Haydée introduces Ángela Peña as sommelier

The restaurant Haydee, located in the Hotel Gran Tacande Wellness & Relax 5*, in Tenerife, reinforces its liquid proposal with the incorporation of Angela Pena as a new sommelier. The professional from Burgos joins the gastronomic project of Victor Suarez with the aim of delving into the Atlantic identity that defines the restaurant's cuisine.

Trained as a sommelier in the Higher School of Hospitality of Bilbao and with experience in the group Etxanobe, Peña arrives in Haydée to work on a long-established winery, composed of 500 international references, of which around 100 they are canary. Its incorporation seeks to reinforce a menu that does not understand wine as a secondary accompaniment, but as an essential part of the gastronomic discourse.

The new sommelier will develop her work around two main lines. On the one hand, the atlanticity, an idea that Víctor Suárez has defended since the beginning of the restaurant. On the other, the search for wines with singularity, coming from wineries deeply connected to their territory, its landscape and its climate.

Large classic areas coexist on the menu, such as Burgundy, Burdeos or Champagne, but always with a focus on small producers committed to their land. That same philosophy extends to the selection of Canarian wines, among which Haydée preserves unique references and pieces that are difficult to find, along with organic wines, biodynamic and elaborations with a marked personality.

Peña's proposal is based on wines “without makeup”, identity and with history, capable of accompanying Víctor Suárez's cuisine without imposing itself on it. Along that line lies Atlantic, the pairing NoLo Haydée's alcohol-free, an unusual proposal in the Canary Islands that reinforces the restaurant's narrative from an inclusive and contemporary perspective.

For Haydée's team, the drink is part of the overall story of the gastronomic experience. Whether with alcohol or without, the liquid proposal is worked with the same depth as each plate, looking for coherence between cuisine, territory, product and creative sensibility.

The incorporation of Ángela Peña arrives, besides, at a particularly relevant time for the restaurant's winery. Haydée is the only restaurant in the Canary Islands nominated as White Star by Star Wine List, an international recognition that distinguishes the quality and uniqueness of the wine lists.

With this signing, Haydée consolidates its commitment to a sommelier with its own personality, aimed at telling the Atlantic landscape from the glass and reinforcing the dialogue between Víctor Suárez's cuisine and the wines that best express origin, producer and territory.