Guided Visit to Bodegas Barbadillo with Manzanilla Tasting

Manzanilla is aged only in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and Barbadillo opens its Barrio Alto cellars to visitors every day. The family settled in the city in 1821 and bottled its first manzanilla in 1827. The guided visit lasts an hour and a half, passes through its century-old cellars, next to Santiago Castle, and ends with a tasting of three of its most representative wines.

Among the casks, from La Catedral to San Guillermo

The tour enters the house's ageing cellars, such as the La Catedral or Arboledilla cellar and the San Guillermo one, among century-old casks. The guide tells the history of the Barbadillo family, which has been in the city for two centuries, and that of manzanilla. At the end you taste three of the house's wines, which the winery chooses from among the most emblematic.

The week's sessions and the price

There are visits every day. On Monday, at 12:00 and 13:00; Tuesday to Saturday, at 11:00 in English and at 12:00 and 13:00 in Spanish; on Friday there is also an evening session at 19:00. On Sunday, a single session at 12:00. It costs €22 per adult; under-13s enter free and the website sets the ticket for children over 13 at €5. Book on the Manzanilla Museum website, on 956 385 521 or at [email protected].

For groups of ten or more there are private visits: the basic one at €30 per person, another with an Iberian aperitif at €40 and a two-hour introductory tasting course at €45.

The museum, free and with no set time

The Manzanilla Museum, from the same house, is open Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 19:00 and at weekends from 10:00 to 15:00, with free admission. You can walk round on your own and finish at its wine bar. If you go early for the visit, go into the museum first.

The rest of the day in Sanlúcar

The winery is in the Barrio Alto, a few steps from Santiago Castle and the Palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia. After tasting, walk down to Plaza del Cabildo or on to Bajo de Guía, where Casa Bigote serves prawns facing Doñana. That order (castle, Barbadillo and prawns) is that of this site's Saturday in Sanlúcar.