#Best madeira wine update#

The uninhabited Ilhas Desertas and Ilhas Selvagens also belong to the archipelago that is a total of 800 square kilometers. The archipelago consists of the inhabited islands Madeira, with the capital Funchal, and Porto Santo. Its exact nautical position is 32☄5' north and 17☀0' west. Madeira is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, about 1100km southwest of Portugal and 500km west of the North African town of Casablanca. Left to right: Roy Hersh, Neil Martin, and Peter Reutter in NYC (2012) for Transcendental Terrantez In addition to the content in this Madeira Wine Guide, Roy has written many articles on Madeira, which can be accessed via the links below. More information is available in the bibliography section. Any citation or reproduction by whatever means requires the written consent of the author.Īll those who are really interested in getting into detail about Madeira are advised to read the excellent book by Alex Liddell. There is no commercial interest in this whatsoever, but I request the copyright for these pages. And that is the story of this little collection of facts about Madeira wine. So I wrote up my own 'book' and added more - every time I found another piece of information. My interest in Madeira wine grew, but at that time, there was little information available. I became 'hooked' immediately and more visits followed. The first time I came across Madeira wine was when I visited the island in 1995. But the fascination still remains for some people. Many of those wines are nowadays out of fashion since they are regarded as too heavy, or too sweet. Those wines are Port, Sherry, Madeira, Malaga, Marsala, and others.

#Best madeira wine update#

The first release of this guide is being ported over to this site as it was originally written, but we will begin to add, update and revise content as the trade evolves.įor every wine enthusiast there comes a time when he or she comes across the so-called fortified wines. When he decided that he could no longer maintain the site, he graciously offered to allow For The Love Of Port to move his content over to our site so that it could be maintained, updated and so the passionate work he had done would live on for the benefit of others. Wolf Peter Reutter, and was an in-depth, almost encyclopedic look at Madeira wine. Roy's Note: The Madeira Wine Guide was a site created by Dr.