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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 |
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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 ... > 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 > > > |
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Visiting Madeira
Sorry that should have been west of Reids Palace - must have stayed too long
at Blandy's! ds "Knagsted" > wrote in message ... > 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 > > > |
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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 |
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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 ... > > "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 > > |
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