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Potentiometry using an ion-selective electrode has widely been used for determining fluoride because of its simplicity and rapidity. The concentration of fluoride was determined (Gran's method) in 70 wines from the main wine-producing regions of the Canary Islands. The mean concentration of fluoride in wines from a region with a high concentration of fluoride in drinking waters was significantly (p < 0.05) higher than those mean concentrations obtained in the remaining wines. Non-important differences were found among the types of wine analysed. However, the fluoride concentrations of all the Canarian wines analysed here did not present a risk for the public health.

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Samples of sweet wines from the Canary Islands belonging to the Denominations of Origin of La Palma and Lanzarote islands were analysed in relation to chemical parameters. The main chemical parameters analysed demonstrated that these wines fulfil all the legal requirements, since the content of all components tested falls below the maximum concentration admissible. Applying techniques of multivariate analysis (principal component, discriminant and cluster analysis), a complete differentiation could be achieved between the wines according to the island of production using only alcohol degree and isobutanol, which are chemical parameters related to the elaboration process.