We have all heard before this popular quote “Life is good”. During these days, many people are struggling while staying home wondering, is it life good, for real? Let me share with you all those good news that are going on while we stay safe home.
Life is Food: Small introduction
As we already knew, for many years now, primary sector is going through a crisis where small productions are disappearing. In small territories such as the Canary Islands, small producers compete with national products, which are cheaper than ours in the markets. How’s this occurring?
Good Food, Good news.
Who would say this virus situation would help to local producers and bring primary sector up to where it deserve? Who’s risking their health to bring food to our homes? Good news such as the fact that delivery service is growing massively and consumer and switching supermarkets to small producers deliveries.
Adding help to this sector, Cabildo de Gran Canaria has rushed to open a digital platform to help our producers. The well-known Gran Canaria Me Gusta brand, had already planned this second stage for a shorter future, and due/thanks to this emergency situation, and in order to bring together producers direct to customers, they’ve just launched this digital platform.
200 producers and their local productions can be easily found and goods purchased thanks to this marvelous initiative. So life goes on in the countryside and we can help our local economy while the confinement ends. More now than ever, we have to be very conscious in what we eat to help our mind and body health.
The good vibes’ chain is growing and we are all part of it. And this is the first big step we can monetary help this situation while emergency situation last.
I am fully convinced this situation will lead to a better version of us and by already a fact, to a restore earth. Our marvelous planet is having a break and the soil we grow our food is also improving. So do not loose hope, we are existing and everything happens for a reason. And while we stay home good things are happening, for real!!
After a few years learning about wine making, I’m certainly sure winemakers are crazy. More I learn, stronger I believe it. If you would briefly know how much effort is involved in your bottle of wine, we would all make a ceremony before we open them. Do not take me wrong, I’m fascinated by winemakers. What I like most about this craziness Is that It’s absolutely bonded with romanticism. All related to winemaking is love. They talk about the vines, the grapes, their vineyards and even the bottles with pure feelings, as they were all human beings, as they were alive… Well, they are!
It is already winter and this is the time pruning takes place. Pruning is the most important in winemaking. Why? Simple, they are preparing their babies for next harvest. Each variety, every territory or climate are some of the things they have in mind when making their vines a new cut. Yes, as they were at the hairdresser. Do not think they just cut and go? NO NO NO! Each variety is different and they have different necessities, as all of us. We should know which haircut fits us better, right?
When cutting a brunch they are making a stronger, wealthier, healthier and richer quality future vine among others. As a summary a better wine.
In the Canary Islands at some regions, the weather is warmer and that confuse our vines. In response the plants start growing and they don’t “fall asleep”, as the winemakers refer to the autumn season. You see? the vines fall asleep, isn’t that romantic? And that is also why winemakers wait until winter to prune it.
During autumn the vines “fall asleep”, that means the salvia goes back to the trunk and routes. So the brunches are getting ready to be cut and they won’t suffer or lose energy. That is why in our archipelago our vines “cry” more. Again, they say their vines cry when the brunches tear salvia, RO.MAN.TIC!
Once I watched in a wine documentary, a winemaker who said, that he had been involved in wine making for 50 years, and he knew he would die not knowing all about it. And that got under my skin! And after six years of my amazing wine tours I understand what he meant and also their romanticism. I also hope they are as romantic in their life as they are in the field!!
So I hope to keep entertaining you all with all these stories about the Canary Islands wine and make you as addicted to them as I am. So do not forget to be conscious when opening and drinking your wine and please, keep drinking local wine wherever you are! And as soon as you land in Gran Canaria and start your searching in things to do in Gran Canaria while visiting, do not hesitate to visit our local wineries and try some wine tour, wine tasting and get the best of your local experience.
Long live to such a craziness.
Salud amigos!
And remember, by visiting local productions and business, you are collaborating to diversify mass tourism located in touristic areas towards local areas and you are also helping our local economy. Among others you are being responsible with the impact of your visit. Thank you!
There’s no better way to end a day than having a wine tasting. Where there is wine, there is a lot of joy. Always!
We were a party of five at a winery at South East Gran Canaria towards the mountains, to be more precise, at a 1000m above the sea level. Our day was finishing with a wine tasting at Bodega Las Tirajanas. Having our third wine, a glass of dry rose, one of my guest pointed the sediments at the bottom of the glass. Debate on the table had been served: What are those minerals in our glass? Is this ok? Is the wine good? Some guests already knew about them and some did not.
You might probably have seen the same while drinking a wine before. Any white, red or even rose wine. We can’t forget that wine comes from grapes, and it is absolutely normal to find these solid remains at the bottom of our glass.
While making wine, winemaker transfers the wine from tank to tank in order to filter it. Some of those rests are hard to leave behind and in some cases some winemakers like to leave them there. These sediments help to keep good state of preservation. At some cases these sediments naturally develop in the bottle after certain time. They are natural solid remains from the grapes, nothing more.
Once I was back home, I looked at the picture of my glass of rose and it came to my mind the precious stone Ruby. Was it red/orange ish? I thought to myself. And I did a quick research: Mr Google! show me Ruby!. I asked my laptop as I was talking to the magic mirrow of Snow White’s step mother, the Black Witch. And there it was, and yes! it is red/orange like the sediments of my rose. And as I’m a bit curious, I couldn’t help to keep finding out a bit more about the meaning of this treasure and its colour.
Apparently orange stones that nature offers us are usually associate with happiness, energy and creativity… Stones with orange colour represents joy and sociability, gathering together its yellow colour with happiness and its red colour with passion. Wouldn’t that be another great description of “wine tasting”? On the other hand, red colour is related with passion, love, prosperity, emotions and strong feelings. Red stones are used to make your body strong and to have corauge, one of the reason they are used to get rid of insecurity and weakness. Isn’t that what winemakers do when making a better wine year after year?
Either way and after sharing my crazy thoughts with you all, I believe those sediments look pretty much as precious stones. Another reason to love wine.So if you are looking for things to do in Gran Canaria while visiting, Take the time to visit our wineries and let our winemakers and territory make you fall in love once again with your holiday’s feeling.
And remember, by visiting local productions and business, you are collaborating to diversify mass tourism located in touristic areas towards local areas and you are also helping our local economy. Among others you are being responsible with the impact of your visit. Thank you! Sustainable tourism is an option.
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