Saturday 27th July is the official start date of Lanzarote’s 2013 wine harvest.
Bodega Los Bermejos have confirmed that they will start harvesting their vines from this Saturday, however the bulk of the bodegas are expected to start on the 5th of August. Lanzarote is the first wine region in the Northern Hemisphere to being harvesting each year.
We were walking the Juan Bello route which passes the back of this bodega earlier this week, the crates were all stacked ready and waiting for this year’s crop.
According to information from the Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Vinos de Lanzarote this year’s harvest is anticipated to total around 2.5 million kilos of grapes which is around 50% more than in 2012. The price of the Malvasía grapes grown in Lanzarote this year is expected to reach around €1.80 per kilo, compared to €1.60 paid last year.
A special one day Fiesta de la Vendimia is held in La Geria each 15th of August, to celebrate the wine harvest and in honour of the Virgen de la Caridad.
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