Two wines from Lanzarote have won awards in the 24th edition of the International Wine, Vermouth and Spirits Competition Bacchus 2026.
The Timanfaya Malvasía Dulce Natural 2018, from Bodegas Timanfaya S.L. has obtained a Grand Gold, the maximum award of the competition organized by the Spanish Union of Tasters (UEC) between March 24 and 26 in Madrid.
Also, the Princesa Fayna sparkling 2019, from Bodegas Vega de Yuco (DOP Lanzarote), has been awarded, which has obtained a Gold medal.
Other 12 wines awarded in the rest of Canarias
Among the elaborations distinguished with a Gold medal from the rest of the Canary Islands are five productions from the PDO El Hierro: Mirador de Adra - 7 Marías white 2025, by Andrés Ernesto Acosta Armas; Elysar Baboso black red 2024, by Explotaciones Elisar; and Viña Frontera “Louis Goudard” white 2024, Viña Frontera “Baboso Red” 2022 and Viña Frontera “Varietal Reds” 2022, these last three from the Sociedad Cooperativa del Campo Frontera.
Likewise, the wines 4 Lías blanco 2023, from Bodegas El Lomo (DOP Islas Canarias); Montoro blanco barrica 2024, from Mario Rodríguez Mendoza (DOP La Gomera); Vega Norte blanco Albillo Criollo 2025, from SAT Bodegas Noroeste de La Palma (DOP La Palma) and Flor de Chasna Naturally Sweet White 2023, from Sociedad Cooperativa Cumbres de Abona (DOP Abona) were recognized with a Gold medal.
The Silvers went to Laderas de Montoro white 2025, by Mario Rodríguez Mendoza (DOP La Gomera); Mirador de Adra - Hoya Grande red 2024, by Andrés Ernesto Acosta Armas (DOP El Hierro); and Cumbres de Abona rosé 2025, by the Sociedad Cooperativa Cumbres de Abona (DOP Abona).
Wine with tradition and innovation
In relation to these distinctions, the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty of the Government of Canarias, Narvay Quintero, highlighted that “these recognitions consolidate the positioning of Canarian wines in the main international competitions and demonstrate the high level of a sector that has known how to combine tradition, innovation and valorization of a unique territory”. Likewise, he underlined that “each distinction is also a support for the collective effort of winegrowers and female winegrowers, winemakers and female winemakers, in addition to the work of the Regulatory Councils, who work to differentiate our wines in an increasingly competitive global market”.
The head of the department added that “Canarian viticulture, marked by extreme conditions and a strong identity, has become a strategic element for economic diversification, the settlement of population in rural areas and the external projection of the Canary Islands as a territory of high-quality elaborations”.
The jury of this international competition was composed of journalists, sommeliers, oenologists, Masters of Wine and Masters of Sommelier, who were responsible for evaluating and recognizing the exceptional quality of the 1,540 labels of participating wines, vermouths, and spirits.