Do I have to be registered with a regulatory council?

No. Growers who are not registered apply to the council of their district or where most of their production is.

Do I get anything if my 2025 harvest was normal?

No. If the yield per hectare is not below the 2020–2024 average, there is no entitlement, not even to the 300 euros per hectare.

No. The rules only provide for filing in person at one of the six councils.

When will the money arrive?

The Cabildo has six months from the end of the deadline; without an answer the application counts as rejected. Payment is made through the council.

Can the rate per kilo still go up?

Yes. If money is left over after the calculation, the rate rises to at most 0.80 euros, but the 10,000-euro cap still applies.

TENERIFE · AGRICULTURE

Drought harvest 2025: Tenerife pays winegrowers 1.5 million euros, up to 10,000 euros per farm

The Cabildo de Tenerife is compensating the island's winegrowers with 1.5 million euros for the 2025 drought harvest: 0.425 euros for every kilo of grapes per hectare missing against the grower's own 2020–2024 average, plus 300 euros per hectare, capped at 10,000 euros per farm. Applications are accepted only in person and on paper at the island's six wine regulatory councils. The 20-working-day deadline starts only once the extract appears in the official gazette BOP. As of 23 September it had not. If it appears on Friday 25 September, the deadline falls on Monday 26 October 2026.

22 September 2026 · By Julia Roca Bethencourt · 5 min · Editorial responsibility: Matthias Camenzind, Editor-in-Chief

Photo: Pamela Heywood, CC BY 2.0 (illustrative image).

Key facts and their sources

Cabildo de Tenerife, decision of the Consejo de Gobierno Insular of 16.9.2026 (AC0000028393), listed in the BDNS grants database since 21.9 as no. 930653: 1,500,000 euros.
As of 23 September: the extract appears in neither BOP no. 113 (21.9) nor BOP no. 114 (23.9). Next issues: Friday 25.9 and Monday 28.9.
Deadline: with publication on 25.9 it falls on Monday 26 October 2026; for applicants from San Miguel de Abona, Arona, El Tanque, Santa Úrsula and Buenavista del Norte, on Tuesday 27 October.
Formula (Base 16): 0.425 euros per kilo of lost yield, up to 0.80 euros if money is left over, plus 300 euros per hectare of vineyard declared in 2025; cap 10,000 euros.
Cap on losses: a yield drop of at most 45 per cent is counted.
Cabildo technical report (10.8.2026): the 2025 harvest fell by up to 32 per cent against 2024; 2024 was around 23 per cent below 2023.
First round, for the 2024 harvest: according to the Cabildo it reached more than 1,000 growers; the budget then was 2,099,796.56 euros (Atlántico Hoy, December 2024).

The sum: what one hectare brings

The calculation uses yields per hectare. Example: a grower with 1 hectare harvested an average of 8,000 kilos from 2020 to 2024 and only 5,000 in 2025. That is a 37.5 per cent drop, so the 45 per cent cap does not apply. The missing 3,000 kilos times 0.425 euros make 1,275 euros, plus 300 euros for the area: 1,575 euros in total. If the rate rises to the 0.80-euro maximum because money is left over, it would be 2,400 plus 300, or 2,700 euros. Had the same grower harvested only 3,000 kilos (down 62.5 per cent), the cap applies: the sum is done as if the grower had harvested 55 per cent of the average, 4,400 kilos. That recognises 3,600 kilos of loss: 1,530 plus 300 makes 1,830 euros. If a declaration from 2020 to 2023 is missing, the lowest yield in the series is used.

Who qualifies

Active growers with plots on Tenerife can apply, individuals as well as companies running the farm. The BDNS entry wrongly lists only "legal entities without economic activity". The 2025 yield must be below the grower's own 2020–2024 average. The 2024 and 2025 harvest declarations must have been filed on time with the Instituto Canario de Calidad Agroalimentaria (ICCA). Tax or social security debts rule applicants out. The EU agricultural de minimis ceiling applies: no more than 50,000 euros of such aid over three tax years.

Where to apply

Applications go to the council where the grower is registered; if registered with several, preferably where the 2025 harvest declaration was filed, otherwise in the grower's own wine district. Addresses as given in the rules: Tacoronte-Acentejo, Carretera General del Norte 97, Tacoronte; DOP Islas Canarias (AVIBO), Calle La Palmita 10, La Guancha; Valle de La Orotava, Parque Recreativo El Bosquito, Urb. La Marzagana, La Orotava; Abona, Calle José Alberto 26, Porís de Abona (Arico); Valle de Güímar, Calle Tafetana 14, Güímar; Ycoden-Daute-Isora, Calle La Palmita 10, La Guancha, the same address as AVIBO. The rules give no opening hours. Incomplete applications can be corrected within ten working days.

