Somebody smart once said that wine is bottled poetry. Let’s call this intelligent dude Robert Louis Stevenson. Robert was born in 1850, the same year as Wagner’s opera Lohengrin premieres. I think he was a little bit too generous there,…
You love Madeira wine? Me to. If you like what you read then why not look me up at Facebook as well. Sometimes I also tweet. Why not follow? I also do Madeira tastings. Interested, then contact me. Links…
Madeira wine nuts should stick together. Follow Mad about Madeira on Facebook! While there, give my other wine site a like as well, Wine Virtuosity. I’m also on Twitter, like anyone else. Let’s tweet! Let’s continue to discuss Sercial but take a huge…
Okay, here we go. Focus. 1880 Terrantez in the glass. The same year as the building of the Panama Canal began. The same year as the first pay telephone was installed. The same year as James Garfield were elected…
“It’s actually the first time we’ve bottled it,” says Luís d’Oliveira. “Around 78 years in cask. It was showing really well so we bottled it earlier this year.” It’s good to be back again. At the old warehouse in…
While Pereira d’Oliveira’s 1907 Malvazia (bottled in 2003) started its life 1907, Grieg’s ended. Few composers has attained such popularity as Edvard Grieg and I wonder if there’s any classic composer whose music has seen so many covers by modern…
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