Recent information shows that this year’s harvest is well below that of 2023. In total 3.1 million kilos of grapes were harvested, 900 tonnes less than last year. The grapes at my parent’s house had shriveled to almost nothing by August. Samantha Gannon info at madeira-weekly.com
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In the middle of the harvest season, any additional help is always welcome, and here in Madeira is no different. Yet not many know or realise that our levada network can be used as a transportation route for baskets of grapes. The idea is not new, but well worth remembering,…
The Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts of Madeira (IVBAM), as part of the harvest itinerary initiative, has already passed through Caniçal, in the municipality of Machico, São Jorge, in the municipality of Santana, Seixal, in the municipality of Porto Moniz, Câmara de Lobos, and Porto Santo. In this context,…
A team from the Institute of Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts of Madeira (IVBAM) is in Porto Santo monitoring the 2024 harvest campaign and, according to data 12 tonnes of grapes have been harvested, mostly from the caracol and striprão varieties. Tiago Freitas, President of IVBAM, notes, the good phytosanitary status…
The president of the Portuguese Society of Transplantation has defended an amendment of the law that allows organ harvesting from people who are dying in Intensive care but who are not declared brain dead. “Unfortunately, in Portugal and around the world, there is a lack of organs for transplantation, because…