The deadline: Friday 25 September at the earliest

BOP Santa Cruz de Tenerife no. 114 of Wednesday 23 September does not contain the extract either — we went through the issue in full. So as of 23 September the call had still not been officially published and the application period had not begun. The gazette appears on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; the next issues are Friday 25 September and Monday 28 September.

On the earliest remaining date, then: if the extract appears on Friday 25 September, the 20 working days run from Monday 28 September and — excluding weekends and the 12 October holiday — end on Monday 26 October 2026.

A day that is a holiday in the applicant's municipality or at the Cabildo's seat does not count (Art. 30.6 Ley 39/2015). Under the local holidays order (BOC 165/2025), the days falling inside that window are San Miguel de Abona (29.9), Arona (5.10), El Tanque (19.10), Santa Úrsula (21.10) and Buenavista del Norte (26.10). Anyone living in one of those five municipalities therefore has one day more: until Tuesday 27 October 2026.

One discrepancy worth knowing about: the BDNS database record gives the closing date only as "20 días siguientes a la publicación en el diario oficial" — without the word hábiles. Read literally, that would mean plain calendar days. The Cabildo's own rules (base 15.3) and the extract itself both say "veinte (20) días hábiles", that is, working days. The rules are what governs; the BDNS entry is incomplete on this point. If you want to be safe, work to the shorter reading.

Why the money is needed, and why it is less than in 2024

The Cabildo justifies the second round with drought, heat and a lack of chill hours. According to the Canary Islands government, protected-origin wine across the archipelago fell to 3.52 million litres in 2025, 30 per cent below 2024 and 55 per cent below 2023. In Abona the harvest was 738,000 kilos of grapes against the usual 1.2 million or so, Diario de Avisos reported. "La planta estaba agotada", the plant was exhausted, Juan Jesús Méndez, president of the DOP Islas Canarias, told the paper. Despite the bigger losses the pot is smaller than in 2024; the decision gives no reason. Out of the same 1.5 million, the six councils also receive up to 37,000 euros for handling. Separately, the Canary Islands government is preparing about 2.8 million euros for 3,824 growers. The rules allow both as long as the loss is not overcompensated.

How to apply: fill in and sign form Anexo II, add Anexo III (yields and areas 2020–2025) and hand everything in person to your own council. Bring: NIF; for companies, deeds or statutes and proof of representation; certificates showing no arrears with the tax agency (AEAT), the Canary tax agency, the Cabildo and social security; a bank certificate with the IBAN; and proof that the 2024 and 2025 ICCA harvest declarations were filed on time. For plots that changed hands: the documents proving it.

Watch out: the 20 working days start the day after publication in the BOP; late applications are rejected unexamined. As of 23 September the extract had appeared in neither BOP no. 113 nor BOP no. 114. And one more thing: the BDNS record says only "20 días siguientes a la publicación", without hábiles, while the rules (base 15.3) and the extract say "veinte (20) días hábiles". There is no online route: the rules provide only for filing in person. The pot is limited: the rules only cover raising the rate if money is left over and do not say explicitly what happens if claims exceed 1.5 million. Anyone who has also applied for the Canary government's aid should check with their council: the form includes a declaration that no other aid has been sought for the same purpose.

FAQ

Do I have to be registered with a regulatory council?: No. Growers who are not registered apply to the council of their district or where most of their production is.
Do I get anything if my 2025 harvest was normal?: No. If the yield per hectare is not below the 2020–2024 average, there is no entitlement, not even to the 300 euros per hectare.
Can I apply online?: No. The rules only provide for filing in person at one of the six councils.
When will the money arrive?: The Cabildo has six months from the end of the deadline; without an answer the application counts as rejected. Payment is made through the council.
Can the rate per kilo still go up?: Yes. If money is left over after the calculation, the rate rises to at most 0.80 euros, but the 10,000-euro cap still applies.

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Correction, 23 September 2026: an earlier version set out two possibilities — the extract published on Wednesday 23 September, with the deadline on Thursday 22 October, or on Friday 25 September, with the deadline on Monday 26 October. The first has fallen away: BOP Santa Cruz de Tenerife no. 114 of 23 September does not contain the extract, and we went through the issue in full. As of 23 September the call was therefore unpublished. That leaves the Friday 25 September case, with the deadline on Monday 26 October 2026, or Tuesday 27 October for applicants from San Miguel de Abona, Arona, El Tanque, Santa Úrsula and Buenavista del Norte (Art. 30.6 Ley 39/2015). The next BOP issues are Friday 25 September and Monday 28 September. Added: the BDNS record gives the period only as "20 días siguientes a la publicación", dropping the word hábiles, while the Cabildo's own rules (base 15.3) and the extract say "veinte (20) días hábiles".