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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
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I'm off to Spain next week, touring the Pyrenees.
I don't want to load the car with with quantities of wine whilst en-route.
I do however want to load up in Bilbao before catching the ferry home to Portsmouth.
Can anyone please recommend a good, reasonably priced source of wines in Bilbao, with easy access & parking? It would be great if I could buy "other nations" wines, like Port, Bordeaux & Burgundy as well; but this isn't essential.
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Aerialmark
Member Since: 21 Jun 2015
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We sail back from Bilbao in August (29th) so would you please let me know any observations whilst you are coming back that way. In other words something I may need to know or a better way of doing something. I will be in my MG f so height restrictions wont be a problem. I would recommend night in Vitoria-Gasteiz if you get chance  Good luck. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything;
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| 21st Apr 2018 3:53 pm |
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Gazellio
Member Since: 09 Jan 2011
Location: Chilterns
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NJSS wrote:I'm off to Spain next week, touring the Pyrenees.
I don't want to load the car with with quantities of wine whilst en-route.
I do however want to load up in Bilbao before catching the ferry home to Portsmouth.
Can anyone please recommend a good, reasonably priced source of wines in Bilbao, with easy access & parking? It would be great if I could buy "other nations" wines, like Port, Bordeaux & Burgundy as well; but this isn't essential.
NJSS
After Googling not sure there is one!
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| 21st Apr 2018 4:41 pm |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
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Garry - that's what I thought, but it can't be true.
Mark - of course. We are not going to Vitoria-Gasteiz this time. But are in Haro at Los Agustinos and Hotel Calle Mayor in Logroño, each for a couple of nights.
A new destination which looks good is La Demba Art-Hotel in Abizanda:-
https://tinyurl.com/y6wf9juk
and
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review...ragon.html
NJSS Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
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| 21st Apr 2018 5:02 pm |
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ruben
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NJSS wrote:I'm off to Spain next week, touring the Pyrenees.
I don't want to load the car with with quantities of wine whilst en-route.
I do however want to load up in Bilbao before catching the ferry home to Portsmouth.
Can anyone please recommend a good, reasonably priced source of wines in Bilbao, with easy access & parking? It would be great if I could buy "other nations" wines, like Port, Bordeaux & Burgundy as well; but this isn't essential.
NJSS
In really there is no reason why you can find a place to buy wines in Bilbao  , since it is not a land of wines at all, if what you are looking for is a winery, then drive to the region of La Rioja or the Ribera del Duero, there you can find many wineries that even offer visitors, accommodation and shopping of course.. But in Bilbao, as much, you will be able to find some great supermarket in the outskirts of the city, type Alcampo and similar, where of course you can buy wine, and cheese or jam also you want.  lost in translation!
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| 21st Apr 2018 6:10 pm |
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Buckster
Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Hampshire
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Change your ferry crossing back to Santander, that has loads of dutyfree wine in the shop at the ferry. Bilbao has nothing at the ferry port! 2003 BMW M5- 5 Litres of V8 Optimax Slurping Goodness in Carbon Black
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| 21st Apr 2018 6:49 pm |
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ratrunner
Member Since: 20 Nov 2015
Location: cotswolds
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We used Carrefour in Bilbao a couple of years ago.Google Carrefour but you do not want Carrefour Express thats the smaller shops.
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| 22nd Apr 2018 8:37 am |
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maxbasscat
Member Since: 03 Jan 2016
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Aerialmark wrote:We sail back from Bilbao in August (29th) so would you please let me know any observations whilst you are coming back that way. In other words something I may need to know or a better way of doing something. I will be in my MG f so height restrictions wont be a problem. I would recommend night in Vitoria-Gasteiz if you get chance Good luck.
Vitoria is a little gem and so is Burgos try and get somewhere with parking as both are cities and premium rates to park overnight. Both lovely and vibrant cities. Palencia good too had a roadside stop 2/3* for €35 incl breakfast.
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| 22nd Apr 2018 2:27 pm |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
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Like RatRunner in the end we used the Carrefour Hypermarket in Bilbao at:-
Carretera Baracaldo-Valle De Trapaga
Polígonono Ibarzaharra
48910 Sestao,
Closed on Sundays & open all other days from 9:30am to 9:30pm
A very large supermarket with good deals on a number of wines, but not a vast selection.
We also visited wineries in the Haro area.
We particularly liked the village of Laguardia and the Bodegas Carlos San Pedro under the village.
https://www.bodegascarlossanpedro.com/en/home/
Great holiday.
NJSS Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
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| 10th May 2018 7:13 am |
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TigerRecovery
Member Since: 31 May 2017
Location: Long Stratton, Norwich, Norfolk
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We're off to Bilbao at the end of the month for a trip to the Pyrenees. However we're travelling back via Cherbourg so we're going to buy the odd bottle of wine on the way up through Spain/France.
We've got a D4 with Prospeed rack and there's only the two of us in the car. 1972 Range Rover Classic 2 door V8
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| 10th May 2018 7:34 am |
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