For The Love Of Port

I also wanted to add that the information in Maderia the Island Vineyard by Noel Cossart is invaluable in researching Habersham's collection and tracing the whereabouts of the wine as it live on in history.

Karen

Peter this is a fantastic find. As you may remember I had a bottle from Habersham's Painted Pipe that was sold to Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1899. It was bottled from demijohn in 1907 by Morten and Co. for Mrs. Vanderbilt. A picture can be found here http://www.finestandrarest.com/sitebuilder/images/17...

Here is an excerpt from a 1906 book on eating healthy? Note the old Madeira names. Description This section is from the book "Eating To Live", by John Janvier Black 1906 J.B. Lippincott & Co.. Also available from Amazon: Eating to Live. Madeira Madeira, so far as the old wines are conc...

Hello to the forum, I was surprised and delighted to find this forum. I am a collector of Madeira wine and knowledge. This is a short intro to say hi and offer some tips on books. Some old, very interesting out of print books are availabe as electronic books. The folloing link is to a book written b...