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, [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
