Wine Tourism in La Geria
An ideal destination to taste volcanic Malvasía wines while discovering a cultivation technique unique in the world. Holes dug into the ash. Vines protected by black stone walls. A landscape that exists nowhere else. La Geria is less than half an hour from the hotel, close enough to turn it into the perfect afternoon.
La Geria Begins at the Hotel
At Plus Fariones, La Geria begins before you leave.
La Geria Lobby Bar is not named by chance. It is a tribute to Lanzarote’s most unique wine-growing area and a way of bringing its wines into the hotel before you go out to discover the landscape that produces them. Because La Geria must be seen to be understood.
The ground is covered in lapilli, the volcanic ash left behind after the eruptions of the 18th century. Centuries ago, farmers developed something that exists nowhere else: digging holes down to the fertile soil, planting the vine in the centre and building a semicircular stone wall to protect it from the Atlantic wind. Seen from above, the whole valley looks as if it has been sown with black circles. It is one of the most photographed landscapes in Lanzarote.
What Is in the Glass
But the most interesting part is what cannot be seen. Volcanic Malvasía has a golden colour that tells you what is coming. The first sip is fresh, almost unexpectedly light. And then it appears: a mineral depth you have never found in any other wine. It is the volcanic soil in the glass. Literally.
To experience it up close, the wineries in the area offer visits and tastings in a setting that is already worth the journey in itself. El Grifo, the oldest winery in the Canary Islands, founded in 1880, also has a small wine museum. Bodega La Geria and Stratvs complete an afternoon that is hard to forget.
All less than half an hour from the hotel. Our team can recommend which wineries to visit and how to make the most of the day.
