an excellent holiday without travelling too far from home.

Wine Routes in the Alicante region

Anyone who buys a home in the Jalon Valley will already be very familiar with vineyards there that produce exceptional, high-quality wines including Monstrell, Merlot and sweet Moscatel. If you chose to purchase a villa on the coast you can easily just take a short drive inland, check in to a traditional B&B or rent a traditional villa or townhouse for a few days to allow you to explore this lovely countryside and tour the vineyards and Bodegas. Many only charge a small fee to learn about their wine production and enjoy a tasting where the wines might also be paired with appropriate offerings of tapas. A little further inland while visiting the Jalon it would be a shame to miss a visit to the Bodegaas Gutiérrez de la Vega in Parcent where you get a real feel for the history of the area and produce from the time of the Moors with the Arabic flooring to the 16th century kitchen with wood-burning over to more modern amenities. Barrels of wine are stored in caves dug underground.

• Bodegas Sierra Norte can be found either down the coast a little and inland from Benidorm in La Roda or furhter north the primary branch is located inland from Valencia in Jumilla. If you enjoy their tours and wines you can also become a member of their wine club. The wines they produce are organic and they focus on grapes that grow naturally in this region.
• Bodegas Sierra Salinas are definitely worth including on any tour of the area, located inland from Alicante in Villena, 600 metres above sea level and surrounding by wonderful scenery this vineyard and bodega are part of a family run business that forms the MGWine Group owned by the Miñano and Gómez families. The bodega is situated in a 92 hector area of countryside filled with vineyards as well as almond and olive groves. They produce a good variety of wines including Cabernet Sauvignon, Alicante Bouschet and Petit Verdot as well as Ego and Vegan wines, the are invested in sustainable production and will be happy to show you round, offer you a tasting paired with palate cleansing nibbles and explain their history and ethos.

Tapas Trails in the province of Alicante

Following a day of wine tasting you might want to test our your favourite with some delicious tapas and most bars and restaurants will stock a variety of regional wines to accompany these tasty morsels. Alicante itself has numerous tapas bars in the historic centre and just down the road the ancient city of Elche is known for traditional tapas including ilicitano salad and rabit with rice. Villajoyosa offers a delicious variety of seafood tapas in its colourful coastal town. In Benidorm old town one of the streets has become synonymous with its vast choice of tapas and is known affectionately as Tapas Alley.

Many towns in the Marina Alta including Denia, Javea and Calpe participate annually in the spring presenting their finest tapas for the Tapas d’Aci programme with over 70 restaurants from the Costa Blanca present local delicacies with Mediterranean flair. Keep an eye on local information websites and social media pages to ensure you don’t miss out on enjoying this extravaganza of Spanish flavour. Other trails take place throughout the year in various parts of the Costa Blanca offering enjoyable food with friendly competition including Denia and surrounding towns autumn offering of an enjoyable Ruta de Tapa. It is also possible to book a guided tapas tour in some of the towns and villages that you may visit and do ask locals for their recommendations about both the tapas and wine available, they are passionate about these things and will be happy to give you their personal recommendations.

Conclusion

When you move to the Costa Blanca there is one this that you can be certain of in addition to the climate and scenery and that is the opportunity to experience some of the most delicious flavours in the Mediterranean area washed down with excellent local wine – Bon Provecho y Salud!!!