– I would produce more, if I just could get more Terrantez grapes, Luís says. I remember Luís words when we tasted the 1977 Terrantez from d’Oliveiras together earlier this year. Now, a couple of months later when my…
Moody weather anyone? Is meteorology a passion of yours? Then Madeira is the place for you! Only on the Azores have we experienced more extreme and constant weather changes. At Palheiro – watching the horizon is both dazzling and…
Funchal seen from the Cable Car on the way up to Monte – or its full length name, Nossa Senhora do Monte. Not for the claustrophobic I can tell you. And do you have the slightest tendency for sea sickness,…
Just as in Rio de Janeiro he stands there – Cristo Rei – welcoming you to Madeira! On the southern part of Madeira, in Garajau more exactly, the statue can be found. There’s also a possibility to walk down…
Dear reader. Today I am only mad. First this weekend’s disappointment; a cork tainted Buisson Renard and then today when needing a spontaneous Madeira gift buy, I realized what a depressing lack of Madeira assortment we have in Sweden. I…
There are newsletters and there are newsletters. Most of them I quickly look at before they end up in the trash can, but then there’s the one sent out by Mannie Berk, the founder of The Rare Wine Co….
At Seixal up north – halfway between São Vicente and Porto Moniz, where it seemed to rain every time we visited, there are some vineyards you have to see before you believe they actually exist! It takes a lot…
My meeting with Engº. Magalhães at Campo Experimental outside of Calheta, has already been handled here. But one can never publish too many photographs so here comes a walkthrough the Campo – in pictures! Normally you would probably be…
In a perfect world the only Madeira I’m having is the Frasqueira’s; Vintage Madeira. Reality however doesn’t look like that and although the Colheita’s makes it easier for my wallet – and less explaining needed to my wife – it’s…
Have you ever wondered about the wine vocabulary used to describe bouquet and palate; expressions that makes you curious how on earth the taster acquired that specific reference? Cultural differences and your geographical location probably contributes to differing tasting…
Everybody; who hasn’t consulted one of Richard Mayson’s works on the Port and the Douro wines raise a hand! Richard’s knowledge on Douro is possessed by dew and just as skilful is his way of making it all a…
Friends of especially Port and Madeira have Roy Hersh to thank for several reasons. Not only does he provide us with a place to hang and discuss with like-minded at For The Love Of Port, delivers monthly newsletters with…
Cossart Gordon – a classic brand in Madeira. Today a part of Madeira Wine Company (MWC) but it was actually the last,in 1953, to join the giant merger of producers that MWC actually is. I have, since first introduced…
Bartholomew Broadbent is without doubt not only one of America’s most acknowledged authorities on Madeira; he’s as well one of the world’s most experienced and knowledged within the field. In 1996 Bartholomew founded his own company, Broadbent Selections, Inc., specialising…
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