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Madeira Wine Vinho da Madeira
In 1979, the new state wine institute was founded (lnstituto do Vinho da Madeira) and this heralded a new start. The role of this institute is to observe and control the entire process of Madeira's wine production. This means that there is supervision right from the planting of the vine itself, through the fermentation and maturing process and right through to the stopping up of the cork as it is pushed into the newly filled bottle. Madeira has about 1850 hectares (about 4600 acres) of vines available. About 4,500 wine-growers practise viticulture. 1,800 of those are situated in the Camara de Lobos region and 500 are closer to Funchal. At present. approx. 550 hectares of the island are active vineyards.
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