Canarian wineries achieve 91 heroic viticulture awards

This Tuesday, the Canary Islands once again placed themselves among the great international references of heroic viticulture by receiving 91 awards at the 33rd edition of the “Mondial des Vins Extrêmes”, competition organized by the Research Center, Studies, Protection, Coordination and Valorization of Mountain Viticulture (DEER) and held in September 2025 in the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta, whose awards were presented at La Casa del Vino de El Sauzal

The production of the Islands received 35 more awards than in the previous edition, with a total of 85 medals and six special distinctions, between them 39 big gold medals and the World Extreme Wines Award 2025, awarded to the region with the greatest number of wines presented in this edition and collected by the Minister of Agriculture, Cattle raising, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty of the Government of the Canary Islands, Narvay Quintero.

The Minister of Agriculture, Cattle raising, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty of the Government of the Canary Islands, Narvay Quintero, and the president of CERVIM, Nicola Abbrescia, together with the vice president of the same center, Manuel Capote Pérez, in addition to the mayor of El Sauzal, Mariano Perez, the counselor of the Primary Sector of the Cabildo of Tenerife, Valentín González and the vice-counselor of the Primary Sector of the Government of the Canary Islands, Eduardo Garcia, They presented these distinctions in an event led by Ainhoa ​​Capote. Besides, The Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the autonomous region of Valle d'Aosta also attended as guests., Speranza Girod, and the Secretary General of Agriculture and Fisheries of Madeira, Nuno Maciel.

During his speech, Narvay Quintero highlighted the enormous value of the archipelago's wine culture and pointed out that this new success “is a reflection of the talent, effort and dedication of winegrowers, winemakers and oenologists of the Canary Islands, capable of producing wines of extraordinary quality and personality in a context marked by extreme production conditions resulting from our orography., with rugged and sloping terrain, that require manual labor, also typical of heroic viticulture”.

Precisely, These are some of the aspects that define heroic viticulture, a typology of cultivation conditioned by the difficulty of geographical conditions, as unevenness greater than 30 %, a high altitude or isolated and small areas, Circumstances that make manual labor mandatory. Such is their complexity that these vineyards are rare and represent only a 5 % of the European vineyard.

In the same line, Manuel Capote highlighted the results achieved by the Canarian wineries in this edition and highlighted that “having obtained nearly a third of the almost 300 medals awarded not only represent enormous prestige for the island's production, but it confirms the Canary Islands as an international reference and a model to follow in the field of heroic viticulture”. In addition, underlined the relevance of the special distinctions achieved, with special mention to the “VINOFED Award for the best rated wine of the contest and the World Extreme Wines Award, recognitions that reinforce the projection and leadership of the Canary Islands in this sector”.

In total, The award count amounts to 85 medals, 39 big gold medals and 46 gold medals, in addition to six special mentions awarded by a jury made up of 50 specialists and among a total of 1.001 participating productions of 372 wineries from 17 countries. In the Canary Islands, concretely, The most awarded winery was the Bodega Comarcal Valle de Güímar, which in total obtained seven major gold medals and five gold medals, in addition to the Spiritual and Vermouth Award 2025 for its Vermouth Extra Dry Brumas de Ayosa and for its Vermouth Brumas de Ayosa (Güímar Valley DOP) of the SAT Winegrowers Region of Guímar-Arafo (Tenerife), recognized with a large gold medal.

Additionally, This winery also obtained the 'Cervim Excellence Award' and a great gold medal for the Brumas de Ayosa Tinto Joven 2024 (Güímar Valley DOP), elaboration that was already recognized as the best wine in the last edition of the Agrocanarias Contest. As a result of this record, The Regional Winery Valle de Güímar also received the 'Cervim Special Award' as the most outstanding production company in Spain by achieving the highest score by adding qualifications in three different categories..

Also the 'Original Cervim Award', which recognizes the best wine produced from ungrafted vineyards, went to Airam 2024, from Bodegas Conatvs, produced in Fuerteventura under the Canary Islands PDO, who also won a great gold medal.

The big gold medals for wines produced under the Canary Islands PDO went to Gallo Doble Malvasía 2023, Alejandro Gallo Vijariego Black and Tintilla 12M 2023, Fruity White Quiquere 2024, Quiquere Dry Rosé 2024 and Gallo Moscatel Naturally Sweet 2023, produced by Bodega Gallo & Quíquere Wines (Tenerife).

Also in the area of ​​the DOP, the Canary Islands won a great gold medal, Malvasía Volcánica Papaino 2024, from Gavias del Sordo Wineries (Fuerteventura); Crazy Wine Disparate 2024, from Bodegas El Lomo (Tenerife); White Marmajuelo Tagager on Lees 2024, from Bodegas Insulares de Tenerife; Islands Landscape 2024, from Bodegas Tajinaste (Tenerife); Lineage of the Broken White Payment 2024; Organic Cebeque 2024, of Transformations and Services SL (Tenerife); as well as Fruity Martial Cho Peak 2024 and Pico Cho Marcial Tinto 2023, from the SAT Viticulturists of the Güímar Region.

