Category Archives: HmT Shared secrets
When making cheese is part of your gastronomy tour.
The best way to understand how hard is to make homemade cheese, you have to put the gloves on and press the rennet. Something so simple as pressing cheese it can turn in bad pain in your wrist and back. … Continue reading
When bottling is part of your wine tour experience
At small business you have giants probabilities to meet the maker. For me meeting the producers is always the best experience of food traveling. Canary Islands people are well known for their charisma and welcoming manners. That is believe to … Continue reading
WINE MAKING: CRAZY ROMANTICISM
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 … Continue reading
THE CANARY ISLANDS BANANAS
Allow yourself to visit a banana plantation and do not dare to leave the island without trying this delightful fruit that represents one of our favourite flavours… Continue reading
Santa Brígida, Wine and Dutch Pirates
The Dutch pirates found in Santa Brígida a fierce opposition in the Canarian militia of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria until they finally entered into the city, stole the bell of the chapel of San Telmo (Parque San Telmo) and burnt down the old city of Vegueta down Continue reading
A LAND OF CHEESE
The Canary Islands is a land of cheese. In 1341, the excellent quality of our cheese was already mentioned in the Boccaccio manuscript, an ancient historical proof about the very first settlers of the Canary Islands. Later, during the XVII and XVIII centuries, Canary cheese was exported to Europe with the wine we made here Continue reading
Huerto de las Flores, a place of exuberance and peace
An exuberance experience of peace, the Huerto de las Flores is a botanical garden created by the De Armas family, ad one of the most beautiful gardens in the Canary Islands. Continue reading