Museo del Vino “El Grifo”
Museo del Vino “El Grifo”
Museo del Vino “El Grifo” (El Islote 121, San Bartolomé) – this museum is located in the old wineries built on volcanic rock in 1775. The building is pure Lanzarote traditional architecture, with thick volcanic rock walls and roofed with wooden beams that came mostly from the scrapping of ships. Among the different artifacts and winery machinery displayed there are some very odd pieces. A shuffling pump of 1865, a corking machine of 1870, and the antique grape presses, an 18th century copper distiller, a very old ebullioscope and distillers, the sulphating and pulverizing machinery or the old press where they used to press the grapes.
One of the most attractive parts of the museum is the complete barrel-making workshop. The machinery and precise instruments used to make the barrels that will contain the future malvasia wine, as well as the crafty process to finish these reservoirs attract the visitor’s attention. Admission: €4 (€12 for two adults – including tasting of five wines and cheese). Hours: 10:30 am – 6:00 pm (daily).