Taste the sunset in a glass of deep Tempranillo, then feel the cool weight of a hand-forged Toledo blade. Castilla-La Mancha rewards that kind of travel, where flavour, craft, heat, history and open country all meet in one place. This is one of Spain’s great wine regions, yet it still feels less crowded than many better-known wine routes. Its vineyards stretch across broad plains, dry hills and sun-baked villages, with wineries that range from old family bodegas to large co-o