The manager of the Gran Canaria Wine Route participated in the course 'Wine Tourism in Gran Canaria: a route with Designation of Origin'
Also participating are Josefina Rojas, secretary of the Tasting Committee, and María Soledad Losada, president of the Tasting Committee.
"Although Gran Canaria is a small wine region with little production, we have quality wines and limited production, which gives exclusivity to the product," said Álvaro González Santana, manager of the Gran Canaria Wine Route, in the workshop. sensory about 'Wine Tourism in Gran Canaria: a route with Designation of Origin', which is held at the XXX Summer University of Maspalomas.
Álvaro González, who is also a doctoral student in the 'Atlantic Islands: History, Heritage and Legal Framework' Program at the ULPGC, explained that the slogan OF the Gran Canaria Wine Route is "we make wines and bottle landscape, since" our landscape is to discover it and take a trip to the interior of the Island to discover those landscapes that each winegrower contributes to each bottle of wine, to grow a plant in the best conditions to obtain different varieties, from white wine, reds, sweet reds and whites , rosé and semi-sweet".
In this sensory workshop, attendees will learn that both cheeses and wines that belong to the Denominations of Origin undergo quality control that is guaranteed, "following the characteristics of the territory, in the case of wine, and in what animals eat in the case of cheese," explained the manager.
Currently, in the Wine Route there are 68 partners, including 5 municipalities, among which is San Bartolomé de Tirajana. All of them are integrated into the different campaigns and actions, "as a bid to diversify tourism and as another form of leisure in Gran Canaria, through wine culture."
This training in wine tourism allows attendees to start tasting cheeses and wines, with the aim of "knowing and promoting the value of the unique characteristics of our wine, with more than twenty exclusive varieties, and our cheeses, which They produce native animals that eat quality grasses, all through ancestral grazing practices such as transhumance," explained González.
In addition, the workshop included the interventions of Josefina Rojas Friend, secretary of the Tasting Committee and with studies in Sommelier, and María Soledad Losada Cabrera, president of the Tasting Committee, with studies in Sommelier and teacher in training for employment, who gave to learn about the history of the Gran Canaria Wine Route, the wines that carry the seal of the Protected Designation of Origin of Gran Canaria and the peculiarities of other cheeses from the Canary Islands and the cheeses of Gran Canaria, such as Queso Flor de Guía, Queso Media Flor deGuíayQuesodeGuía, in the north of the island.
To end the day, a cheese and wine tasting will be offered, as well as a tasting of these products from the Monte Lentiscal (Santa Brígida) area.
In this workshop, the historical aspects of the wine route in Gran Canaria will be addressed, as well as the peculiarities of cheese in Gran Canaria, the D.O.P. of cheeses in Gran Canaria: Flor de Guía Cheese, Media Flor de Guía Cheese and Queso de Guía. Attendees will participate in a cheese and wine tasting from the Monte Lentiscal area and will learn about the characteristics of the landscape of the Gran Canaria wine route, the basic aspects and importance of transhumance and all the issues related to the production of wine. cheese, its ingredients and the role of the cheese refiner.
Tomorrow we will talk about the landscape of the Gran Canaria Wine Route, transhumance and the cheese making process. In addition, the characteristics of the wine-growing areas of Gran Canaria will be explained, the phases of wine and cheese tasting, as well as the basic concepts for tasting/pairing and a cheese and wine tasting from various points in Gran Canaria.