Volcanic Wine Tasting

What to expect

Tenerife wine has been quietly excellent for centuries — Shakespeare praised 'Canary sack' in Twelfth Night — and the island's volcanic soils and unusual indigenous grape varieties (Listán Negro, Listán Blanco, Negramoll) produce wines made nowhere else. Half-day winery tours through the Tacoronte-Acentejo or Ycoden-Daute-Isora regions visit two or three bodegas, walk you through the volcanic vineyards, and finish with a tasting of 5–6 wines paired with local cheeses and chorizo. The vines are often centuries old and grown in the unique 'cordón trenzado' technique seen nowhere else.