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The ex-sommelier of El Bulli, author of 'The sapiens of wine’ and one of the most influential voices in the sector, will be on the conejera island as part of the International Congress of Cuisines and Volcanic Ecosystems
Your cell phone rings Ferran Centelles (Barcelona, 1981) inside a warehouse. Vale, nothing original. It's like saying that the sun rises in the east every day.. They are the eve of the trip that will take him back to Lanzarote where have you been recently with the La Caixa Foundation on the Wine Tour. This time he travels to the Conejera Island as a speaker for the International Congress of Cuisines and Volcanic Ecosystems, Worldcanic. sparks will intervene on Wednesday, 10 of July, in a session that has called “Malvasía in five acts: a symphony of flavors”.
“It is about understanding what the characteristics are, the singularities of volcanic wines” -explains on the call- “and talk about the things that make you unique, For example, the volcanic malvasia, which is one of the great wonders of viticulture. A variety of its own, unique, and truly fascinating”. The task is to explain this to the world (Worldcanic brings together gastronomy experts this year, viticulture and media science Europa) and value “the wines of Canary Islands, of Lanzarote in particular, that are true science fiction”.
Ferran Centelles He began his professional career in elBulli, where he was responsible for the wine list for thirteen years. It's Diploma WSET in London, he Advanced Sommelier CMS and created liquid menus for the best seasons of restaurants such as Aurora, The Vineyard o Maggiore's, in London.
Co-founder of Outlook Wine (The Barcelona Wine School) y Wineissocial.com, won the prize Ruinart 2006 (best sommelier Spain) and his valuable contribution to the world of wine culture has earned him the National Gastronomy Award 2011 and the Professional of the Year Award 2013 for the Catalan Gastronomy Association.
He is currently developing his role as a researcher for Bullipedia (conceives and writes the volumes of 'Sapiens del Vino') and selects the best Spanish wines for English critics Jancis Robinson.
Needless to say, their opinions are seriously taken into account among the sector.. So proud to hear you comment, in the telephone conversation, what “Lanzarote It has the most extreme cultivation site in Spain, with the smallest yield per hectare. It is a more than heroic viticulture, miraculous”. Because it is almost a miracle that the wines that come out of La Geria, “one of the most overwhelming and impressive areas in the world”.
