Some of you have already discovered the warm welcome offered by Pat & Donna the owner’s of Slattery’s situated on the Fariones end of the Avenida Las Playas in Puerto del Carmen.

The bar opened on the 3rd May and already has a great atmosphere, there’s plenty of sports coverage in the day including the GAA Football Championship and live music each night from 21:30.

As you would expect Slattery’s  read more »

There are three more Sonidos Líquidos events in the Lanzarote programme for 2013, the next food, wine and music experience is at Bodegas El Grifo this Sunday.

These open air concerts are held in wineries around the island at the weekend and combine local talent, food and wine. The other forthcoming events will be held on the 26th May at Bodegas Los Bermejos with Treintaytantos performing and 8th June at Bodegas La Geria with Fuel Fandango.

This Sunday the band is the Tihuya Cats who will be  read more »

Restaurante LagOmar have teamed up with Bodega Vulcano for a Jornadas de maridaje de Vino y Mostos.

LagOmar in Nazaret is a fabulous setting for a meal, pair that with the excellent wines now being produced at Bodega Vulcano and it’s sure to be a good evening. The menu is  read more »

Another food and wine tasting week has started in Lanzarote, this time it’s the Saborea Lanzarote de la tierra y el vino (del cochino negro y la cabra) which runs until the 5th May.

This tasting week is definitely one for the meat lovers, the title translates to land and wine and involves menus paired with the delicious Canarian black pig, local goat meat and wine from Lanzarote.

Participating restaurants include:  read more »

Bodegas Stratvs in Lanzarote are organising a course to introduce you to the wonderful world of wine tasting.

On Saturday the 20th of April and at their premises in the wine region of La Geria their in house enologist Alberto González will talk you through 7 different wines. The course starts at 19:30 and it costs  read more »

Bodegas El Grifo is a family winery in Lanzarote established back in 1775, making it the oldest Canarian winery and among the 10 oldest in Spain.

Maybe because it's the first one you find on the road from San Bartolomé down to La Geria, maybe because of the bright coloured griffin on its labels but El Grifo has always caught my attention.

They are also set in a quaint little location and the Wine Museum and Library add extra charm to the place.

El Grifo is currently running a promotion of  read more »

Restaurants in the exclusive marina of Puerto Calero in Lanzarote, will be offering tapas and wine for €1 after the Trendy & Wine event on the 12th April.

The Feria de Abril event will include the first Ruta de Tapas in Puerto Calero, where participating restaurants will be offering a taste of tapas and glasses of Lanzarote wine for €1. Trendy & Wine is a new initiative for Lanzarote launched in  read more »

The Monumento al Campesino has planned a special weekend on the 23rd & 24th March for the whole family to enjoy to celebrate Día del Padre.

The tradition of Father’s Day in Spain dates back to 1948 when apparently Professor Manuela Vicente Ferrero decided to hold a holiday to honour the fathers of her students at school who were a little jealous about the celebration of Mother’s Day. The date was chosen as the 19th March to match the name day of San José who was considered a model father figure, being  read more »