The Teide host wine tasting highest in Spain.

Las Canadas del Teide host next 7 February wine tasting highest in Spain, at a height of 3.500 meters, an activity reserved for 25 people and aimed at both residents and tourists.

This tasting-workshop, organized by the Casa del Vino and Volcano Life Experience, aims to combine a “unique” product like wine with the “incomparable environment” of Teide, having the volcano as a “cohesive element”, The Minister of Agriculture of the Cabildo of Tenerife stated in his presentation, Jesús Morales.

Activity, directed by a winemaker from the Casa del Vino, It is focused on all types of audiences because it will not be a “master class”, the director of the Casa del Vino has detailed, Jorge de Miguel, who has announced that the objective is to carry out this activity at least every three months, during every season of the year.

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the different wines that are made on the island and at different latitudes., with varieties from the five Denominations of Origin. “We want people to enjoy wine, a moment of relaxation and good vibes, just as it happens in the tastings we do at the Casa del Vino, "That people learn while having fun", has commented.

The tasting has a cost of 65 EUR, including transportation by bus from Santa Cruz de Tenerife and La Laguna. Departure will be at 15.30 hours, and on the bus itself, The guide will describe the landscape and the general characteristics of the island's wines..

About the 17.00 hours you will reach the Teide Cable Car, where two wines will be tasted, one white and one sparkling, and an introduction to the sensory characteristics will be made. After 18.00 hours, You will take the cable car and at the top station you will enjoy a glass of wine while contemplating the shadow of Mount Teide..

Subsequently, between the 18.20 and 18.50 hours, There will be a tour to the Pico Viejo viewpoint to see the sunset with a sparkling wine. Among the 19.30 and the 20.30 hours the day will close with a presentation of the island's Designations of Origin and a commented tasting of two wines, one red and one sweet.