New Wine in the Canary Islands: San Martín & San Andrés 2026
When and where to taste the new wine in November 2026: San Martín in La Palma, the tablas of Icod de los Vinos and the cacharros of Puerto de la Cruz, with dates and practical tips.
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Why November means new wine
By late November the year's wine has finished fermenting, and across the islands winegrowers open their barrels to taste it. The tradition is a table as much as a toast: new wine with roasted or boiled chestnuts, salted fish, sweet potatoes and mojo, shared among family and friends. Most islands mark the moment on San Andrés, the night of 29 to 30 November. La Palma keeps an older date, San Martín on 11 November. Tenerife turns San Andrés into its biggest street celebrations, which is why this guide concentrates on the north of that island and on La Palma.
Icod de los Vinos: the tablas of San Andrés
Icod's signature is the arrastre de tablas: young locals ride polished wooden boards down the town's steepest streets at speed, while the wine of the latest harvest is uncorked. In 2025 the celebration ran from 28 to 30 November, with Calle del Plano and Calle Antonio González as the main runs and traffic cut on those streets. The institutional uncorking of the first bottle was at 21:00 on the 28th in Plaza Andrés de Lorenzo Cáceres, the 29th brought the Gran Fiesta del Vino, and on the 30th a Batalla de Polkas started at 18:00 in the same square. Expect a similar three-day pattern in 2026, but confirm it once the town hall publishes the programme. Watch from the side of the street, well clear of the bottom of each run: the boards are fast and hard to stop, and the town hall itself advises first-timers who want to try to go with someone experienced.
Puerto de la Cruz: cacharros and chestnuts
On the evening of 29 November, Puerto de la Cruz 'runs the cacharros': residents tie old tins, pots and pans to lengths of wire and drag them clattering through the streets to Plaza del Charco. The usual explanation is the wine merchants who once dragged their barrels to the sea to clean them before the new harvest. The noise ends in a castañada in the square, with roasted chestnuts, cherne (wreckfish), gofio, sweet potatoes and wine. In 2025 the programme in Plaza del Charco and the fishing quay started at 17:00 with workshops for making cacharros, stalls opened at 18:00 and live music ran from 20:30, which made the early evening the easiest time for families.
Doing both on the same night
Tenerife's tourist board points out that the two celebrations happen on the same evening, so you can see both. They are about 22 km apart, normally 25 to 30 minutes by car, but on San Andrés streets are closed and parking disappears, and anyone drinking should not drive. TITSA bus 363 links Puerto de la Cruz and Icod de los Vinos, with departures until late evening on its regular timetable; check the timetable for the day, including the last bus back, before you set out, or book a taxi. Puerto de la Cruz has far more accommodation than Icod, so it is the practical base: start with the cacharros in the early evening and decide on the night whether Icod is worth the trip.
La Palma: San Martín and the jura de la pipa
La Palma celebrates the new wine on San Martín. Traditionally the night of 10 November is when the island's bodegas open the new wine in the 'jura de la pipa', piercing the barrel so the wine flows, with roasted chestnuts, cured pork, gofio and Palmero cheese on the table. Since 1996 the Consejo Regulador of La Palma wines has also staged an official celebration that moves to a different municipality each year and does not always fall on the 11th: in 2025 it was held in Breña Baja on 7 and 8 November. The 2026 host and dates had not been announced when we checked. The rest of the year, the island's wineries, the wine museum at Las Manchas and Bodegas Teneguía in Fuencaliente are open for visits.
November in a guachinche
In Tenerife the new wine is also the best excuse for a long lunch in the north. A genuine guachinche is a winegrower selling wine from their own harvest with a short menu of home cooking, so the new vintage is the whole point. Opening days are irregular, so check before driving out, and make sure whoever drives treats the wine as a tasting.
Can't make the dates? Visit a winery instead
Outside San Andrés, a winery visit is the easiest way to taste Tenerife's wine with context. Bodegas Monje, a family winery in El Sauzal, runs a two-hour guided visit with four of its wines paired with four Canarian goat and sheep cheeses, in Spanish or English. You make your own way there, so plan transport if you are the one tasting.
The 2026 dates at a glance
Traditional dates are fixed; programmes are published by each town hall or organiser, usually a few weeks before. Last checked on 29 September 2026.
| Celebration | Where | 2026 date | Programme |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Martín (tradition) | La Palma, bodegas across the island | Night of 10–11 November (Tuesday–Wednesday) | A custom rather than a single event |
| Jura de la pipa (official) | La Palma, municipality changes yearly | Not announced | Pending: Consejo Regulador de Vinos de La Palma |
| Tablas de San Andrés | Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife | Around 28–30 November; 29 November is a Sunday | Pending: Icod de los Vinos town hall |
| Cacharros and chestnuts | Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife | Evening of 29 November (Sunday) | Pending: Puerto de la Cruz town hall |
Frequently asked questions
When is San Andrés in 2026?
San Andrés is 29 November, a Sunday in 2026. In Icod de los Vinos the celebrations have recently run over three days, from 28 to 30 November; check the 2026 programme before you travel.
When is San Martín in La Palma in 2026?
The traditional date is 11 November, with the new wine opened on the night of the 10th. The official celebration organised by La Palma's wine council changes municipality and date each year; in 2025 it was on 7 and 8 November in Breña Baja.
Can visitors ride the tablas in Icod?
The boards are ridden mainly by locals who know the streets. Watching from the side is the safe choice; the town hall advises anyone trying it for the first time to go with someone experienced.
Is San Andrés suitable for children?
The early evening in Puerto de la Cruz is the easiest option: in 2025 it began at 17:00 with workshops for making cacharros. The Icod runs are fast and crowded, so keep children well back from the streets being used.
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