PRIVATE TRAVEL WITH EPICUREAN WAYS

Taste the present and fast-arriving future of Spanish and Portuguese food and wine on our private tailored journeys. Experience the Iberia that’s out of reach for most, but not for you.

We immerse you in unforgettable and unrepeatable Spanish and Portuguese food and wine, the kind you can’t find at home. An Epicurean Ways journey means insider access to the true flavors and those who make them real. Discover vibrant cities, quiet villages and remote corners of Iberia. Explore culture and geography the best way: through cuisine and wine. Private travel packed with exceptional experiences. Seeing and tasting and witnessing places and flavors and craftsmanship that are never the same twice.

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Portugal on the Menu in 2026

THE WINES OF NORTHERN PORTUGAL: PORTO, DÃO & DOURO

Northern Portugal is wine country.

A private food and wine trip that immerses you in the heart of the Dão and Douro River wine regions before diving into the city of Porto. Dão: you feel like you’re in on a secret, early. Douro Valley: stunning visitas and historic family quintas. Porto: historic port lodges and stellar private seafood feast. Fantastic food throughout and luxury hotels on this private trip.

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LISBON, ALENTEJO & PORTO FOOD & WINE TOUR

A journey from Lisbon to Porto through the open country of Alentejo

Explore Lisbon, the Alentejo, Bairrada and Porto on this private food and wine journey. Start your trip in Lisbon where tradition and innovation coexist in neighborhoods spread across hills overlooking the river. Then you’ll head out of the city to the undiscovered Alentejo, an expansive region, famous for cork, olives and hearty red wines, dotted with whitewashed villages. Stay at a luxurious countryside hotel, a relaxing hiatus. End your journey in Porto, the city shadowing the Douro River.

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Our knowledge, your way

  • Crafted food and wine experiences, from cutting-edge restaurants and world-class wineries to rural artisans

  • Expert guides who take you deep into local culture

  • Luxury accommodation at grand hotels and boutique stays

  • Intensive, custom trip design for a true journey that takes you below the surface

BLOG

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Barcelona Cocktail Bars
Barcelona Cocktail Bars

The bars listed here transcend fashion and serve the good stuff night after night. These aren’t the only cocktail bars in Barcelona, or necessarily the most famous, but for timeless classic concoctions this is where you might start. 

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Barcelona Wine Bars
Barcelona Wine Bars

Despite being the big city in the heart of Catalunya, a major wine-producing region itself with 12 separate DOs, Barcelona has traditionally reserved the good wines for restaurants and boutique wine stores. The scene is changing, slowly.

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Eating in Rioja: The Best Wine Country Restaurants
Eating in Rioja: The Best Wine Country Restaurants

The two most important things when visiting wine country are good wine and good food. In Rioja the confluence of local and regional ingredients and refined cooking techniques trickling in from the nearby Basque Country has created a culinary landscape that matches the depth of the local wine culture.

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What Happened to Fine Dining in Barcelona?
What Happened to Fine Dining in Barcelona?

Barcelona’s casual ethos and market cuisine have birthed a new version of haute cuisine. For years, some of Catalonia’s best chefs have been serving diners at the bar, no tablecloth, and by now names like Gresca and Dos Palillos are legendary in Spain. It’s now the most exciting time to eat in the Ciudad Condal (City of the Counts) in years.

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So much great Spanish food and wine in 2025, but one of my discoveries for this year goes back to basics in Madrid. Who needs more of a name than BAR? Happy new year! Feliz año!
I didn’t expect these two to be #1 orange drinking like a deep Montsant white; #2 a slightly oxidized Verdejo. Both amazing unusual wines. #montsant #verdejo #rueda #spanishwine #winetasting #winetravel #luxurytravel
What happened to fine dining in Barcelona? Some answers in our latest blog post. Link in bio #barcelona #barcelonafoodexperience #barcelonarestaurants #spainfood #foodandwinetours
Our friend and partner in Spain Paul Richardson @paulgrichardson has compiled a highly opinionated guide to eating in Madrid. Paul is a British writer on travel, food and culture and a long-time expert on Spain’s culinary world. See the link in
Palau de la Musica in Barcelona. Stunning Modernist concert hall with acoustics to match. #barcelona #palaudelamusica #spaintravel #privatetour
Madrid. Spring, finally. #madrid #lalatina #spaintravel
Notes from the Road: Barcelona today. Some highlights of hotels, bars and restaurants in the Catalan capital, on the blog. Link in bio. #barcelona #barcelonacity #barcelonatravel #spaintravel #spanishfood #spanishwine
Rioja Growers & Vignerons: some of the small producers making Rioja exciting today. See our blog to learn more. Link in bio. #rioja #wine #riojawine #spanishwine #spain #spaintravel
The Great Houses of Rioja. See our blog for updates on classic Rioja wineries. Link in bio. #rioja #riojawine #spanishwine #spaintravel
Madrid: Updates from the Road. See our blog for updates on Madrid hotels, restaurants, wine and cocktail bars. Link in bio #madrid #spaintravel #wine #food

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“Whether it’s a cooking class with a Michelin-starred chef in Marbella, a tour of a Tarragona olive-oil mill or a Catalan expert cooking an authentic rabbit-and-snail paella over an open fire, owner Jane Gregg can make it happen. ”
— Wall Street Journal, "Choose Your Own Food Adventure"