originally posted by VS:
Lots of wonderful stuff from the Canaries around (although not exactly 'around'; hard to find them away from the islands, even in mainland Spain): among whites, Stratus and Bermejo dry malvasas from Lanzarote, Vitigo marmajuelo (yes, that's a grape) from Tenerife; among reds, Tanajara baboso (YTAG) from El Hierro. And the various, volcanic-terroir infused, wines made by the great Eufrosina Prez on La Palma island.
I must admit that I have felt excited finding this post about Canary Islands wines. These are not the kind of wines you can find abroad in restaurants, stores, wine bars, etc, not even in spanish mainland, what to say about USA...
Beyond sweet ones and malvasias, there is a huge territory to explore. Unique varieties as listan, vijariego, baboso, albillo, marmajuelo, etc., together with the volcanic terroir, tropical climate and centenary vine stocks never attacked by phyloxera, make these wines values to consider.
Far away lie the times when US declaration of independence was signed with a malvasia of Tenerife. Nowadays there are a lot of canary wines to consider, people caring about the vineyards and the whole process and outstanding wines succeeding in many wine competitions.
If I had to mention one of them, a red one, Suertes del Marques La Solana, "vino de pago" philosophy, listan negro, volcanic soils and with a deep respect to terroir.
P.S.: Forgive my english... Obviously, I'm a Canary Islands resident...
