Testimonials

Below you will find a growing selection of positive testimonials that enthusiastic clients have sent.

 

Great photos Bill of a lovely day out” – Pamela Bowen – August 2015

Thank you so much for all the organisation you did for us last Tuesday. Please say thank you to Alexia and the lovely lady who showed us round the bee museum. The food Alexia and her staff put on was outstanding. It was lovely to have real Cyprus village food

– a million miles from Ayia Napa! And I could have stayed in the village house much longer talking to the lovely lady (I didn’t catch her name). It was so interesting.” – Linda Benett – June 2015

“Thank you for a great tour. It was worth every cent. In fact a lot more.” – Pat Basker – July 2015

Before the tour of Andalucia, our knowledge of sherry was confined to mainly cooking with it, a few slurps occasionally although the Pedro Ximenez sweet wine was well-known to us. During the tour, our knowledge of the subject grew exponentially with fascinating trips to various bodegas around Jerez and Montilla regions.

Jerez itself was an interesting city and Cordoba even more so. The whole trip was a gastronomic delight with hand picked local restaurants using local knowledge. The accommodation was excellent as was the transportation and the general organisation.

Iberian ham and olive oil production also featured on the itinerary which added more interest to this great week. Well done Nicholas Collis and team.

Mel & Awen Jones, Menai Bridge – 24/4/16

Our trip to the Sherry Triangle with Wines and Tours was most memorable. The greatest attention was paid to every minute detail!

Our driver was superb and the hospitality provided to us in each Bodega was first class! We were treated to a premium tasting with Mr Javier Hildago and left having experienced the vast flavour profiles of Sherries produced by his family’s bodega and felt the connection of both product and place.

The selected restaurants we visited were diverse and an absolute culinary delight! We look forward to our next winery tour with Wines & Tours very soon!
Donna Rogers – 19/04/2015.

“We took a 2 day tour with Nicholas along the Douro, taking in several vineyards and some incredible views. The team in the UK and Portugal are incredibly knowledgeable and lots of fun to be with. We had a wonderful trip, with some amazing wines, ports and food, meeting local producers who are very enthusiastic about their produce. We would recommend Wines & Tours for their Douro trips to anyone who is seeking a very special tour to a very special place”.
Emma & Lawrence Huntingford, Portugal.

I must thank you for all you arranged whilst we were “in the Douro region”. The overall landscape is quite majestic giving a ‘rugged’ terrain which naturally suits the various grape varieties the vine produces.
Charles Burnell-Nugent, Somerset UK

I feel I want to thank you for a most interesting and entertaining trip to Portugal.

My wife and I were part of a party of 12 and we travelled up the beautiful and picturesque Douro Valley from Oporto – on boats trains and cars to Tua.

We were shown the Port cellars in Oporto and during our visit we were able to roam around the vineyards; we had at least one tasting each day and sometimes as many as three.  The method of Port and wine production was explained in detail by our Portuguese Host and Tour Guides, who are themselves, wine merchants and importers.

We were also very fortunate to have, as a fellow tourist, a gentleman, who was a qualified Master of Wines and he was able to give much tutored opinions of the quality of wines at the tastings.  Our fellow travellers were all wine lovers and appreciated the quality of the wines we sampled.

All of the hotels we stayed at were comfortable and the food abundant, with plenty of choice.  The visits were all well organised and our hosts keen to give the party, choices in the daily activities.

We both thoroughly enjoyed a very relaxing holiday and learnt a great deal about the wine and Port production in Portugal.  We would have no hesitation in going back for another holiday there, or an alternative destination, arranged by Wines and Tours.
John Moir, Surrey UK