Bodega Doña Felisa — Winery in Ronda

Bodega Doña Felisa is a true family business, founded in 1999 by José María Losantos and his wife Gema Alonso. They came to Ronda, fell in love with the area straight away and never left. The second generation is now developing the project further. The vineyard lies at around 900 metres in the Chinchilla area, surrounded by oak forests and the nature reserves of Grazalema and Sierra de las Nieves. This has also been wine country since ancient times: nearby are the Roman ruins of Acinipo, literally "land of wine", where wine was being made as early as the first century BC. The bodega is a little outside Ronda, along a bumpy country lane, but as soon as you drive up the last hill and see the rolling vineyards with mountain ranges behind them, you've already forgotten the drive. The tour (an hour and a half, in English and Spanish) takes you through the vineyard and production areas, where you learn all about hand harvesting, fermentation and ageing. It's followed by a tasting of 3 to 5 of their own wines, each with a matching snack. Book in time, as the English-language tours in particular fill up quickly. You could combine the visit with the nearby Roman ruins of Acinipo. Besides the tasting with tapas, there's also the option of a full lunch with wine pairing.