Across all styles, Madeira shares a recognizable profile shaped by heat and oxidation: flavors often lean toward toasted nuts ...

Wine geeks will already have guessed what the wines were: madeira, the longest-lived wine of all, and one that, so usefully, remains hale and hearty in an opened bottle for as long as it takes you to ...

Of great import: The little-known, perennially prettied Portuguese island of Madeira is becoming a must-see paradise. Welcome to Madeira, the world’s sexiest potluck where you, too, can be its next ...

Madeira wine is beloved around the world and across the centuries; drank by George Washington and referenced by Shakespeare, its 600-year history is still going strong in the Madeira islands. When the ...

To answer the last question first: no. Port comes from the Douro region of Portugal, and Madeira is home to its own eponymous appellation of fortified wine. The where (and the what): Madeira is a ...

It fueled the American Revolution. It fired up the drafters of the U.S. Constitution. And though it hails from Portugal, it was America’s first favorite wine. Madeira, a fortified wine, is inexorably ...

Madeira, a robust and flavorful fortified wine, is famously long-lasting—but what else do you need to know about this Portoguese libation? Madeira is a Portuguese fortified wine. It’s made on the ...

Obscure these days, Madeira once was the most popular wine in America. How did the tiny Portuguese archipelago of that name come to produce the most prestigious wines, then fall out of favor? Madeira ...

I’ve been told that George Washington drank a pint of Madeira every day. Throughout his lifetime, he ordered it by the pipe (a barrel containing roughly 126 gallons) to be shipped from Portugal to ...