The grape harvest is the most authentic and exclusive wine-tourism experience of the year. Discover what it involves, when it happens and how to book it in advance.
The wine harvest
There are wine-tourism experiences you can enjoy all year round… and then there’s the harvest. For just a few weeks, between late August and October depending on the region and the vintage, Spain’s wineries enter their most vibrant moment: bringing in the grapes. And many open their doors so travellers can not only watch it, but truly live it.
And it’s precisely that seasonality that makes it so special. You can’t experience the harvest in January. It exists for only a few weeks each year, which makes it one of the most sought-after experiences on the wine-tourism calendar. It’s no accident that October is, historically, the busiest month for winery visits in all of Spain: the harvest and the autumn landscapes are a hard combination to beat.
The flip side of that exclusivity is that places fill up fast. Wineries work with very limited capacity during the harvest because they are, quite literally, in full production. Those who book late are left out. That’s why the best time to plan a harvest experience is before it begins: right now, in the heart of summer.
From a harvest day in Ribera del Duero or Rioja to the earlier picking in the south, Thegetawine brings together harvest experiences at wineries across Spain, so you can book ahead and be sure of your place. This autumn, don’t watch the harvest from the outside. Live it.
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