The 5 Best Wineries in Lanzarote: Wine Tasting Guide
Lanzarote does wine differently.
Across the island's volcanic landscape, vines grow in hollows dug into layers of black volcanic material, often protected from the wind by curved stone walls. The result is one of the most recognisable wine landscapes in Europe and wines with a character closely connected to the island itself.
For travellers exploring Lanzarote by campervan, La Geria and the surrounding wine-growing areas make an excellent addition to a road trip. You can move from volcanic scenery to historic wineries and tasting rooms within relatively short distances, while discovering one of the island's strongest cultural traditions.
Turtles Van's restored classic campervans also fit naturally with this slower way of exploring Lanzarote: choosing a few meaningful stops rather than trying to rush between attractions.
If wine is part of your trip, these are five Lanzarote wineries worth knowing, together with practical advice for planning your visit.
Why Is Lanzarote Wine So Different?
Lanzarote's vineyards are the result of farmers adapting to an unusually demanding environment.
Following the volcanic eruptions of the eighteenth century, large areas of agricultural land were covered by volcanic material. Rather than abandoning cultivation, local growers developed techniques that allowed vines to survive in the new landscape.
In many vineyards, deep hollows are dug through the volcanic layer until the vine can reach fertile soil beneath. Stone walls help protect the plants from Lanzarote's persistent winds, while the volcanic material helps retain moisture in the island's dry climate. The Canary Islands Government describes this distinctive cultivation system as one of the defining characteristics of the Lanzarote DOP.
The result is the extraordinary landscape visitors see throughout areas such as La Geria.
Malvasía Volcánica: Lanzarote's Signature Grape
Malvasía is the variety most strongly associated with Lanzarote, alongside other grapes including Listán Blanco, Moscatel and Listán Negro.
For visitors, Malvasía Volcánica is therefore a natural place to start.
Rather than thinking of Lanzarote wine as a single style, however, visit more than one winery if you have time. Different producers can give you very different interpretations of the island's grapes and landscape.
1. El Grifo: History and Wine Culture
El Grifo is an obvious place to begin if you are interested in the history of Lanzarote wine.
Founded in 1775, the winery preserves historic winemaking equipment and an original eighteenth-century winepress as part of its Wine Museum.
That makes El Grifo particularly interesting for travellers who want more context than a simple tasting.
Current wine-tourism options include guided experiences, tastings and an audio-guided visit. Its main guided Wine Lovers experience combines vineyards, the museum and a guided wine tasting, while the audio-guided option provides a shorter introduction to the property. Tours are offered in different languages, with Spanish and English among the guided options.
Why Include El Grifo?
Consider El Grifo if you are especially interested in:
The history of wine on Lanzarote
Traditional winemaking equipment
Understanding how viticulture adapted to volcanic conditions
A more structured wine-tourism experience
Comparing several Lanzarote wines in one visit
Because opening times and experiences can change, check El Grifo's current programme directly before planning the day.
2. Bodegas Rubicón: La Geria Scenery and Wine
Bodegas Rubicón places you directly in the distinctive landscape of La Geria.
The winery currently offers both independent visits and organised guided experiences. Visitors can explore the historic property, visit the wine shop and taste wines, while guided options add more context about the vineyards, the property's history and winemaking.
One of the advantages here is that you do not necessarily need to turn the stop into a long formal tour.
According to the winery's current information, individual wine tasting is available through its wine shop without advance booking, while guided visits are offered separately and advance reservations are recommended.
Why Include Bodegas Rubicón?
It works particularly well if you want:
A winery in the heart of the La Geria landscape
The flexibility of a shorter visit
The option of a guided experience
Vineyard scenery alongside the tasting
An easy stop to combine with a broader exploration of the wine-growing area
The winery also has its own restaurant, although restaurant arrangements and winery visits should be checked independently when planning your day.
3. Bodega La Geria: Wine in the Heart of the Volcanic Landscape
Few names are as closely associated with Lanzarote wine tourism as Bodega La Geria.
