Winemakers on This Tiny Volcanic Island Are Holding on for Dear Life
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In 2023, an inferno raged across La Palma, in Spain’s Canary Islands, engulfing ancient terraced vineyards near the Taburiente volcano crater. Years of drought had dried even the perpetual cloud forest to tinder.
The heat was sucked into the Vinos Tendal winery, causing an explosion that instantly destroyed everything. Metal turned to liquid, barrels combusted, glass melted. Miraculously, a stash of full bottles was spared. They were imprinted by the flash of heat, but still drinkable—nearly
The heat was sucked into the Vinos Tendal winery, causing an explosion that instantly destroyed everything. Metal turned to liquid, barrels combusted, glass melted. Miraculously, a stash of full bottles was spared. They were imprinted by the flash of heat, but still drinkable—nearly
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