You know you might be obsessed with madeira when...??

Daniel Fraley · Post by **Daniel Fraley** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 1:10 pm

...four of the top five bookmarks on our browser are madeira related!

Finish this sentence FTLOP'ers.

Barry Sunderland · Post by **Barry Sunderland** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:39 pm

...you keep checking RWC for new releases.

Barry Sunderland · Post by **Barry Sunderland** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:40 pm

...you try to 'friend' Mannie Berk on Facebook.

Barry Sunderland · Post by **Barry Sunderland** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:42 pm

...you create your own Madeira blends.

Daniel Fraley · Post by **Daniel Fraley** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:47 pm

Barry Sunderland wrote:...you create your own Madeira blends.

Love this!

Daniel Fraley · Post by **Daniel Fraley** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 5:48 pm

...you spent more on madeira in the last year than you did your first car.

Barry Sunderland · Post by **Barry Sunderland** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:08 pm

...on a teacher's budget, you seriously consider the buying the 1850 D'Oliveira.

Peter Reutter · Post by **Peter Reutter** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:24 am

Barry Sunderland wrote:...you create your own Madeira blends.

...guilty as charged

but also:
...you thought about naming your daughter "Malvazia" as her middle name.
(that was after three glasses of Malvazia, next morning I changed my mind and picked my grandmother's name instead)

Peter

Daniel Fraley · Post by **Daniel Fraley** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 4:44 pm

...you're truly disappointed that your birth year was such a poor madeira vintage.

Barry Sunderland · Post by **Barry Sunderland** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 6:35 pm

...you get frustrated that so few people contribute to the Madeira Forum.

Miguel Simoes · Post by **Miguel Simoes** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:43 pm

... you celebrate the birth of your second son by opening a bottle of Madeira.

(actually opened the Barbeito "Mãe Manuela" just over a week ago. tasting so much better now. rather wonderful and balanced from beginning to end)

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:58 pm

Miguel Simoes wrote:... you celebrate the birth of your second son by opening a bottle of Madeira.

(actually opened the Barbeito "Mãe Manuela" just over a week ago. tasting so much better now. rather wonderful and balanced from beginning to end)

Belated Congratulations!!

Miguel Simoes · Post by **Miguel Simoes** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:06 am

Andy Velebil wrote: Belated Congratulations!!

Thank you Andy!

Big boy at 8lb 7oz :) all went well!

Moses Botbol · Post by **Moses Botbol** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 10:30 am

you're license plate is BUAL

Goncalo Martins · Post by **Goncalo Martins** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:24 am

... when you specifically go to Madeira do conceive your first child there (and it worked out!). My baby daughter will be christened tomorrow and the toast after lunch could ony be with Madeira!

Just loved Moses' reply on the BUAL license plate

and I agree with Barry. I have recently started thinking about doing my one Madeira blend....

Miguel, congratulations for the big boy! I really thought it would be difficult for you to keep the Mãe Manuela far from sight!

Moses Botbol · Post by **Moses Botbol** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:28 am

Miguel Simoes wrote:
Andy Velebil wrote: Belated Congratulations!!
Thank you Andy!

Big boy at 8lb 7oz :) all went well!

Congrat's. Did you pick a name?

Miguel Simoes · Post by **Miguel Simoes** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:55 am

Moses Botbol wrote: Congrat's. Did you pick a name?

Daniel Auh Simões. We both really like the name Daniel and it travels extremely well (same spelling pretty much everywhere). We thought Filipe (our first) would be smooth sailing but have had it butchered so many different ways (Felipe, Felippe, Filippe, Philippe, Philip, ...) that we went as safe as possible this time.

Am not enough of a Port/Madeira geek to name him something like Graham or Sercial...

As I think about it, feels tougher to get boys names than girls names when using Port/Madeira for inspiration.

Goncalo Martins wrote:... when you specifically go to Madeira do conceive your first child there (and it worked out!). My baby daughter will be christened tomorrow and the toast after lunch could ony be with Madeira!

Congrats in advance Gonçalo! That's a lot of Madeira spirit packed into a little girl. Any chance you named her Malvasia??

Goncalo Martins · Post by **Goncalo Martins** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:30 am

Miguel Simoes wrote:
Congrats in advance Gonçalo! That's a lot of Madeira spirit packed into a little girl. Any chance you named her Malvasia??

No

, but Maria, which isn't that far from that!...

Post by **Andy Velebil** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:30 am

Goncalo Martins wrote:... when you specifically go to Madeira do conceive your first child there (and it worked out!). My baby daughter will be christened tomorrow and the toast after lunch could ony be with Madeira!

!

Congratulations!

Goncalo Martins · Post by **Goncalo Martins** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 4:09 pm

Thank you Andy!

Chose a Blandy's Malvazia 5 yr for the toast with around 50 guests.

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