What happened to the often quoted "Savannah Madeira Club"?
Does anybody knows its fate? Is the club still in existence? Of course I have read the article of Frank Prial about Johnson's tv-series in the late 80ies, but that was not the real thing, was it?
I would like to write a little more about this club in the madeirawineguide, but it is hard to find any facts about it.
Any information is highly appreciated!
Regards
Peter
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Peter Reutter
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*Wine makes poets of us all!* Hamilton in Silas Weir Mitchell's A Madeira Party.
I don't believe that "society" exists today as it once did. At best they probably get together for an annual "re-enactment" of a Madeira Party. I have the Hugh Johnson video where he visited this gang, it is a fun watch and when you visit next, please remind me to show it to you.
Ambition driven by passion, rather than money, is as strong an elixir as is Port. http://www.fortheloveofport.com
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Alan Gardner
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I recall that some of the members passed on (or got divorced - not sure). About 15 years ago I bought some madeiras at auction in Chicago that seemed to come from the cellar of a member of that group (although it may have been a Charleston SC group). The surviving members had picked over the cellar, but many were duplicates - which made their way to Chicago. In particular, I bought the 1827 and 1830 Madeiras there.