Madeira Wine and Dine

Welcome to Madeira Wine and Dine - a website dedicated to the wonderful island of Madeira, its wines, its wonderful cuisine and its welcoming people.
Madeira wines are amongst some of the world’s greatest and most unique wines. Madeira’s cuisine and dining scene is very vibrant, offering wonderful value for money by providing the freshest of fish (and other delights) that is made extra special by the superb service and the most wonderful of scenery of the island.
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Madeira Wine Glossary

Madeira wine glossary Adega A winemaking facility – winery and often includes the ageing and storage facility as well. Aguardente Brandy and now the 98% ABV grape spirit...
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Who Is Drinking Madeira Wine and Where?

Madeira is world famous and for many years the wine travelled around the world and formed a major part of the North Atlantic trading...
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A Madeira Wine Premiumisation Index

Defining Premiumisation Premiumisation in the alcoholic beverages’ world describes a long‑term shift where consumers buy fewer bottles overall but spend more per bottle, (less is...
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Madeira Wine in the 21st Century

As we saw in our first piece, the trend for Madeira wine commercialisation indicates a long-term slow decline in volume, from 1978, but with...
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Global Wine Consumption

The slump in global wine consumption – what is the impact on Madeira wine? With the a background of 20 years in “the trade”...
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Buying Madeira Wines

Buying Madeira wines when not in Madeira Madeira is widely available, but perhaps not as widely available as one would hope. Why this is, is...
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Verdelho

Tasting Verdelho Madeira wine This is a gently rich wine and tastes almost medium sweet when young. Verdelho has a deep golden colour. Verdelho Madeira...
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Sercial

Tasting Sercial Sercial is the driest style of Madeira wine, and is pale in colour, and quite lightly perfumed. The wine matures into a wonderfully...

This web site Madeira Wine and Dine aims to inform you about the history of Madeira the island and the wonderful historic accident that led to the creation of one of the world’s unique and most enjoyable wines in the hope you will enjoy this most interesting of wines and visit one of the worlds most remarkable places.

David Patterson

Your Madeira Guide