Your Madeira Wine Library
When you start getting serious about collecting Madeira wine, of course you start collecting some books about Madeira wine as well. Besides a duo of absolute must-have basics, there are more books...
View ArticleWard McAllister: Society as I have found it, 1890
As the following lines from Wikipedia will show, Samuel Ward McAllister (1827 to 1895)was certainly in a position to know a lot about Madeira wine. So reading through his book “Society as I Have Found...
View ArticleA traveling Terrantez trio
This trio of bottles was acquired from a private source in Portugal. The owner told me that his uncle bought these bottles on the island of Madeira. The bottles were two almost identical ones printed...
View ArticleThe Munich Madeira Tasting 2012
The Münchener Weinkreis (Munich Wine Circle) is a group of wine aficionados who meet regularly for tastings of a certain wine region or a certain producer. Over the last two years Viola von Ciriacy,...
View Article1795 Terrantez Twins?
Just like every other collector of Madeira wine I too have been watching the auction market over the last years. Besides the usual suspects sometimes you stumble across a unique bottle that provokes...
View ArticleThe 1795 Terrantez Vintages
There are at least six, probably seven 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...
View ArticleNYC Transcendental Terrantez Tasting 2012
Terrantez – it’s the name of a grape that provokes a lot of positive associations when heard by Madeira wine lovers. This grape is synonym for ethereal quality, unique aromas, longevity and especially...
View ArticleChange of Email Address!
Due to the shutdown of my isp, I had to change the email address for any correspondence concerning the MadeiraWineGuide! Please note that wopereutter@nwn.de is no longer working! The new address for...
View ArticleCreating your own Madeira blend
Ever since starting to collect Madeira wines I had dreamed about creating and maturing my own blend. The initial plans were to buy a small wooden cask, import about 100 liters of Madeira wine and...
View ArticleWilliam Neyle Habersham and Madeira wine
In 1817 William Neyle Habersham was born into the Habersham family of Savannah, Georgia. Growing up in a wealthy and well-known family he was introduced to life’s finest things, especially Madeira wine...
View ArticleViala, Vermorel and the grapes of Madeira
In 1901 Pierre Viala and Victor Vermorel started their monumental task of collecting knowledge of all the grape varieties used for viticulture by man. It took the two and about 70 other colleagues...
View ArticleHamburg IVBAM Madeira Tasting 2010
Arriving at Hamburg the weather was rainy, cold and rather windy – perfect conditions for the tasting of Madeira wines. On October the 27th, the IVBAM, represented by Joao Nunez and the Portuguese...
View ArticleThank god its autumn.
Summer is finally over, autumn is here and it is Madeira drinking time again! In my opinion rather heavy wines like Madeira do not drink so well when it is hot. So even when the weather is turning to...
View ArticleTechno-Update for MWG
Since the server for the MadeiraWineGuide website is located in the U.S. I always had a hard time to put new contents on this website. All the hassle of transfering pictures and text from Europe to...
View ArticleEdward Vernon Harcourt: A sketch of Madeira 1851
The following text has been taken from Edward Vernon Harcourt’s “A sketch of Madeira”, published in 1851. The chapter V, titled “On the agriculture of Madeira” gives a precise overview of all the...
View ArticleNews and TNs from ProWein 2010
At the last weekend the ProWein 2010, one of the largest wine fairs in the world, again took place in Düsseldorf. About 3500 producers from all over the world presented wines and other alcoholic drinks...
View ArticleHamburg IVBAM Madeira Tasting 2009
At the 5th of October, the Portuguese chamber of foreign commerce AICEP and the Madeira Wine Institute IVBAM held their annual Madeira wine tasting event in sunny Hamburg, Germany. The tasting took...
View ArticleFTLOP-MWG Seattle Madeira Tasting 2009
What a complicated name for such an enjoyable thing like this tasting of six old Madeira wines. Ever since Roy’s exceptional tasting in 2007, I had wanted to re-taste with Roy, but only when I visited...
View ArticleNews and TNs from ProWein 2009
At the end of March the ProWein 2009, one of the largest wine fairs in the world, took place in windy Düsseldorf. About 3000 producers from all over the world presented wines and other alcoholic drinks...
View ArticleBenjamin Franklin and the three dead flies in Madeira
In 1773 Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America, wrote to Barbeu Dubourg, his translator, on the general subject of causes of death. He included some experiments...
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