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Wine making in the Canaries began at the
end of the 15th Century after the conquest of the Islands
of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and La Palma. TopABOUT THE WINE
In the 16th Century, wine was the most important product for export. Neither Lanzarote nor Fuerteventura had proper conditions for vine cultivation at this latitude - 29th parallel (the other islands were blessed with a more favourable altitude); however, despite the scarcity of rainfall (150cm/year) and the constant trade winds that whipped over the plants, the system they adapted led to their reputation as "the vineyard of the impossible". 
Lanzarote is an "Apellation d´Origine" wine producing area,
which includes a dozen vintners. 
For inexplicable reasons, phylloxero
(insect disease) has not come to the Canaries. Root stalks
can therefore be planted directly into the ground without
the necessity of stalk grafting. Although Lanzarote was the last island of the Canaries to enter wine growing, it nevertheless has the oldest cellar in the Archipelago - El Grifo - which has been producing wine continuously since at least 1775 (according to the date of the inscription on one of the covered tubs).
TopCELLARS OF LANZAROTE
Being the last island in the Canaries to enter wine growing, it nevertheless has the oldest cellar in the Archipelago - El Grifo - which has been producing wine continuously since at least 1775. Bodegas El Grifo. Islote, 121. San Bartolomé. Tel.:+ 34.928.52.40.36.
Others Cellars in Lanzarote: TopTYPES OF WINE
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