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TENERIFE BARCELONA OSLO

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Wines from the Canary Islands

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We represent an exclusive selection of traditional, local wineries from the Canary Islands, providing high quality, specialty wine to distributors. We apply strict criteria when choosing our associates, assuring the best quality for our clients. We offer import and distribution services to suppliers, distributors, import agencies, restaurants and consumers in most European countries.

The Canary Deli company staff

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THE ISLANDS

Once known to the ancient Romans as the Fortunate Islands, the Canary Islands were named after the large dogs (Canes) found living on the islands.

Initially home to an indigenous population known as the Guanches, over the years the Canary Islands were visited by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, and the Greeks.

The natives of the Canary Islands resisted the Castilian invaders for nearly a century, until the Treaty of Alcacovas was signed in 1479 settling the disputes, which included transferring control of the Canary Islands to the Castiles.

Under the ruling of the Castiles, a new economic model was imposed onto the islands based on single-crop cultivation that included sugar cane and then wine.

It wasn't long before the islands became an attractive stopping point for merchants and adventurers from all over Europe,

Located off of Africa's northwestern coast, the Canary Islands are one of the most popular tourist dest inat ions in the wor ld, especia l ly with Europeans.

The archipelago includes seven major islands, all remnants of very steep, extinct volcanoes, and weather conditions here are considered perfect, with some of the best beaches on the planet.

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The islands are the type example of oceanic hot spot volcanoes above a slow-moving, thick oceanic plate.

The age of volcanism decreases from east to west, as the Atlantic plate slowly moves ENE above the Canarian Hot Spot. From the oldest to the youngest, the islands are Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro.

Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, the oldest islands, are in their erosional stage and recent volcanic activity is explained by a secondary mantle convection at the continental margin.

Gran Canaria and Tenerife are in the post shield phase with rejuvenated volcanism. Rejuvenated volcanism has not yet started at La Gomera, which is in the erosional stage after the shield building phase has ended, and might skip this stage, as no volcanism has occurred for 2-3 million years and volcanic pathways have probably sealed.

La Palma and El Hierro, the youngest of the island chain, are still above the hot spot and in their shield building phase.

VOLCANOES LAND

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VOLCANOES AND WINES

The best scienti�c views on the link between geology and taste seem to suggest that two big mechanisms are at play. Firstly the impact of the rock itself, secondly the impact of weathering on the rocks and how that alters the PH levels, mineral and metal content of the vineyard soils.

Limestone, Granite and Basalt, a principle rock formed from volcanic action, are rock forms that can create exactly the kinds of hostile environments that are harsh for all other forms of agriculture, except for vines.

While Sedimentary rock like limestone is essentially slow creation of millennia, metamorphic and igneous rock like Basalt is the instantaneous creation of volcanic action. It is what geologists call extrusion material, lava and ash.

This is hot, liquid material that cools into distinctive and sometimes beautiful shapes. It is mineral rich and as we now all know too well volcanic ash contains silica, glass, sulphur and in the right conditions sulphuric acid, but it contains far more than that, volcanoes are home to latter day primordial ooze.

Best of all, what little water does fall is trapped in the rock itself. This allows vines to burrow down and �nd the water even though the ground looks like solid empty dry rock. Another unique feature are fogs, which roll over the island, where the still warm rock causes condensation, which trickles in through the porous volcanic rock as if there has been rain.

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VOLCANOES AND WINES

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VOLCANOES AND WINES

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As I Stare out into the Sea, I can feel the soft oceans breezethe warmth from the sunthe grass dances with the whistling windthe ocean is �lled with thoughtsand mysteries, I feel the cool waterthe ocean is alive �lled with lost soulswashing emotions up onto the shoreMy feet sink in the softness of the sand

The ocean is made up of dreamsand achievements, My mind lies in the heart of the oceanThe rocks are bonesOut in the open the waves settle andwait for their attack, I feel as one with the ocean as the ocean feels like onewith the world. Izabelle Sheridan

FACING THE OCEAN

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FACING THE OCEAN

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FACING THE OCEAN

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FACING THE OCEAN

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FLOATING OVER THE CLOUDS

According to the position of the islands with respect to the north-east trade winds, the climate can be mild and wet or very dry. Several native species form laurisilva forests.

As a consequence, the individual islands in the canary archipelago tend to have distinct microclimates. Those islands such as El Hierro, La Palma and La Gomera lying to the west of the archipelago have a climate which is in�uenced by the moist gulf stream. They are well vegetated even at low levels and have extensive tracts of sub-tropical laurisilva forest.

As one travels east toward the African coast, the in�uence of the gulf stream diminishes, and the islands become increasingly arid. Fuerteventura and Lanzarote the islands which are closest to the African mainland are effectively desert or semi desert. Gran Canaria is known as a "continent in miniature" for its diverse landscapes. In terms of its climate Tenerife is particularly interesting. The north of the island lies under the in�uence of the moist Atlantic winds and is well vegetated, while the south of the island is arid.

The island rises to almost 4000 m above sea level, and at altitude, in the cool relatively wet climate, forests of the endemic pine Pinus canariensis thrive.