Its location gives visitors immediate contact with the vineyards and the distinctive volcanic cultivation methods that define this part of the island.
The winery currently offers guided visits and wine experiences that explain the cultivation of vines in Lanzarote's volcanic environment and include tasting opportunities. It also publishes tour options in several languages.
For many first-time visitors, this is one of the easiest places to understand visually why Lanzarote's wine industry is so unusual.
Why Include Bodega La Geria?
It may suit you if you want:
A classic introduction to La Geria
Volcanic vineyard scenery
An explanation of local cultivation methods
Guided tasting options
A winery that is easy to incorporate into a day focused on the wine region
The winery releases guided-visit availability according to its current booking system, so check dates directly rather than relying on older third-party schedules.
4. Bodega Stratvs: Contemporary Wine and Gastronomy
For a different interpretation of Lanzarote wine, Bodega Stratvs brings a more contemporary feel to the experience.
The winery currently offers guided visits of approximately one hour that introduce its facilities and winemaking process before finishing with a tasting of three wines accompanied by local artisan cheese.
Stratvs also places a strong emphasis on combining wine and food.
Its current facilities include a gourmet shop and restaurant, with wine tastings and local products forming part of the broader visitor experience.
Why Include Stratvs?
Consider it if you are interested in:
A more contemporary winery experience
Combining wine with local food
A structured guided visit
Exploring beyond a traditional tasting-room format
Spending longer at one location instead of visiting several wineries quickly
If you are planning a wine-and-food day, this is also an example of why it is useful to check what each winery currently offers before deciding how many stops to fit into your itinerary.
5. Bodegas Los Bermejos: A More Relaxed Tasting Stop
Bodegas Los Bermejos, in the San Bartolomé area, offers another way to discover Lanzarote wines.
There is an important current update for anyone planning a visit: guided winery tours are temporarily suspended while the winery goes through a relocation process. Its terrace remains open for tastings and its shop continues to sell its wines.
This makes Los Bermejos better suited at present to travellers looking for a tasting rather than a complete guided winery tour.
The winery advises visitors to check its latest information as the situation develops.
Why Include Los Bermejos?
At the moment, consider it for:
A relaxed tasting stop
Discovering another Lanzarote producer
Buying local wine directly from the winery
A less structured experience than a full guided tour
Because its visitor programme is currently changing, verify availability directly before including it in a fixed itinerary.
Which Lanzarote Winery Should You Visit?
There is no need to treat these five wineries as a strict ranking.
The better question is what kind of experience you want.
If history is your priority, El Grifo offers particularly strong context around Lanzarote's winemaking heritage.
If you want to spend time inside the La Geria landscape, Bodegas Rubicón and Bodega La Geria are natural options.
If you would like to combine wine and gastronomy in one location, Stratvs currently offers both winery experiences and food options.
If you prefer a simple tasting rather than a full tour, Los Bermejos can still be considered, although its guided tours are currently suspended.
You do not need to visit all five.
For many travellers, one or two carefully chosen wineries will make for a more enjoyable day than trying to fit several structured tastings into a tight schedule.
How Many Wineries Should You Visit in One Day?
For most visitors, one or two wineries in a day is enough if you actually want time to enjoy the experience.
A guided winery visit can take an hour or more, and you also need to consider travel time, booking times and any food stop you want to include.
Trying to move rapidly between several wineries can easily turn what should be a relaxed day into a schedule of appointments.
Instead, decide what matters most:
Do you want to learn about wine production?
Are you mainly interested in tasting?
Is the volcanic landscape the priority?
Would you like to include lunch?
Do you want a structured tour or a casual stop?
Answering those questions first makes it much easier to build a sensible route.
A Turtles Van Approach to Exploring La Geria
La Geria works particularly well as part of a slower Lanzarote road trip.