Regarding the PDO Abona, the big gold medals went to Viña Arese dry white 2024 and Viña Arese Dry White Guatimac 2024, produced by Bodega Viña Arese; Payments of Organic Dry White Reverón 2024 and Payments of Fruity Rosé Reverón 2024, from Bodega Reverón; Chasnero Red Organic 2024, from Lacasmi Winery; Premium White Chasna Flower 2022, Naturally Sweet White Chasna Flower 2022, Summits of Abona Rosado 2024, Summits of Abona Tinto 2024 and My Dry White Island 2024, produced by Sociedad Cooperativa Cumbres de Abona-Arico.

Regarding the PDO Valle de Güímar, Brumas de Ayosa Marmajuelo was also awarded a large gold medal. 2024, Mists of Ayosa Malvasía Aromática 2024, Mists of Ayosa Rosado 2024, all of them made by the SAT Viticultores de la Comarca de Güímar.

Within the DOP Tacoronte Acentejo they received the highest Land Hunger medal 2023, from Guayonje Winery; and Lineage of the Pink Payment 2024, from Bodega Linaje del Pago. Among the preparations of the DOP Lanzarote, Martinón Blanco Seco stood out with a great gold medal 2024, made by Bodegas Martinón; Princess Gara 2022, from Bodegas Vega de Yuco. In addition, under the PDO Gran Canaria, Los Morretillos Tinto were awarded this medal 2022, from Bodegas Las Tirajanas; Aidan Tinto 2023, from Bodega Ventura. Finally, among the wines produced in the La Gomera DOP, They received the highest Rajadero medal 2024, Almost Cracked 2024 and the mountain 2024, from Vineyards and Wineries Altos de Chipude, as well as El Puntalito Ancestral 2024, by Leandro Martín Mora. Besides, regarding the gold medals, The wines belonging to the Canary Islands DOP awarded were Pago de Los Cercados Tinto 2024 and Payments of Los Cercados Albillo 2024, from Bodegas Pago de Los Cercados (Tenerife); Conatvs Slimy Black 2024 y Conatvs Listán Negro 2024, from Bodegas Conatvs (Fuerteventura); Dry White Quiquere Rooster 2024 and Gallo Quiquere Tinto 2024, from Bodega Gallo & Quíquere Wines; Landscape of the naturally sweet islands 2022 and Listán Negro Can 2023, from Bodegas Tajinaste (Tenerife); Dry White Tagara 2024, from Bodegas Insulares de Tenerife; The Selected Harvest Loin 2024, from Bodegas El Lomo (Tenerife), Dry White Martial Cho Peak 2024, from SAT Viticultores Comarca de Güímar (Tenerife); and Lineage of Pago Marmajuelo 2023, from Bodega Linaje del Pago (Tenerife).

In addition, they achieved a gold medal within the Abona DOP, Viña Arese White Fruity 2024 and Viña Arese White Fruity Guatimac 2024, from Bodega Viña Arese; Testament Malvasía Fermented in Barrel 2023, Chasna Flower White Fruity 2024, Red Chasna Flower 4 Months in Barrel 2022 and Dry White Chasna Flower 2024, of Cumbres de Abona-Arico Cooperative Society; Mencey de Chasna Dry White 2024, Mencey de Chasna Semi-dry White 2024 and Mencey de Chasna Fruity Rosé 2024, from Bodegas Mencey de Chasna; Payments of Reverón Albillo Criollo Barrel 2024, Payments of Reverón Red Young Organic 2024, Pagos de Reverón Blanco Naturally Sweet 2023, from Bodegas Reverón.

They were also awarded a gold medal., among the wines produced under the Valle de Güímar DOP, Fruity Ayosa Mists 2024, Ayosa Blanco Mists on Lees 2024, Mists of Ayosa Malvasía Aromática 2022, Natural Sweet Ayosa Mists 2022, from SAT Viticultores of the Güímar Region. Regarding productions covered by the Tacoronte-Acentejo PDO, the gold medals went to Marba Tinto Barrica 2024, from Bodegas Marba; Pale Pink 2024, from Bodega Linaje del Pago; Crater White Magma 2023 and Crianza Crater Magma 2022, Crater wineries; Hacienda de Acentejo Listán Negro 2024; Red Premium List Negro 2020, de Winery Burgamn; and La Baldes Corazón Chico, from Bodega La Baldesa Miguel Pacheco Mesa.

In addition, In the area of ​​the PDO Valle de La Orotava, El Reboso Blanco Seco stood out with a gold medal 2024, from Bodega Iliada; Eight Islands Red Oak 2023, from Tafuriaste Winery. Besides, among the DOP Lanzarote wines received the Milagro de Magmasía Selección gold medal 2022 and Dry White Wild Chinija 2024, from Bodega Erupción; as well as, among the wines of the La Palma DOP, Traditional White Tagalguén 2024 and Organic White Tagalguén 2024, prepared by Juan Jesús Pérez Adrián.

As for the productions with the La Gomera DOP seal, they received the El Puntalito Ancestral gold medal. 2023, by Leandro Martín Mora; and Dry White Niray 2024, from Agropecuaria El Guanche. Within the El Hierro DOP, they got the gold 7 Marias 2023, produced by El Mirador de Adra; and Vijariego Tinto Elysar 2024, of Elysar Holdings. And finally, from the PDO Gran Canaria obtained this recognition Las Tirajanas Malvasía Semidulce 2024, produced by Bodegas Tirajana, SAT.