For The Love Of Port

Dear fellow Madeira lovers, it has been a while now, since I last posted here on the FTLOP-forum, so I wanted to give you some update about various topics. I also wanted to offer some explanation about what happend and why the future of the MWG was becoming an issue in the first place. But before I ...

Thank you all for your kind answers, your praise, your helpful comments, your feedback. It is so good to hear that the effort put into the MWG has been somewhat appreciated. It is way to early to say something definitive, but there is hope for a solution to keep the knowledge contained in the MWG al...

Dear fellow Madeira wine lovers! Years ago I created the http://www.MadeiraWineGuide.com website to put some kind of a Madeira wine knowledge base on the web. My twin brother was kind enough to run this website from a server in his basement and it was later joined with the ForTheLoveOfPort-Forum. Ov...

Dear Allan, Having a day off I stopped looking in the internet and took to the "old-style" way of doing things, spending the afternoon with my Madeira library. Well, what can I say, I should have done that in the first place [dash1.gif] I finally found a TN in one of the Madeira books i ow...

Dear Alan, unfortunately my knowledge about any tasting notes of Kassab madeira wine remains the same after all these years: Zero. Obviously nobody ever opened one of these old treasures... Out of curiosity I searched again for a couple hours about any TNs, but there was nothing to be found, sorry. ...

Alex Liddell "Madeira" page 207 (1795 FFF tasting note) and Richard Mayson "Madeira" page 174 both say: FFF joined the MWC (MWA back then in 1937).

Best regards
Peter

I know, long time no post [foilhat.gif] But I found out something interesting for anyone who needs to have an old Madeira wine bottle recorked AND happens to fly over to Madera island. Obviously the Madeira Wine Company does recorking of old Madeira wines and asks 20 € per bottle. I do not know if t...

1963 Leacocks Sercial
1966 Blandys Sercial
1969 Miles Sercial
1977 Borges Sercial
1979 Borges Sercial

5 "young" Sercial wines that all offer a great Sercial-for-price-ratio. Can't go wrong with any of these

Dear Paul, here are the variations I have seen so far: Gold label on embossed bottle with wicker cap. Gold label on embossed bottle with wicker cap and JNV paper seal. Gold label on smooth bottle with wicker cap. Gold label on smooth bottle with wicker cap and JNV paper seal. Gold label on smooth bo...

Dear Paul,

you have probably read this?
http://www.madeirawineguide.com/10madei ... _vintages/

Best
Peter

Would you give this a try if your doctor told you to quit on Madeira wine?

Peter

Roy Hersh wrote:http://www.richardmayson.com/Madeira_Wi ... _Malvasia/

How I wish I'd been there.... (sic)

May be next time?

Peter

Since I heard that we have an expert guest in the forums this week, I would like to post a rather exotic question to Dominic. I do understand that the knowledge about this specific wine might be minimal, but since I believe that I own a bottle this is a rare chance that is not to be missed :-) The q...

I strongly agree with everything you posted, Justin and would like to add something to #7: I usually let guests have a sip or two from any old Madeira that is opened anyway and the reactions range from plain disgust to absolute enthusiasm. However the few (one out of four or five, I would guess) tha...

For a long time I had been wondering whom I was going to ask to contribute some very old and rare Madeira bottles for the next tasting.... and now it seems I found two worthy candidates at once...

Peter

After Alex had published his new book I just had to write a new chapter for the MadeiraWineGuide. This time it is about your Madeira wine library: http://www.madeirawineguide.com/60writings_about_madeira_wine_madeira_island_madeira_wine_related_people/69your_madeira_wine_library/ Enjoy! [cheers.gif]...

Reidar, if I drowned tomorrow in a cask of 1802 Acciaioly, I'd die a very happy man. Roy, If you find enough Acciaioly 1802 T to fill a cask with it, I will join you there and spend my last hours drinking as much as I can :winebath: And I would be very happy to join you next time. I told you the ba...

I loved this part, I wonder if any can still be found at auction? "The Widow" sounds intriguing, I'm guessing a very acidic Sercial! :lol: Most of these names came from the ships that transported the wine to the U.S., as an example "The Widow" was one of these ships. Still makes...

Finally... after almost a year of silence, here comes a new chapter to the MadeiraWineGuide. It might be interesting to Madeira wine lovers who want to know more about the specific American background of this wine. Enjoy the read! [cheers.gif] direkt link: http://www.madeirawineguide.com/60writings_...

Dear Roy,

I hope you had a great time and I really wish I would have been there... Can't wait until I read the TNs from this event.
Best

Peter