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Viña Frontera. The most exclusive grapes for the most traditional and original wines
This local winery, which the islanders call “the wine-growing place,” oversees the transformation of the majority of the grapes that are produced here into wine. …

Tanajara A revelation among Canary Islands reds at the beginning of the 21st century
A flurry of media attention greeted its entry into the market in 2003: it was the revelation of the year on an international scale, and …

Vega Norte. Grapes from steep mountains and deep ravines
The Vega Norte winery complex is adapted to its purposes: a production nave with great steel containers, halls for aging in the barrel, offices, and …

Teneguia. A theme park of Malvasia wines
If La Palma is the archipelago’s island for the most exceptional Malvasia grapes, the Fuencaliente municipality is the one that concentrates the best volcanic soil …

Matías i Torres. The curiosities and charms behind personal and elegant wine
Visiting the premises of this winery is perhaps even more unforgettable than the originality of their wines. Victoria Torres Pecis took over the company from …

El Nispero. It’s a surprise that Albillo turned the winery into one of the most sought-after on the Island
1986 was the first year that Eufrosina Pérez created wine for her label (co-founded with her husband Juan Antonio Rodríguez) in a “small hay loft …

Carballo. Malvasia turned into a fantastic wine
Talking about Bodegas Carballo means talking about Malvasia, volcanoes, and traditions. The current vintner, Eliseo Carballo Pérez, works together with his daughter and his son-in-law …

Bodegas Tamargada. Of land and human art turned into wine
The island of La Gomera attracts one’s attention not only on account of the lush vegetation of the hilltops, its wild mountain landscape, and its …

Viñátigo. The commercial promotion of traditional varieties from the Canary Islands
Today, the high quality and distinctiveness of wines from the Canary Islands give them a preferential spot in the global market, and they are also …

Viña Zanata. A new generation of good Canary Islands wines from the 80s
In La Guancha’s historic center, one of the old mansions close to the church is almost as old as the church itself. The architecture is …

Viña Norte. The label that internationalized Tenerife
The regional winery of Tacoronte finds its origin in the Insular Winegrowing Plan that the Council of Tenerife drafted in 1987. The idea was to …

Tierra de Frontos. Breaking the rules with wines that use grapes from high above
Ten brothers are the entrepreneurs who started this winery in Los Blanquitos (Southern Tenerife), making their first wine in 2002 in a building specifically designed …

Tajinaste. The wines’ excellence starts in the vines and is refined at the winery
Domingo Farrais purchased the El Ratiño estate from the income of a small food store and the money he had saved from his emigration to …

Taganan. A village wine from a very traditional Atlantic vineyard
The wines of this brand are part of a unique project by four oenologists from different places throughout Spain who entered a joint undertaking they …

Suertes del Marques. Original wines from plots that succeed all over the world
“In 2006, we decided to establish our own winery,” recalls his son Jonathan García Lima, director of Suertes del Marqués, on how they started buying …

Pagos de Reveron. Success factors: organic grapes from the heights and careful production
Eugenio Reverón Sierra purchased the winery in the estate of Los Quemados in 1947 in order to produce wines: the estate was equipped with a …

Monje. Traditional grapes at their best in very personal wines
The Monje family tree goes back five generations of ancestors who produced wine, to the remote 1750s. But the current winery has a more recent …

Marcelo. The advantages of organic farming
La Casilla Estate, purchased more than half a century ago by the farmer Marcelino Gómez del Castillo, already had a small vine plantation, which its …

Marba. Carefully selected varieties, modern cultivation, and a great soil are the vintner’s “secret”
Actually, they were, and are, so successful that they started winning awards in 2002, and in 2014 he received ten awards in one single year. …

El Lomo. Wines representative of Tegueste viticulture
The winery was founded through a series of coincidences that started when entrepreneur Félix Rodríguez asked oenologist Arsenio Gómez to help him “correct” his homemade …

El Borujo. Balancing personal taste with consumer demand
Juan Franciscos Fariña Pérez’s winery has been a family tradition for several generations. “My father made wines for personal consumption, just as his father did …