Feel Basque Country — Local services in Irun

We had a truly memorable day with Diego and our friends on a Rioja wine tour. Despite being a Sunday (and many wineries being closed), Diego was able to secure personalised experiences at two wineries where we were able to take our time, understand straight from the family about their excellent wines, the history of the vines and the incredible flavours they produced depending on the grape, mix, weather of the vintage year and the microclimate of the plot.

It was awesome seeing the ruggedly wild and beautiful scenery of wine country, and going from the lush green near San Sebastian to the drier climate of the Rioja with the stunning mountain ranges in the distance all around us, which helps maintain the perfect conditions for wine production (as we learnt today from Diego!).

Lunch was spectacular too! It was a great way to wind down together and the lamb was out of this world good.

What we really enjoyed most though was getting to experience and understand Basque country and heritage from Diego. Throughout the day, he shared interesting information about the area, the history and about winemaking. We felt like he made sure we had a great day from start to finish and read our vibe well, so we were on the same wavelength.

Eskerrik...

Diego and his company are great! Diego was busy but answered my call and was able to have one of his colleagues take us on the wine tour we wanted. Diego set everything up and his colleague, Martin, was excellent. Very nice, knowledgeable and informative! He explained to us the history of wine in the Basque Country, how it came to be the present style of wine making, the origins of wine in the region and the why, setting up the tour for each winery we visited to be that much more special. At the end of our tour, we went to a local restaurant to have a traditional basque dish, which was superb. The tour was set up and executed perfectly! Loved every bit of it and highly suggest you book with Diego, he’s very kind and will try his best to accommodate you and your party in whatever way he can to make your experience the best...

This tour is A+ TOP NOTCH quality, seriously. Diego took us to 3 very special wineries in the Rioja region, was friendly with the folks everywhere we went, showed us multiple cities, speaks flawless English, has traveled the world and has remarkable knowledge and stories, and is a great conversationalist in the car if you’d like to discuss anything. He is flexible to give you the kind of day and length of day you’d like to have. He is sincere, kind, professional, smart, funny, polite, and just an all around great human being who my wife and I look forward to seeing again. I have done excursions like this in Peru, Morocco, Norway, Jordan, and many other countries, and I can promise you that Diego’s company and service are literally world class level good. Book this tour with him and thank me...