The official Lanzarote tourism information describes a wine route through this central part of the island, where many wineries can be found among the volcanic vineyards.
With Turtles Van, the experience is less about rushing through a checklist of attractions and more about exploring Lanzarote at your own pace in a restored classic campervan.
Volkswagen T3 models such as Chatina and Pispita, together with Snoopy, fit naturally with that kind of trip: vintage character, modern comfort and an all-inclusive rental approach for exploring the island.
However, renting a campervan from Turtles Van should not be confused with booking an organised wine tour.
Unless the company confirms otherwise, Turtles Van should not be described as providing a designated driver, door-to-door winery transfers or an organised wine-tour service.
Instead, Charlie and the team can be a useful source of local route advice when you are planning the trip.
Ask Charlie for a Personal Wine Route Recommendation
The best winery route depends on how much time you have and what kind of experience you want.
For a more personal recommendation, contact Charlie at Turtles Van and tell him what kind of wine experience you are looking for. He can share practical local recommendations based on your route and the time you have available.
For example, tell him:
Which wineries interest you
Whether you want one or two winery visits
Whether you prefer a formal tour or a casual tasting
How much of the day you want to dedicate to La Geria
Whether you also want to include lunch
This creates a much more useful conversation than simply asking for “the best winery”.
Adding a Restaurant to Your Wine Day
Wine and local food are a natural combination, but restaurant recommendations should come from Turtles Van's current, first-hand recommendations rather than a generic online list.
Charlie has his own local restaurant recommendations, so these should be checked with him before publication and before building them into a fixed itinerary.
That allows the route to reflect places the Turtles Van team genuinely knows and currently recommends.
Editor's note: add Charlie's confirmed restaurant recommendation here once the current list and preferred winery pairing have been validated.
This is preferable to inventing a restaurant combination simply to make the article appear more specific.
Important: Wine Tasting and Driving
If you are travelling around Lanzarote in your rental campervan, plan the day responsibly.
The person driving should not drink alcohol.
If more than one authorised driver will be travelling, remember that a second driver can be added to a Turtles Van rental for an additional cost. That does not replace the need to plan responsibly around wine tastings, but it is useful to know when organising the wider trip.
If everyone in your group intends to participate in tastings, arrange suitable independent transport rather than driving between wineries.
Turtles Van should only be described as providing transport or a designated-driver service if Charlie explicitly confirms that this is a service the company currently offers.
Book Winery Visits Directly
Wine-tourism services can change throughout the year, so booking directly with the winery is the safest approach.
Before visiting:
Check current opening days and hours.
Confirm whether advance booking is required.
Check which languages are available for guided visits.
Confirm how long the experience lasts.
Check whether tasting is included.
Reconfirm shortly before travelling if the visit is an important part of your itinerary.
This is especially important for places such as Los Bermejos, where the current visitor programme is temporarily changing.
Bodega La Geria, Rubicón, El Grifo and Stratvs currently advertise wine-tourism or tasting experiences through their official channels, but visitors should still check the latest availability before setting off.
Make Wine Part of a Lanzarote Road Trip
A day among Lanzarote's vineyards is about more than tasting wine.
La Geria provides a chance to understand how islanders adapted agriculture to an environment transformed by volcanic eruptions, creating a landscape that today is inseparable from Lanzarote's identity.
A campervan gives you the freedom to include the wine region within a broader trip, rather than treating it as an isolated excursion.
Just keep the pace relaxed.
Choose the wineries that genuinely interest you, make reservations where necessary and leave enough time to enjoy the scenery between stops.
If you are planning a wine-focused day in Lanzarote, contact Charlie and the Turtles Van team. Tell them which wineries interest you and how much time you have, and ask for practical route recommendations.
For a truly Turtles Van-specific itinerary, also ask Charlie which wineries he would currently combine, in what order and which restaurant from his own recommendation list he would choose for the day.
That local input is what can turn a generic list of Lanzarote wineries into a route that actually fits your trip.