26 Oct 2026A Listán Negro from Tenerife's Valle de La Orotava: light, fresh, and with a finesse you'd normally pay twice as much for. My bet: the best Canary red under €20?
Suertes del Marqués
16 Oct 2026A Bourgogne Blanc bottled deep in Beaujolais: natural Chardonnay from the Joubert family, with an almost oily texture, butter and a just-baked baguette.
Domaine Marcel Joubert
8 Oct 2026Viura from 75-year-old vines in Labastida, aged in two Fino and Amontillado butts. Olivier Rivière’s white Rioja is salty, nutty and goes on for ages.
Olivier Rivière
5 Oct 2026A Listán Blanco from northern Tenerife, aged on lees in barrel, that smells of dry leaves after rain and is still there an hour later. Not even pudding could shift it.
Winery Burgmann
5 Oct 2026The cult white from Puntagorda, on La Palma, hunted down across the islands, mainland Spain and abroad. The third vintage from a 26-year-old grower.
Michael Candelario
18 Aug 2026306 bottles of a Gran Canaria white made from listán blanco, malvasía, vijariego and muscat. Light, easy, with an oxidative edge that shows up without taking over.
TodosOn the night of 29 November, northern Tenerife opens its cellars, tastes the new wine and drags cans through the streets. What San Andrés is and how to join in.
Ungrafted vines that phylloxera left alone for 150 years, until it reached Tenerife in 2025. What pre-phylloxera Canary wine is, and why it matters.
Five appellations, a 3,718-metre volcano and vines from sea level to 1,700 metres. A valley-by-valley guide to Tenerife wine and the producers worth knowing.
Volcanic soil, grapes that exist nowhere else and a ladder that starts in a guachinche. How to get into Canary Islands wine without drowning in eleven appellations.
