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The viticultura heroica of the Archipelago will be widely represented in an event that will bring together more than 1.100 wines of 28 countries
The Canary Islands will arrive with an unprecedented representation at one of the main international events of heroic viticulture. More than 200 Archipelago wines have registered for the 34th edition of the Mondial des Vins Extrêmes, the competition organized by CERVIM whose final phase will be held this coming week, the days 25 y 26 August in Italy.
The figure represents a new participation record for the Islands and coincides, besides, with the busiest edition in the history of the contest. In total more than 1.100 wines from 28 countries.
The competition is reserved for productions linked to the so-called heroic viticulture, that which develops under especially complex conditions for vine cultivation. Among the criteria contemplated by CERVIM are vineyards on terraces or land with slopes greater than 30%, small plots or crops located above the 500 meters of altitude.
Some characteristics that fit with a good part of the Canary Islands wine landscape, where the orography, The fragmentation of the land and the impossibility of mechanizing numerous tasks force a significant component of manual labor to be maintained..
A showcase for wines from extreme territories
This way of working the vineyard represents only around 5% of the European vineyard area, circumstance that explains the very reason for being the World Extreme Wines: giving visibility to wines born in territories where growing the vine requires an added effort and where natural conditions end up forming part of the identity of each production.
The Canary Islands have obtained especially outstanding results in this scenario. In the last edition, the wineries of the Archipelago managed 91 awards, 35 more than in the previous contest.
The balance included 85 medals and six special distinctions, between them 39 big gold medals. The Canary Islands also received the World Extreme Wine Award 2025 as the region with the highest number of wines presented.
The participation of more than 200 references in this year's call confirms, therefore, the growing interest of Canarian wineries in a competition that offers a particularly appropriate showcase to explain viticulture that is difficult to separate from the landscape and the unique conditions in which it develops.
The Minister of Agriculture, Cattle raising, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty of the Government of the Canary Islands, Narvay Quintero, considers that the increase in participation reflects the work carried out in recent years to increase the presence of island wines in international competitions and fairs. The vice president of CERVIM, Manuel Capote, For its part, the involvement of the regulatory councils of the Canary Islands denominations of origin in the dissemination of the contest stands out..
From Italy to Catalonia
The results of this 34th edition will be known after the tastings scheduled for the days 25 y 26 of August, although the awards ceremony will take place on 21 November at Vinseum, the Museum of Wine Cultures of Catalonia.
Besides, Wines that win a major gold medal will have additional visibility this year: will occupy a prominent space within the CERVIM stand at the 35º Merano WineFestival, which will be celebrated from 6 al 10 November in Italy.
Beyond the medal table, The high Canarian presence once again places in the international showcase a way of understanding the vineyard marked by the slopes, the small plots, manual work and growing conditions that convert a good part of the Islands' production into extreme viticulture almost by definition.
