Charleston has one. Savannah as well. Boston too. And New York. New Orleans got a rare Special reserve. Baltimore has Rainwater. Now there’s also one dedicated to a Virginia family; the Lees at Stratford Hall. History was my favorite subject…
Few retailers has meant so much for Madeira wine as The Rare Wine Co. Hence, when the owner Mannie Berk offers a package of the three best books written about Madeira wine, I hope all interested in the island wines,…
600 photographs later, lots of new impressions, knowledge and wines tasted, Mad about Madeira have all the prerequisites to continue yet a year. Regular visits is a must and I can’t thank the producers enough for their time and generosity….
For a limited time Der WeinWeber of Germany offers significant discounts on Madeira wines by Pereira d´Oliveira. Considering my passion for Madeira and my will for every one to taste these unique wines, I’m thrilled to promote the offer here,…
Thanks to Mannie Berk, founder and owner of The Rare Wine Co, the followers of Mad about Madeira now have the chance to win a copy of the recently released Madeira, The Island Vineyard. From The Rare Wine Co…
I just love the Malmsey. It is truly a Ricardo wine. No disturbing elements; just a fab drink! Frequent followers know my weak spot when it comes to Barbeito’s 2000 Malvasia Cask 40a and 44a. Pretty much as good…
There’s this little thing I haven’t mentioned in the two previous postings on the Historic Series. It’s spelled old wine. Really, really old wine! In each of the wines, the winemaker Ricardo Diogo Freitas includes 15 per cent Tinta…
Have you heard of William Neyle Habersham? Not? Habersham was an American Madeira dealer. Or rather, the American Madeira dealer. His palate was said to be out of this world and it is told he could drink any Madeira…
They’re all classic seaports on the East Coast of the United States; Boston, Charleston, New York and Savannah. It was here Madeira wine arrived after having crossed the Atlantic Ocean, it was here Madeira wine reached a status in…
Finally! At last I got to taste the Broadbent 10 years old Malmsey – a wine which seems to be highly praised amongst those residing on the other side of the Atlantic. The bottling isn’t as available in Europe…
First nothing and then two books with short interval. Ok, one of them I have to blaim myself for having missed until now, but for long have I wished for new exciting literature handling Madeira since Liddell’s Madeira. In…
Buying land in Madeira is expensive, especially if flat land is wanted. Since the island more or less is one big mountain rising up from the Atlantic Ocean, the flat parts are few and hence reaches prices you thought was…
It seems an eternity ago and once in a while I have to remind myself of our five weeks stay in Funchal earlier this year. More than 1,000 photographs do their part to help and when the urge to…
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…
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