Winery Tours in Palencia

The winemaking dedication in Frómista has a tradition that is already documented in the fourteenth century, and that is fundamentally related to the production of the monastery and vassals of San Martín. As a vestige of that preferred dedication today there are three peripheral areas where the wineries have been grouped together. In the area of ​​the Castle, one of the oldest wineries in the region, the Bodegas Zarzavilla , heiress of the production started with the Benedictine monks of San Martín and has remained perfectly preserved since the 15th century. continued after the confiscation of Mendizábal by several families taken by the witness Alejo Serrano Peña, grandfather of the current owner Carmelo Serrano González. Sample of the passage of time are the galleries at different levels, which have pointed barrel vaults, edge vaults and other barrel vaults with lunettes, imitating architectures whose stereotomy was executed in stone. Bodegas Zarzavilla is excavated on high ground of hard clay and the marks of the pikes on the walls and vaults are still preserved. There is a warehouse with three naves, two of them in the same plane 15 meters long each and one more in a lower plane 12 meters long, where the Cartesian well is housed. Get in touch with Bodegas Zarzavilla and come and enjoy an exciting day in the town of Fromista, cradle of wine in the province of Palencia. A paradise for the senses. (Winery Tours Palencia)