Interested in Madeira? We recommend two sites which do for Madeira what we do for Port: Peter Reutter’s Madeira Wine Guide (archived here on FTLOP) and Niklas Jorgensen’s Mad About Madeira. But we love Madeira too, and have written about the wines, the producers and travel to Madeira here on For The Love of Port. Below you will find links to all of our own writing about Madeira.

Roy’s Madeira Musings

Observations of Madeira, the island, did not begin for me in the mid-1990’s as did my early tasting adventures with the eponymous adult beverage. It took another dozen years before I was finally able to visit the island in person. My tour business partner Mario Ferreira and I began hosting Portuguese wine tours in 2005, [...]

By |2023-04-14T14:48:11-07:00December 1st, 2022|Categories: Madeira, Madeira Wine Guide|0 Comments
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The Maderia Wine Guide

Earlier this year, I noticed on FTLOP’s Forum, a thread started by a Madeira loving friend in Wadersloh, Germany. His name, Dr. Wolf Peter Reutter, who I first met in Seattle a dozen years ago, in January 2007. His brother Hans lived nearby at the time and worked for Microsoft, and we met as well. [...]

By |2019-02-08T21:56:31-08:00February 8th, 2019|Categories: Madeira, Madeira Wine Guide, Roys Blog, Uncategorized|1 Comment
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The 1795 Terrantez Vintages

There are at least six, probably seven (and maybe still more!) known Terrantez wines from 1795. There is the 1795 Terrantez of Barbeito, the 1795 Terrantez of Companhia Vinicola da Madeira, the Terrantez of F. F. Ferraz (probably the same wine like the “Messias” wine in Alex Liddell’s book “Madeira”), a 1795 Terrantez possibly from [...]

By |2021-01-15T08:09:16-08:00October 6th, 2018|Categories: Madeira, Madeira Wine Guide, Roys Blog|Tags: , , , , |2 Comments
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Bastardo and Moscatel – The Tasting

After five years of concentrating on one Madeira grape at a time: Terrantez, Verdelho, Bual, Malvasia and Sercial respectively, it was time for a change of pace. To put it in perspective, all of the nearly 100 bottles we’ve tasted under the same roof in NYC; have combined for a staggering total of circa 17,000 [...]

By |2019-09-02T18:27:48-07:00December 12th, 2017|Categories: Madeira, Madeira_NYC|Tags: , |1 Comment
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Musing about Madeira: Colheita

A quick aside, Colheita Madeira unlike Colheita Port (the latter of which requires 7 years in wood) but with Madeira, Colheita rules have required a minimum of six years in neutral cask, since the category was created in the early-mid-1990s. In the new regulations passed in 2015, that was changed to where Colheita Madeira now [...]

By |2017-05-17T22:20:27-07:00March 16th, 2017|Categories: Featured, Madeira, Roys Blog|Tags: |1 Comment
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Sensational Sercial – Pre-Phylloxera 1875 – 1800

The late ripening Sercial grape is unquestionably the driest (up to 1.5% RS) and often the most crisp style of Madeira, with lemon, grapefruit and nutty nuances along with mineral characteristics. Madeira’s Sercial grape is noted for its rarity, as well as its fresh, razor-sharp -- some would say, “searing” – acidity, hints of VA and delicate mouthfeel as [...]

By |2019-09-02T18:35:24-07:00December 12th, 2016|Categories: Madeira, Madeira_NYC|Tags: , |0 Comments
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The Majesty of Malvasia

This was our 4th consecutive year of exploring the various cultivars of Madeira. Having previously surveyed Terrantez, Verdelho and Boal grapes, the natural progression from dry to sweet, led us to the marvelous Malvasia grape. The perfect ambience, spacious banquet room, excellent food and service staff at NYC’s Del Posto restaurant, has continued to deliver [...]

By |2019-09-02T18:34:20-07:00December 12th, 2015|Categories: Madeira, Madeira_NYC|0 Comments
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Olympus, or a Nectar Named Madeira

Water everywhere. Around, over and within, it flows in an endless circle of rebirth. It is the very nature of the island of Madeira. It flows from the high mountains down to the sea, along streams and cascades, along the roads and valleys. But it also runs down in the “levadas”, water pathways built by [...]

By |2017-05-18T20:19:34-07:00October 8th, 2015|Categories: Featured, Madeira|Tags: , |0 Comments
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The Beauty of Boal

Bual or Boal as the Portuguese spell it, is a white grape that immediately appeals to those who enjoy Madeira as it provides ethereal aromatics and perfect balance between medium-sweet torrefacted flavors and crisp acidity that allows it to age well for centuries.   Article and photos by Roy Hersh © October 2014 [...]

By |2019-09-02T18:35:25-07:00December 12th, 2014|Categories: Madeira, Madeira_NYC|Tags: , |0 Comments
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The Matriarch of Madeira: A Tribute to Dona Manuela Barbeito

The Rare Wine Co. and Vinhos Barbeito team up again for another memorable tasting of rare Madeiras, this time in honour of Vinhos Barbeito's former winemaker Dona Manuela Barbeito.

By |2016-11-18T10:23:17-08:00January 22nd, 2014|Categories: Madeira|Tags: , , |1 Comment
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