Gran Canaria: Winery Tour, Wine Museum, and Tasting
ID: GYG409692-743394
Category:
Country: Spain
Duration:
01:30 hours
Description
Explore an organic winery that is over a hundred years old on this Gran Canaria tour. Step back in time at a wine museum and try two fine wines complimented by local cheese and bread.
Immerse yourself in Spanish wine culture as you tour a winery that dates back 5 generations on the island of Gran Canaria. Appreciate the depth and complexity of local flavors as you try local cheese and wine.
Meet your guide at the winery and begin your journey. Learn the history of the family as you look at old photos. Take a stroll through the organic vineyards where the grapes are ripened to perfection in the sun.
Discover endemic grape varieties and hear about the importance of the unique volcanic soil. Discuss the work that it takes to keep the crop in optimal conditions. Look at a piece of history as you view a 100-year-old stone lagares where grapes where once trodden on.
Uncover how the wine-making process has evolved at the small wine museum where you can see old machinery. Take in the smells of the old wine cellar. Compare the old with the new at the modern facility.
At the end of the guided tour, enjoy two wines in the tasting area which are accompanied by Gran Canaria cheese and toasted bread.
Highlights
- Savor local wine and cheese at a picturesque a family-run Spanish winery
- Step back in time as you explore the only wine museum in Gran Canaria
- Inhale the aroma of wines fermenting in wooden casks as you enter the cellar
- Uncover the secrets from grape to bottle on how to create a fine organic wine
- Snap pictures of the rolling vineyards to share with your friends and family
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This tour takes place rain or shine
Masks are required while indoors
Meet at Bodega San Juan - Finca El Mocanal. Bodega San Juan - Finca El Mocanal.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
