Lanzarote is an island shaped by volcanoes, the wind, and the art of César Manrique. Among its fiery landscapes, La Geria emerges, where small walls of volcanic stone protect the vines from the air, aiming to adapt nature for the production of malvasía wine. To understand how this unexpected wine born from volcanic ashes is produced, visiting the oldest winery in the Canary Islands is essential.

Between 1730 and 1736, Lanzarote experienced the longest recorded eruption in the Canary Islands. The Mountains of Fire covered the most fertile area of the island in black, leaving an inhospitable terrain. The process of the so-called Timanfaya eruption began in the Caldera de los Cuervos and ended with the explosions of Montaña Colorada and Montaña de las Nueces, in the central southern part of Lanzarote. No one could have imagined then that the badlands would give way to a unique wine-growing environment where volcanic ash would help retain moisture in the crops. In it, a perfect succession of stone shelters protects the vines that sprout from crevices carved into the lapilli, demonstrating the power of nature and shaping one of the most unique agricultural fields in the world, where farmers ally with the rugged lands, the trade winds, and the scarce rains to produce wine.

The Protected Natural Landscape of La Geria extends between the towns of Tías, Masdache, and Yaiza, forming the Golden Mile of Lanzarote’s wineries. A place more fitting for another world that immerses the visitor in a calm as deep as its furrows.