Teide, Then Bodegas Monje: Three Wines and a Terrace

A private day that starts on the volcano and ends at a table. Teide National Park is the first half. Volcanic cones, craters, lava and raised rock, with the stratovolcano itself at 3,715 metres, the highest point in Spain, standing over all of it. Altitude, climate and volcanic ground between them make the contrasts on this island sharper than most. Then the road drops down the La Orotava valley to El Sauzal, where the winery is. The vineyards there sit at 600 metres on ground too steep for machinery, so the vines are worked by hand. The guided visit, in English or Spanish, goes through the vineyard and the cellar and covers how the wine is made. Lunch follows on the restaurant terrace: Canarian cooking, with three wines to go with it, made from grapes that grow here and in few other places, Listán Negro, Listán Blanco and Negramoll among them.