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FLOATING OVER THE CLOUDS

Where are the highest vineyards in Europe?

Switzerland, eat your heart out. In fact, they are on the slopes of the highest mountain in Spain, El Teide, the active volcano that dominates the island of Tenerife.

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FLOATING OVER THE CLOUDS

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RAW LANDSCAPES

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RAW LANDSCAPES

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SOIL TYPES

The Canary Island Archipelago was formed by undersea volcanic activity. There have also been eruptions on emergent islands, with the most recent one occurring in La Palma in 1971.

La Palma and El Hierro are the youngest islands, only 2-3 million years old. Because of the islands� origin, all materials in the Canaries are volcanic and, depending on the substances composing the lava, they can be grouped into the following types: Traquitic-fonolitic, basaltic and traquibasaltic rocks, and Piroclastic and slag materials.

Different soil types have been produced due to the effects of vegetation, local weather conditions and topography on these volcanic materials.

Each of the habitats recognised in the Canaries grows on a speci�c kind of soil. The following are soil descriptions for dry woodlands and forests. Canarian endemic pine forests grow on two kinds of fertile soil: ancient red lands (the color is produced by high iron oxide content and clay levels) and level, grey, clay lands with low organic material content formed in places with well-de�ned seasons.

Endemic Macronesian heaths are located in humid zones in young soils composed of hydrated aluminic silicates with a high level of organic material.

Laurisilva occurs on recent materials in places with well-de�ned seasons and medium to low organic substance levels which lie above older soil types

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LA GERIA (LANZAROTE)

Thanks to this unique volcanic landscape vines grow perfectly despite a hopeless looking landscape. One additional factor is that being asmooth lava formed island it is susceptible to wind, the winds are so �erce indeed that they have created a unique method of planting.

The vines are planted in holes or ditches so that their roots can reach the soil under the ash. Each hole or ditch is surrounded by a stone wall to protect the vine from the winds.

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GRAPE VARIETIES

The grapevines of Spain�s CanaryIslands are rare, precious survivorsfrom an ecological disaster thatforever changed the nature ofglobal winemaking.

The accidental introduction in 1860 of a North American bug wrecked for all time a viticulture that had taken thousands of years to perfect.

From the moment Phylloxera (a tiny aphid) arrived in Europe, it began voraciously infesting vines this side of the Atlantic with an incurable root-withering disease.

To overcome this blight, growers have had to graft vines onto Phylloxera-resistant non-Vitis vinifera American roots, inevitably altering aromas and �avors, except here in the Canary Islands, which have remained miraculously free of infection.

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GRAPE VARIETIES

WHITE

Albillo

Marmajuelo

Breval

Gual

Malvasia

Moscatel de Alejandria

Pedro Ximenez

Verdello

Vijariego

Baboso blanco

Burrablanca

Forastera blanca

Listan blanco

Sabro

Torrontes

BLACK

Listan negro

Malvasia rosada

Negramoll

Tintilla

Baboso negro

Castellana negra

Moscatel negro

Vijariego negro

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HARVEST

Vines can be grown using different methods: they can be pruned in the shape of a cup or left to grow low on the ground forming rows. Such methods usually enhance the quality of the resulting wine. Trellising-lifting the plant from the ground with a frame of latticework- is another method currently spreading.

The complex orography of the islands with their numerous mountains has retained the mechanization of vine growing. In many areas of the islands wine is still produced using the ancient methods which take much harder work but contribute to keep growers attached to the roots of tradition. In some of the wineries wine is still made using the very same methods the �rst European settlers used �ve hundred years ago.

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HARVEST

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BODEGAS VULCANO DE LANZAROTE

BODEGA HOYOS DE BANDAMA

BODEGAS MARBA

BODEGAS INSULARES TENERIFE S.A.

BODEGAS SAT VITICULTORES COMARCA GÜIMAR

BODEGAS SOC. COOP. CUMBRES DE ABONA

BODEGAS CARBALLO

BODEGAS MATIAS i TORRES

BODEGAS NOROESTE DE LA PALMA

BODEGAS TENEGUIA

BODEGAS CANDIDO HERNANDEZ PIO

OUR WINERIES

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�I was agreeably surprised by the quality and character of most of the (many) bottles that I tasted in Tenerife�

FINANCIAL TIMES by JANCIS ROBINSON (MASTER OF WINE)

�Yet of all the world�s wine regions well off the beaten path, none is farther removed than the Canary Islands�

THE NEW YORK TIMES by ERIC ASIMOV

�The vines there, grown in volcanic soils, are a direct link to a distant winemaking past�

THE NEW YORK TIMES by ALICE FEIRING

�You�d think that nothing could grow here but the volcanic ash absorbs moisture from morning mists and it trickles down to the soil below�

HUFFINGTON POST by RUPERT PARKER

�The Canaries are also home to colonial-era grape varieties not found anywhere else on earth�

USA TODAY by MELANIE RADZICKI McMANUS

�Rocks and gravel may not speak through wine, but something that resembles them does. Care to listen?�

THE BOSTON GLOBE by STEPHEN MEUSE

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AC N A E RH YT

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