Tenerife presents eleven new white wines of local varieties.

The initiative is framed in the project Enomac, funded by the European Union.

The Cabildo de Tenerife 11 Island wineries presented eleven new high-end white wines created from native varieties of quality. This is the result of Enomac project, an initiative that has received European financial support through Feder and Transnational Cooperation Program Madeira-Azores-Canary funds (MAC).

The Vice President and island agriculture Advisor, Livestock and fisheries, Jesús Morales, He stressed the importance of this initiative in which they have participated as partners the House of Santa Caterina and agricultural cooperative Cha next to the Cabildo of Tenerife and the Canary Islands Institute of Agrarian Research (ICIA) and later the University Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands “because it is a clear example of synergy between the public and private sectors to achieve a common goal”.

The result has been producing wines, made with a novel protocols by the prestigious enologist José Hidalgo, What They will be marketed together under the same brand, “Blancos de Tenerife: Revolution” and special packaging.

“These wines are born with the common denominator of the pursuit of excellence and a long shelf life for its good evolution in the bottle”, emphasizes Jesus Morales, who recalls that the union of wineries in Tenerife in this common strategic project has gone from 8 wineries 2014 to 11 This year, that have developed 14 and 17 wines, respectively thanks to this project.

Enomac is a “firm commitment” by the white wines of Tenerife, recognized not only nationally but also internationally. “We wanted to give a twist to a powerful product commercially exploring other most unique and adding new attributes or virtues in pursuit of excellence”, manifests the insular counselor.

The Cabildo has participated in two European projects- Vitis and Enomac- related vine growing and oenology Canary, Madeira and Cape Verde. Through this cooperation, They have been able to develop actions such as the characterization of vine varieties on the island, allowing vintners better decision-making based on most existing agricultural information as to which variety is best suited to the terrain. In that line, the ICIA issued a publication with the characteristics of the main varieties.

A diagnosis of the presence of viruses in the vineyard cultivated in the Canary Islands, enológico supply material by a Cape Verdean companies of Tenerife cooperative and the transfer of knowledge and technology by canaries technicians have been other initiatives undertaken within the framework of the European project VITIS, He continued with the Enomac that gave rise to these new white wines.