Old twisted vine trunk with ripe white grapes lying low over black volcanic gravel

WINE & VINEYARDS

Volcanic Wine Tasting in Lanzarote at Jable de Tao

A private visit to a young island winery, with the people who farm its vines and make its wine. From one hour in the bodega to three hours through its vineyards, reserved for your group alone.

Harvesters picking white grapes into crates among the sunken vine hollows of La Geria, Lanzarote

THE EXPERIENCE

The landscape, bottled

Nowhere else is wine grown quite like this. On Lanzarote each vine sits in a hollow dug through a layer of black volcanic gravel, the rofe, down to the older soil beneath, behind a low stone wall that breaks the trade wind. The gravel holds the night's moisture on an island where it barely rains. What ends up in the glass is that landscape.

Jable de Tao is a young winery working old vines in plots across the island, from La Geria to Tenesar on the west coast. Your visit is private, for your group alone, with the team that farms those vines and makes the wine. It is a small project, not a visitor centre: your group, the people behind the wine, and the bottles on the table.

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Jable de Tao viticulturist crouched in a soil trench cut through volcanic gravel and red earth in a Lanzarote vineyard

YOUR LOCAL HOSTS

A young island winery, not a tourist bodega

Jable de Tao was born on Lanzarote and released its first vintage in 2022. Its name comes from jable, the pale sand of marine origin that covers part of the island and is one of the two soils its vines grow in. The other is rofe, the black volcanic gravel that gives La Geria its colour.

Every visit is led by the winery's own team, the people who prune, harvest and make the wine. On the longest visit their technical team takes you through the plots themselves, explaining the varieties, the geology and the way each vineyard is farmed.

Your booking, questions and practical details are handled by us in your own language. Tell us which language you would like for the visit when you request availability, and we confirm it with the winery before anything is booked.

FIRST VINTAGE: 2022
THE VINES: On their own roots
THE SOILS: Rofe and jable

THE VINEYARDS

Where the wines come from

Photos from Jable de Tao's own vineyards in La Geria and Tenesar, through the season and at harvest.

HIGHLIGHTS

What sets these visits apart

One private group

Your group and no one else, up to six people. No shared tasting, no strangers at the table, no timetable set by a coach.

Tasted with the people who make it

The team that farms the vines and makes the wine leads every visit, so your questions go straight to the source.

Volcanic viticulture on the ground

On the two vineyard visits you stand among the hollows and stone walls and see why the vines grow low, and how they are worked by hand.

Vines on their own roots

Phylloxera never reached the Canary Islands, so vines here still grow on their own roots, as they did before the plague changed winemaking in mainland Europe.

A wine before it is bottled

The two-hour visit includes a wine still in the making. The three-hour visit goes further, with wines tasted straight from the barrel.

One, two or three hours

A tasting at the bodega, the bodega and a vineyard, or a full wine tour through several plots across the island. Each visit is complete in itself.

VISITS & RATES

Choose your visit

Three visits, from one hour in the bodega to three hours across the island's vineyards. Rates are per person and fall as the group grows, with a minimum of two guests. Tell us your date and group size and we confirm availability and the final price before anything is booked.

1 HOUR

The Landscape in a Bottle

€96per person, for 2 guests

3 or 4 guests: €84per person
5 or 6 guests: €72per person

A guided tasting of five Jable de Tao wines at the bodega, and the story of the project behind them.

Maximum 6 people

OUR RECOMMENDATION

2 HOURS

Walking the Rofe

€180per person, for 2 guests

3 or 4 guests: €144per person
5 or 6 guests: €120per person

The bodega tasting plus a visit to one of the winery's vineyards, to understand the volcanic landscape and the work behind each vine. Four white wines and one still in the making.

Maximum 6 people

3 HOURS

Into the Heart of Lanzarote

€300per person, for 2 guests

3 or 4 guests: €240per person

The most complete visit. With the winery's technical team you travel through several of its key plots around the island, then taste straight from the barrel at the bodega, followed by four bottled wines.

Maximum 4 people

INCLUDED

A private visit for your group alone, led by the Jable de Tao team
The guided tasting of the visit you choose, as listed above
On the vineyard visits, time in the plots with the people who farm them
Booking and every practical detail handled by us in your language

NOT INCLUDED

Transport. You drive to the bodega and, on the vineyard visits, follow the team in your own car

Every visit includes a tasting and you drive yourselves, so decide in advance who will be at the wheel. The start time, the pace and any accessibility needs are settled with us before the day.

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