TENERIFE WINE TOUR
Bus Tour in Tenerife

As it appears from the Tenerife Wine Tour name during the bus excursion you will visit the most famous Angola vineyard and will taste many nice local wines from different parts of the island of Tenerife right at winery where the production take place. The tour is dedicated to those who like to be closer to the local culture and traditions.

Winemaking is a very strong part of local tradition of the island. Tenerife being no different to any other of the Islands, and many locals still make there own from their own grown vines.

So don’t miss out Tenerife Wine Tour while you are here and enjoy different local traditional wines.  And the Tenerife Wine Tour is one of the best ways to not just taste the island’s wines, but also to observe the production process and get knowedg about the history.

A man called Fernando de Castro who in 1497 produced the first vine in the island of Tenerife.  Just a few months after the conquest of Tenerife, the history of wine culture was already beginning on the island. Shortly afterwards, at the beginning of the 16th century Tenerife’s wines began to conquer Europe. Their success was so great, writers such as Shakespeare and Walter Scott praised their quality in some of their work.  During the 16th and first half of the 17th century, viticulture was the driving force for the economy in Tenerife. Its wine production was exported in huge quantities from the Port of Garachico, in the north of the island, and this business created wealth and development. However, from 1663 onwards wines from Madeira and Porto began to replace Canarian wines as a result of political measures and better access to the British market and the winemaking activity on the island began to slow down. On the 5th of May 1706 a volcanic eruption destroyed the Port of Garachico and interrupted exports, and wine stopped being such an important industry on Tenerife. It wasn’t until the 20th century when winemaking regained its old energy and drive. In 1985 Tacoronte-Acentejo received the first designation of origin on the island, which boosted the sector and helped it enter a new stage of life. Quality and variety are the new dominant characteristics of the industry. There are now five designations of origin that control the production of over 100 wineries on the island.

In the case of any questions about Tenerife Wine Tour, please, feel free to contact us.