Visiting Madeira
 

We (my wife and I) plan to stay one week in January. We would like to visit
a few wine Co if possible, and we do welcome suggestions.

(Substitute "warm" for "hot" if not answerring here)

Henning Knagsted

Visiting Madeira
 

Hi,

I presume you're staying in Funchal?

If so try;

The Old Blandy Wine Lodge - very good, does guided tours, has 2 tasting
rooms 1free the other is vintage and costs but you try it.

HM Borges - You can walk around the winery by yourself or just try the wines
in their tasting room.

D'Oliverias - A bit more commercialised but still worth a visit as wine is
free!

There is also a winery just east of Reids Palace, I think its called
Barbeitos or similar.

They are all walkable from the centre of town - ask at your hotel and I'm
sure they will point them out on a map.

We didn't get there but the one I also wanted to visit is in Ribeiro Brava
the next major town east of Funchal - Henriques & Henriques.

Definitely buy the wine at the wineries if you can - some will ship home for
you.

Hope this helps

ds
"Knagsted" > wrote in message
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> We (my wife and I) plan to stay one week in January. We would like to
visit
> a few wine Co if possible, and we do welcome suggestions.
>
> (Substitute "warm" for "hot" if not answerring here)
>
> Henning Knagsted
>
>
>

Visiting Madeira
 

Sorry that should have been west of Reids Palace - must have stayed too long
at Blandy's!

ds


"Knagsted" > wrote in message
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> We (my wife and I) plan to stay one week in January. We would like to
visit
> a few wine Co if possible, and we do welcome suggestions.
>
> (Substitute "warm" for "hot" if not answerring here)
>
> Henning Knagsted
>
>
>

Visiting Madeira
 

"Derek Stubbs" > skrev i en meddelelse
...
> Sorry that should have been west of Reids Palace - must have stayed too
long
> at Blandy's!
>
> ds
>
>
Thank you for the information, it was just what we needed!

Yes, we'll stay in Funchal, but we've rented a care and plan to explore as
much as possible of the Island during our one-week stay. Our interest in
wine in general is far from new, but the interest in Madeira Wines is quite
new.

Thanks again.

Best regards
Henning

Visiting Madeira
 

Hi,

Try and do the Blandy's tour first if possible, its particularly good and
informative about Madeira wine.

Bear the following in mind;

There are a number of "noble" Madeira grapes that are used to make several
styles of Madeira from dry to sweet - Sercial, Verdelho, Bual and Malmsey -
if they are not mentioned on the bottle the wine is made from Tinta Negra
Mole - a grape which mimics the others according to what height it is grown
at. Most restaurants will offer sweet - dry and all are probably t-n-m.

Vintage Madeira must have spent at least 20 years in a barrel before being
bottled.

Most Madeira (from the noble grapes) will be referred to as 5,10 or 15 year
old. Some are excellent, some less so - you've got to try as many as you
can!

There are a few colheitas - wine produced from one years harvest but that
don't fall into the above categories.

Good luck with the trip - sorry if the info is a bit overload.

Any other help on Madeira & places to visit etc drop me a line at
or afw

ds

"Knagsted" > wrote in message
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>
> "Derek Stubbs" > skrev i en meddelelse
> ...
> > Sorry that should have been west of Reids Palace - must have stayed too
> long
> > at Blandy's!
> >
> > ds
> >
> >
> Thank you for the information, it was just what we needed!
>
> Yes, we'll stay in Funchal, but we've rented a care and plan to explore as
> much as possible of the Island during our one-week stay. Our interest in
> wine in general is far from new, but the interest in Madeira Wines is
quite
> new.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Best regards
> Henning
>
>