The Official Agrocanarias Wine Competition 2024, aimed at recognizing the best wine productions with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) produced and bottled in the archipelago, will be held in Lanzarote from April 17 to 19.
Wineries can submit their applications until March 18, 2024. The event, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture through the Canarian Institute of Agri-Food Quality (ICCA), can participate dry young white wines/barrel-fermented white wines; young red wines/barrel red wines; semi-dry wines; semi-sweet wines; sweet wines; sweet malvasias; dry rosé wines; liqueur wines; tea wines; sparkling wines; aged wines, and reserve wines.
The competition will be governed by a blind tasting system, where the tasting panel will evaluate the samples without knowing their origin. This is how the Grand Gold Medals, Gold Medals and Silver Medals, and the special distinctions of Best Wine of the Canary Islands, Best Wine chosen by the oenologists of the Canary Islands, Best Image and Presentation, and Best Organic Wine of the Canary Islands 2024 will be designated.
As explained by Luis Arráez, director of the (ICCA), the event has twelve different categories according to the type of grape and the method of production, and its purpose is to promote these productions, "providing a quality distinction to all the awarded wines".
What are the requirements?
The productions presented must correspond to qualified batches and commercial brands available on the market, and comply with the legislation and regulations in force in the sector. In addition, a part of them must be available for commercialization at the time of registration.
On the other hand, all wines must correspond to the 2022 or 2023 harvest, with the exception of aged wines, reserve wines, tea wines, sweet wines, liqueur wines, sparkling wines and sweet malvasias.
Within each type and brand, different wines may be presented, as long as the labeling indicates the differences in the production.
The sample presented must come from a homogeneous batch, whose stocks in the winery at the time of registration must meet the requirements established in the rules according to the quantity.
These will be delivered at the ICCA facilities at the Enological Station (Experimental Winery), located on Carretera El Boquerón in Valle de Guerra (La Laguna), before 1:00 p.m. on April 3.