Our local denomination office has finally released the official figures for the 2012 campaign. Taking into account the five sub-zones of Rias Baixas, and including all the permitted grape varieties of the region, a total of 17,567,877 kg was collected. They confirm that area under vine now exceeds 4,000 Ha, standing at 4,048 Ha. Apparently only 167 Bodegas participated in this years harvest, which, if I am not mistaken, means that some Bodegas did not make a 2012 vintage. Over the last year or so the number of Bodegas in our denomination has diminished slightly as some have sadly fallen by the wayside, closing their doors, but even so this number of 167 would appear to indicate that a few simply did not pick.

The total of Albariño grapes picked was 16,873,304 kg (96% of the region’s total), confirming that this number was well below that of 2011. The Consello also add that the grapes picked were in a very good toilet, sorry, sanitary state (I will have to stop using Google translate!)

Our local denomination office has finally released the official figures for the 2012 campaign. Taking into account the five sub-zones of Rias Baixas, and including all the permitted grape varieties of the region, a total of 17,567,877 kg was collected. They confirm that area under vine now exceeds 4,000 Ha, standing at 4,048 Ha. Apparently only 167 Bodegas participated in this years harvest, which, if I am not mistaken, means that some Bodegas did not make a 2012 vintage. Over the last year or so the number of Bodegas in our denomination has diminished slightly as some have sadly fallen by the wayside, closing their doors, but even so this number of 167 would appear to indicate that a few simply did not pick.

The total of Albariño grapes picked was 16,873,304 kg (96% of the region’s total), confirming that this number was well below that of 2011. The Consello also add that the grapes picked were in a very good toilet, sorry, sanitary state (I will have to stop using Google translate!)