TripAdvisor ranks a Madrid wine route among the best in the world

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Gourmet Madrid, a company associated with Madrid Enoturismo, has been included by Tripadvisor among the world's best-rated wine and beer experiences in its Travellers' Choice Awards Best of the Best 2026. The recognized activity is the Madrid Countryside Wineries Guided Tour with Wine Tasting, a route focused on the wineries, wines, and wine heritage of the Community of Madrid.

The experience ranks 13th in TripAdvisor's global Wine & Beer Tours rankings, with a perfect 5 out of 5 rating and nearly 1,000 traveler reviews. The platform places these awards in its highest category and specifies that they are granted based on reviews published over a twelve-month period. It also notes that less than 1% of its nearly eight million listings receive this distinction.

The recognition places a Madrid wine-related offering among the highest-rated internationally on one of the largest travel platforms. For Madrid Wine Tourism, the result serves to gauge the interest these types of visits generate among Spanish and international tourists and reinforces the region's presence in a segment where its proximity to the capital is a significant advantage.

Gourmet Madrid has been organizing this tour of Madrid's wineries for over 15 years. The tour involves leaving the city to explore the region's wine country, visiting family-run wineries, tasting various wines, and sampling local products. The itinerary includes three wineries, a specialized guide, and direct contact with producers and winemakers.

The company states that this tour allows visitors to discover traditional wine-related sites in the region, such as centuries-old wineries, caves carved into the rock, and vineyards with deep historical roots in municipalities near Madrid. The package combines transportation from Madrid, a guided tour, and a gastronomic experience linked to the local area—a common format in local wine tourism and highly valued by those seeking day trips from the city.

Madrid Wine Tourism attributes this result to the work of wineries, tour operators, and other companies in the sector within the Community of Madrid. The association maintains that the region's appeal lies in its combination of wine, gastronomy, heritage, landscape, and culture, all within easy reach of the capital—an advantage that makes it easier to attract visitors with limited time who want to explore wine-producing areas and learn about their production methods.

The TripAdvisor ranking also provides a quantitative reference. Its 13th place globally puts the Madrid route at the top of a selection compiled from user reviews, a criterion frequently used by tourism companies to measure visibility and reputation. In this case, the top score and the volume of reviews reinforce the activity's position within the international market for wine-related tours.

Gourmet Madrid has been working on gastronomic and wine experiences since 2008 and has accumulated several TripAdvisor awards in recent years. The company believes this new award expands its track record and helps to showcase the diversity of Madrid's wine tourism offerings beyond Spain, from family-run wineries to historic vineyard settings.

For the Community of Madrid, this type of recognition has an effect that extends far beyond a single company. It helps to put its wine-producing municipalities on the map for travelers who almost exclusively associate the region with the capital, and it opens a path to distributing visits to nearby rural areas. It also raises the profile of a business model that combines wine, restaurants, heritage, and small producers, with a direct impact on the local economy of the areas visited.