Lanzarote – Volcanic Vineyards – Part 2
The next day we spent the morning with Alessandra Cavallaro, who works with Oliver Horton. She took us to two wineries in the southern part of the island, in the area of la Geria, where most of the island’s vineyards and wineries are concentrated. First stop was El Grifo, which is the largest winery of the island. And also one of the oldest, with the current owners the fifth generation of the family. The logo is a griffon, designed by Lanzarote’s most famous son, the architect and painter, Cesare Manrique. He was a family friend and also designed the striking logo of the denominación of the island. sorry, my attempt to photograph that on a bottle failed miserably. First we admired some wonderfully venerable old vines, two hundred year Muscat vines in deep pits and propped up by planks. They had to dig deep through the picon or volcanic ash to find the soil. The closer the...
