The Malvasia grape originates from Greece, probably due to an Italian deformation of the original name of the Greek town of Monemvasia.
In Mallorca, this variety is practically exclusive to the Banyalbufar area, a nomenclature that comes from Arabic and means “vineyards by the sea”.
For many centuries, Malvasia grew on the spectacular slopes of the Banyalbufar mountains, on terraces designed by the Arabs during the 11th century that made cultivation possible on a very steep and complicated coastline.
