Food & Wine USA - (10)October 2020

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LANZAROTE

La Bodega de Santiago

showcases local pro-

duce and seafood in a

200-year-old house.

labodegadesantiago.es

Check into the Princesa

Yaiza Suite Hotel Resort

for elegant accommoda-

tions and fine dining at

Isla de Lobos.

restauranteisladelobos.es

The oldest winery in

the Canaries, El Grifo

houses a museum, cellar

door, and a wine bar for

tastings. elgrifo.com

One of the islands’ most

well-known wineries, Los

Bermejos is a must-visit.

losbermejos.com

Drive through Timanfaya

National Park to El Golfo

on the west coast for

seafood and a glass of

wine beside the ocean. It

won’t be the most gour-

met experience of your

trip, but the black rocks

en route and the ocean

when you get there are

worth it.

TENERIFE

Make sure to call wineries

here before visiting. They

also don’t sell wine on-

site. Visit the wine shop

Vinófilos in Santa Cruz

for bottles to bring home.

vinofilos.es

Refined Japanese cuisine

meets a stellar local wine

list at Kabuki.

restaurantekabuki.com

At Mesón Casa Mi

Madre, you will eat what

is hands down the best

rendition of papas arru-

gadas, local potatoes

with mojo sauce. Calle

el Cantito, 16, 38429 Las

Aguas, Santa Cruz de

Tenerife

Plan a visit to Suertes

del Marqués for elegant

and precise single-

vineyard wines.

suertesdelmarques.com

WHERE TO EAT

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FOUR BOTTLES

TO TRY NOW

Even if you can’t get to

the Canary Islands, the

wines can be found in

ambitious U.S. wine

shops and are worth

seeking out. —RAY ISLE

2018 VIÑÁTIGO LISTÁN

NEGRO JOVEN ($19)

There’s no new oak

influence on this bright,

cherry-scented, peppery

red from Tenerife. It’s

a great introduction to

Canary Islands wine.

2018 TAJINASTE TINTO

TRADICIONAL ($22)

Named for a flower that

grows on Tenerife, Taji-

naste is run by Agustín

García Farrais, one of the

island’s most talented

winemakers. This wine is

100% Listán Negro, full of

plum and earth notes.

2019 LOS BERMEJOS

MALVASÍA VOLCÁNICA

SECO ($25)

Malvasía Volcánica, a

grape that’s truly indig-

enous to the Canary

Islands, makes intensely

stony, citrusy whites, as

this bottling makes clear.

2018 ENVÍNATE BENJE

BLANCO ($28)

A quartet of wildly

talented winemakers

founded Envínate, for

which they make superb

wines like this evocatively

smoky, old-vine Listán

Blanco—a white that

speaks of the Canaries’

volcanic past.

top: Prawn, tomatillo, and sweet corn at the elegant fine-dining

restaurant Isla de Lobos, on Lanzarote. bottom: One of the

many seaside bars in El Golfo, a fishing village on Lanzarote.

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