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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 …
El Ancon. Quality wines from Bodegas Insulares Tenerife
In 2005, the associates of the Comarcal de Icod decided to become a member of the Insular Wineries Association Tenerife (BITSA. But the winery’s history …
Cumbres de Abona. A co-op’s success with wines made from the highest-growing grapes in Europe
When the council of Tenerife initiated the Insular Winegrowing Plan to build five regional wineries in the late 1980s, Arico wasn’t one of them. But …
Crater. The nuance and subtlety of elegant and enjoyable wines
The Cráter winery emerged at a time when Tenerife was trying to rejuvenate its winegrowing culture and tradition, slowly moving toward the production of quality …
Contiempo. A research nursery that has resulted in great wines
Two estates of five and six hectares, located in the municipalities of Güímar and Arafo, that years ago used to be the major dessert grape …
Brumas de Ayosa. The scenery’s added value to entrapping wines
They kept augmenting the number of members by incorporating many other viticulturists, expanding their production and presenting attractive new products to the market. Their social …
Altos de Trevejos. Sparkling wines at the center of a great project for wine tourism
On the path to the Teide National Park, if you are coming from the South, passing through Vilaflor, the highest town in Spain, you will …
