Cilaos is the only wine on Reunion Island. 35,000 bottles of its 4 “country” wines are produced, so it is still only at an experimental stage, but despite quite adverse conditions of climate, insular isolation and local geography, there is a steady demand. The objective in 2009 is to move from the present 15 hectares (37 acres) of vines to 20, thereby leaving the status of experimental vineyard to become a fully-fledged wine-producing estate. (Source: Revue Vinicole Internationale)