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The viticultura heroica of the Islands achieves 42 big gold, 57 golds and six special prizes among 1.175 wines of 22 countries
Canarian viticulture has signed one of its most compelling international results. The wines of the Islands achieved 105 awards at the Mondial des Vins Extrêmes 2026, fourteen more than in the previous edition and around 26% of the total awards awarded for the competition specialized in heroic viticulture.
The balance includes 42 big gold medals, 57 gold medals and six special awards. But the result goes beyond volume: A Canarian wine also finished as the best scored in the entire competition..
He Fruity Martial Cho Peak 2025, prepared by SAT Viticultores Comarca de Güímar, got the CERVIM Grand Prize 2026, reserved for the wine with the highest absolute score. The same entity received the CERVIM Special Award 2026, that distinguishes the company with the best rating based on various preparations.
The Canary Islands also received the World Extreme Wine Award 2026 as a territory with the greatest participation. More than 200 references from the Archipelago were included in this edition, setting a new record for island presence.
Ten Canarian denominations in the medal table
The breadth of the results is also reflected in its territorial distribution. Ten protected designations of origin in the Canary Islands received recognition.
The Canary Islands DOP led the count with 25 medals, followed by Abona, con 22; Tacoronte-Acentejo, con 14; Güímar Valley, with eight; Lanzarote, with seven; Gran Canaria, with six; La Gomera and El Hierro, with five each; The Palm, with four; and La Orotava Valley, with three.
The contest brought together this year 1.175 wines of 432 companies and 22 countries, the highest participation figures recorded so far. The tastings took place on the days 25 y 26 August in Italy.
The Mondial des Vins Extrêmes is organized by CERVIM and has a particularity that explains the weight acquired by the Canary Islands within its record.: It is reserved for wines from territories where growing the vine presents extraordinary difficulties.
Slopes greater than 30%, high altitude vineyards, small plots or island territories are some of the conditions that define this so-called viticultura heroica, further characterized by a strong dependence on manual labor. According to the data managed by the contest itself, This type of vineyard represents just one 5% of the European vineyard area.
Güímar signs the best wine of the contest
Among the special distinctions, the result of the SAT Viticultores Comarca de Güímar. His Fruity Martial Cho Peak 2025 He got the highest score of the entire contest and, with her, the CERVIM Grand Prize.
The company also added the CERVIM Special Award, awarded to the winery with the best score per country taking as reference a minimum of three wines from different categories.
Another notable name was Dry White Quiquere 2025, of rooster & Quíquere Wines, who received two special recognitions: the CERVIM Excellence Award 2026 and the Vinofed Award 2026 for the best dry wine of the contest.
Lanzarote also had a presence among the main distinctions. He Timanfaya Sweet Moscatel Selection 1999, from Bodegas Timanfaya, received the Original CERVIM Award 2026 to the best wine made with grapes from vineyards of free foot.
42 big gold medals
The Canary Islands medal table includes an extensive list of creations with the highest category of recognition.
These include wines from the Canary Islands DOP such as Pico Cho Marcial Afrutado 2025, several Gallo references & Quíquere Wines, Papaino Volcanic Malvasia 2025, Tajinaste wines, Lineage Payment or Fence Payment.
Abona productions also won great golds, The Palm, La Gomera, The iron, Tacoronte-Acentejo, Gran Canaria, Güímar Valley and Lanzarote.
In this last name they received Large Gold Medals Martinón White Dry 2025, from Bodegas Martinón; Timanfaya Sweet Moscatel Selection 1999 y Timanfaya Malvasia Sweet Natural 2018, both from Bodegas Timanfaya.
Four Lanzarote gold medals were added to them for El Grifo Harvest Experience Aging in Fudre 2024, The Dry Tap Collection 2025, Fruity White Martinón 2025 y Timanfaya Red 2023.
A particularly favorable showcase for the Canary Islands
The result has a particular reading for Canarian wine. In a general competition, The Islands compete mainly for the quality of each preparation. At the Mondial des Vins Extrêmes they do it, besides, within a category that recognizes precisely what determines a good part of its viticulture: complicated orography, small plots, manual jobs, isolation and traditional cultivation systems.
The Canarian Minister of Agriculture, Narvay Quintero, attributes the results to the work of winegrowers, winemakers and winemakers and the effort made in recent years to increase the foreign promotion of island wines.
Los 105 recognitions dejan, in any case, a photograph that transcends a single winery or a specific denomination. From Lanzarote to El Hierro, passing through Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Palma or La Gomera, Canarian viticulture has found in CERVIM a particularly appropriate international showcase to demonstrate that many of the difficulties that complicate growing a vineyard on the Islands also end up being part of the identity of its wines..
