Bodegas el Grifo in Lanzarote celebrates its 250th anniversary

by Miquel Hudin | 03-11-2025

In 1730, a massive volcanic eruption broke out on the Canary island of Lanzarote, just off the coast of Africa. It was initially epic in size, but became even greater as additional eruptions would continue... more »

Single vineyard certifications come to the Canarias

by Miquel Hudin | 20-07-2022

The Denomination of Origin Islas Canarias (the DO created in 2012 that covers all the islands) updated its pliego de condiciones (by-laws) one year ago this month. These revisions don’t happen often so there were... more »

The Hail Mary to save La Palma’s vine heritage

by Miquel Hudin | 15-06-2022

It was on September 19th, 2021 that the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge in the island of la Palma, Spain began a massive, three-month long eruption. It’s no small thing to say that this was a... more »

The price and growth of vineyards in Spain

by Editorial | 20-11-2014

We've reached that point of the year where ESYRCE (the tip of the tongue acronym for "Encuesta sobre Superficies y Rendimientos Cultivos") is releasing their official figures for 2014. In brief, everything is more or... more »