The Wines & Vineyards of Portugal
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:01 pm
In 2003, Richard Mayson wrote (pp 54-55):
"At the end of the 1980s over half the island's output originated from direct producers. Most of the wine still masquerading as Sercial, Verdelho,Bual and Malvasia, yet these noble grapes made up just six percent of total production. Although this situation has improved considerably, Madeira is still hampered by the lack of an accurate or up-to-date cadastro (register) of the island's vineyards."
Peter, do you know if this situation has changed in terms of a full study and cadastro of the vineyards? I do know that today the producers themselves make very little of their wine from their own grapes; and use dozens to up to 900 independent growers to source the grapes for their production.
"At the end of the 1980s over half the island's output originated from direct producers. Most of the wine still masquerading as Sercial, Verdelho,Bual and Malvasia, yet these noble grapes made up just six percent of total production. Although this situation has improved considerably, Madeira is still hampered by the lack of an accurate or up-to-date cadastro (register) of the island's vineyards."
Peter, do you know if this situation has changed in terms of a full study and cadastro of the vineyards? I do know that today the producers themselves make very little of their wine from their own grapes; and use dozens to up to 900 independent growers to source the grapes for their production.