2015 production levels for Madeira

[Roy Hersh]

Madeira's Regional Secretary for Agriculture stated that there would be an increase of 500 tons of grapes in 2015, (over the level of 2014) and it should reach 4,500 tons overall.

[Eric Ifune]

Good news, but shows how pitifully small production is.

[Roy Hersh]

Even when just compared to Port. That is quite sad, for now.

[Goncalo Martins]

I was just wondering how much of Terrantez is expected to be produced. I saw a report on TV about conversion of vineyards to noble varieties and a new Terrantez vineyard of H&H was shown. Hopefully it will go up this year.

[Roy Hersh]

I don't know of the H&H Terrantez, that would be interesting. Still not much planted or produced on the island. Faja dos Padres has a little over 500 vines of Terrantez that are now producing and the juice is pretty tasty from this young vines planted about 5 years ago. Eric and I both tasted the production of the first leaf grapes and it surprised us both. It keeps getting better too, the 2011 in cask.

[Eric Ifune]

500 vines doesn't seem like a lot, but the average harvest of Terrantez is something like 1000 liters/year. Not much.