In the north of the island of Tenerife, where the sea embraces the horizons and clouds hide on the mountains, there is a place where the History resonates In each shared cup.
Among surviving vines, saline wind and centenary ashes, the El Sauzal Wine House, Witness of a tradition that challenged pests, seduced European nobles and today seeks to relive their legacy among new generations.
This is the historian and creator of content @historyydan in his latest viral publication of Tiktok, where he reveals why the Canarian wines are uniqueresistant and almost miraculous.
A house between vineyards and centuries
The building that today houses the Casa del Vino He belonged to the Sevillian merchant Simón de Herrera Leiva, who in the mid -seventeenth century saw a promising land in the Sauzal.
He acquired land, cultivated vineyards and lifted a headquarters that would become the mandatory winefold of the island. In 1995was reopened like Casa del Vinospace for cultural and agricultural dissemination of Tenerife, which collects the history, varieties and aromas of the island.
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What makes the Canarian wine unique?
“His volcanic soul,” Aydan replies in his video. “The black earth, the Atlantic climate, the impossible heights … are laborious wines, but the work compensates.” And to prove it, he mentions three essentials:
- White Malvasía: Sweet, aromatic, with centuries of history, was the favorite wine of the European nobility and even George Washington.
- White Listan: Vibrant, with citrus notes and salinas, ideal to understand the Atlantic soul.
- Black Listan: The Canarian Tinto par excellence, with body, ripe fruit and a subtle smoked touch that remembers its volcanic origin.
Wine Museum / The House of Wine
A resistance story
But if there is something that distinguishes the Canarian wine from any other, it is its Survival history. In the nineteenth century, Europe lived its greatest wine catastrophe for the Filoxera expansion. This insect, originally from North America, devastated the vineyards of the continent by attacking its roots. The European vine, without natural defenses, was razed.
In the Canary Islands, however, the local varieties They resisted and the plague never managed to settle. The islands, isolated by the ocean and blessed by a Inhospitable volcanic soil for insectthey became a Intact strains shelter. “They are wines with aromas full of history,” says Aydan. “They are a living testimony of endurance”
Since the 16th century, the Canarian wines were exported to England, America and the great halls of Europe. There was talk of them in the Cortes, they provided them in the colonial celebrations. Shakespeare mentioned the Canarian Malvasia in his works. And today, centuries later, they are still unique.
A trip to the past with cup in hand
The Casa del Vino It offers more than tastings. It is a museum, it is a viewpoint and it is memory. From its terraces the Teide and the Sea are observed, while inside it is discovered how women step on the grapes, how the wines were bottled and how the traces were drawn Trade routes.
There is also store local products, restaurant with views and Cultural eventssuch as workshops or wine tasting, which celebrate the island identity.
