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El Grifo travels back in time - Wine tourism in Lanzarote
A wine tourism visit back in time to the oldest winery in the Canary Islands (the 5th oldest in Spain), to the family origins when Timanfaya barely erupted in 1730 and covered the island of lava for 6 years followed until 1736. You will be surprised by the importance of the saga of women in the only known matriarchal heritage winery that has produced wines for almost 250 years without interruption. Or the history of the Canari, the wine that was a hit of sales in London in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Visit duration: about 60 minutes
Price from: €25.00
What you will see during the visit
What the visit and experience include
Visit to the founding house of the family winery and the foundation stone dated 1775.
Visit to the traditional house with typically Lanzarote architecture and from the time of the Timanfaya eruptions.
Visit our library and archive that preserves more than 5,000 volumes on the history of Lanzarote and the Canary Islands, as well as on insular, regional and national viticulture and oenology, with the conservation of historical documents and first editions of high quality publications. historical and bibliographic value.
Walk through our old vineyards, the chabocos (holes in the volcanic soil) protected by stone walls that shelter centuries-old vines from the trade winds.
Visit to the El Grifo Wine Museum which is housed in the facilities of the old winery founded in 1775, where we keep the equipment and instruments used in the last almost 250 years of work and winemaking.
Complete your visit
Finish your visit by taking pictures in any of these spaces, including the Cactus Garden, the Palm Tree Garden or the Chabocos de Moscatel.
El Grifo has an exclusive store where you can buy our range of wines and exclusive products.
Our staff will assist you in Spanish, English, French, German and Italian.
This visit includes a tasting of 3 of our most emblematic wines.
But no any consumption made in our wine- bar. You can consult our menu directly on our website.</p >
Groups of up to a maximum of 12 people (with a maximum of 4 children per group).
Cancellation information
Cancellation requests must be notified via email museo@elgrifo.com indicating the type of visit that was reserved, the email used to make the purchase, a contact telephone number and order number (you will find it in the email you received after purchase).
- In case of cancellation request 72 hours before, 100% of the visit reservation will be paid.
- In case of cancellation request 48 hours before, 50% of the visit reservation will be paid.
- In any other case (less than 48 hours) the refund will not be made.
In cases of force majeure, unrelated to El Grifo, that prevent the correct development of the visit (such as a weather alert or a sports event), we will return 100% of the amount paid for the visit reservation.
After 5 minutes of the planned and reserved time for the visit, the absence of the person who has reserved a place will be considered as a last minute cancellation (less than 48 hours ), so that place will be granted to people on the waiting list.
El Grifo reserves the right to modify the itinerary of the visit or its schedules due to force majeure or circumstances beyond the control of the company.
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