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Vicente Dalmau Cebrián-Sagarriga, Count of Creixell and president of the Marquis of Murrieta, made its consolidation official with El Gusto por el Vino
The renowned Riojan winery Marquis of Murrieta, one of the most emblematic wineries in Spain, recent Best Winery in Europe in ‘The World’s 50 Best Wineries 2025’, from the international edition of the magazine Forbes -y Best Winery in the World in 2023-, with presence in 106 countries, returns to the Canary Islands with the distribution of The Taste for Wine. The agreement means the return to the Canary shelves of some of the most prestigious wines in the country, including the mythical Ygay Castle, a great world icon Rioja.
The Canarian distributor, con Toño Armas in front, specialized in premium and cult wines, Thus, it incorporates into its catalog a historical firm whose relationship with the Canary Islands had been at least in recent times due to “strange” As recognized by the president of Marquis of Murrieta, Vicente Dalmau Cebrián-Sagarriga, during the lunch-tasting held in the imposing halls of the Iberostar Mencey in Santa Cruz de Tenerife after cocktail in the hotel's well-kept gardens. The day before he had done the same with his alliance in Gran Canaria, La Cava de Piñero.
with this bond, consumers in the archipelago will once again be able to access references as consolidated as Marqués de Murrieta Reserve, the elegant white Chaplaincy or the expressive red Dalmau, personal project of the Count of Creixell, in addition to the already mentioned Ygay Castle, among others. Of the latter, by the way, he tasted 2012 and we will have to wait a couple of years to enjoy it again since, for the sake of the excellence sought and to avoid losing, It was not made in the harvests of 2013 a 2015.
The president of Marquis of Murrieta, at the presidential table next to Toño Armas and prominent representatives of political life, social, economic and media Tenerife, and before the rest of the tables, made up of specialized press and actors from the island gastronomic sector, He led a detailed tasting adorned with the particular history of each reference, which is from the soul of the project and from those who preceded Dalmau in that exciting “relationship between living beings”. This is how he referred to that human work with wine.
The excellence of Galicia
But the return is not limited only to Rioja: It also includes the Galician project of the Cebrián-Sagarriga family, Pazo Barrantes, located in the heart of Salnés Valley (FROM Rías Baixas). One of the most recognized albariños in the country is made there., Pazo Barrantes, in addition to the exclusive The Countess, a long-aged white, in honor of the Count's mother, which has become a benchmark in the region.
The owner family, con Vicente Dalmau in front, has consolidated in recent years a line of work based on excellence, control of the own vineyard and the production of wines with a very strong identity. That vision—which combines tradition, technological modernization and a firm commitment to quality—is one of the reasons that make the return of both projects to the Canary Islands especially relevant for fans, restaurateurs and sommeliers.
With this movement, The Canary Islands recovers one of the most awarded wineries in the world and adds, besides, the Atlantic freshness of one of the most distinguished albariños in the country. News that celebrates the gastronomic sector of the islands and that promises to set a trend in the wine lists in the coming months.
