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Vinhos Barbeito – 2001 Malvasia Cask 727 d+e

On 31/05/2013 · 3 Comments · In 2001, Barbeito, Cask 727 d+e, Colheita, Madeira, Malvasia, Ricardo Diogo Freitas, Single Cask

Do the respective Madeira wine producers have their specialities? Depends on who you ask of course but I must confess I have my preferences when it comes to certain grapes. For example I have a weak spot for Sercial when it comes from Blandy’s. The same goes for Malvasia when the label says Vinhos Barbeito.

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The Madeira Wine Assortment – Overwhelming Or Admirable?

On 23/01/2013 · 3 Comments · In 10 Years Old, 15 Years Old, 20 Years Old, 3 Years Old, 5 Years Old, Blends, Colheita, Madeira, Single Cask, Single Harvest, Vintage

3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 years old. Occasionally you will also bump into the 30 and 40 years old blends – the latter being the oldest stated blend allowed in the Madeira wine regulation. But are they all needed; is there a demand for the different ages or are the Madeira producers just making [...]

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Top Tinta Negra; Vinhos Barbeito 1997 Colheita Single Cask 113 b+e

On 29/08/2012 · Leave a Comment · In 1997, Barbeito, Cask 113 b+e, Colheita, Estreito de Camara de Lobos, Madeira, Single Cask, Tinta Negra

Madeira rocks my world. There’s nothing like it. I guess, if you’re reading here, you have also discovered the greatness in a Madeira wine. Sadly, we’re few. So please, help me spreading the word about the world’s greatest and most breathtaking wine. Drink it. Love it. Share it!

Tinta Negra. Madeira’s Achilles heel, brake block [...]

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Bastardo backup

On 11/08/2012 · 2 Comments · In 2007, Barbeito, Bastardo, Colheita, Madeira, Ricardo Diogo Freitas, Single Cask

Madeira, the world’s most breathtaking wine, needs your support! I would love it if you share the site with others; the wines and its producers deserve more attention. Mad about Madeira is also on Facebook as a page. Links to the right in the Follow Me tag. Welcome!

If a wine is limited in production, [...]

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744 bottles of Boal on the Wall; Barbeito Single Cask Boal 1996 Cask 307 a+e

On 22/02/2012 · 2 Comments · In 1996, Barbeito, Boal, Cask 307 a+e, Colheita, Madeira, Ricardo Diogo Freitas, Single Cask

Madeira wine nuts should stick together. Follow Mad about Madeira on Facebook! While there, hy not give my other wine site a like as well, Wine Virtuosity. I’m also on Twitter, like anyone else. Let’s tweet!

There’s so much prejudice out there when it comes to Madeira, well actually with most fortified [...]

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Vinhos Barbeito: 2002.85.110.1035

On 05/05/2011 · Leave a Comment · In 2002, Barbeito, Camara de Lobos, Cask 110, Madeira, Ricardo Diogo Freitas, Single Cask

Funny actually. Tinta Negra stands for around 85 per cent of the viticultural landscape on the island and yet I’m about to praise a limited edition version with only 1,035 bottles produced. The initiated already knows what’s on my mind; the single cask bottlings from Ricardo Freitas and Vinhos Barbeito. Although we’re too few [...]

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Bottle number 475 out of 1026!

On 27/01/2010 · Leave a Comment · In 2000, Barbeito, Cask 44a, Malvasia, São Martinho, Single Cask

The coolest thing about the 2000 Malvasia Cask 44a from Vinhos Barbeito? It was not ment to be! In March 2007 Ricardo Diogo V. Freitas decided that amongst the 32 casks of their 2000 Malvasia, cask 40a were to be bottled as a single cask Malvasia.

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