Todos Blanco 2024: the Gran Canaria white you'll struggle to find
306 bottles of a Gran Canaria white made from listán blanco, malvasía, vijariego and muscat. Light, easy, with an oxidative edge that shows up without taking over.
18 Aug 2026Latest bottles
All bottles →La Pebrella 2023 by Celler del Roure: 96 Parker points and not an ounce of weight
Arcos and Forcallà from Moixent, aged in buried clay jars. The lightest, most drinkable red I have had in ages, with 96 Parker points behind it.
11 Aug 2026Lorelay Toto 2024: a debut orange wine from Listán Blanco at 1,400 metres
Three months on skins, ungrafted pre-phylloxera vines in Güímar and 386 numbered bottles. Starting a project on the top rung of the Canary Wine pyramid.
4 Aug 2026Andreas Bender Pinot Noir 2024: the Spätburgunder that turns up playful
Fresh raspberry and blackberry, a delicate floral lift and silk-fine tannins. Andreas Bender's Pfalz Pinot Noir, at a price that's frankly embarrassing.
30 Jul 2026Guides
All guides →Canary Islands wine: where to start without getting lost
Volcanic soil, grapes that exist nowhere else and a ladder that starts in a guachinche. How to get into Canary Islands wine without drowning in eleven appellations.
Albariño vs Godello: how they differ and which to choose
Galicia's two great whites, head to head. How Albariño and Godello differ, how each one tastes, and which to choose depending on the moment.
How to choose good wine without knowing about wine (without getting fleeced)
You don't need to know about wine to get it right: you need to know what you like and pull that thread. The honest method for choosing well and not getting fleeced.
Listán Negro: the Canary red that changes its face
The most planted red in the Canaries isn't one thing: it runs from light, fresh carbonic to serious oak-aged. What Listán Negro is and how to drink it.