My first taste of Madeira was a Sercial style, estimated to have come from the early 1800s. It was sweet and sour with a distinct nuttiness, layered with a saturated flavor of apricot jam and just a ...

My first taste of Madeira was a Sercial style, estimated to have come from the early 1800s. It was sweet and sour with a distinct nuttiness, layered with a saturated flavor of apricot jam and just a ...

IS IT LIKE PORT? That’s the first question most wine drinkers ask when contemplating a glass of Madeira, according to Michael Scaffidi, wine director of Union Square Cafe in New York. His answer?

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 ...

Michael Scaffidi is responsible for building the most comprehensive collection of Madeira on the east coast — 50 bottles by the glass, the oldest of which was from 1720 — at The Jefferson in ...

There is a wine that once opened, will still taste fresh and fabulous decades later. At the young age of 150 years this wine is just in its prime. It also has a unique claim to American patriotism, ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Those looking for a new wine to try might want to consider an old favorite. Madeira was the prestigious wine to drink in colonial times. It appeared at George Washington’s ...

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 ...

Thirteen fortified wines took Gold medals at the recently completed International Wine and Spirits Competition. The Gold medalists included five port wines, four Madeira, and four Sherry wines. It is ...

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 ...

We tend to think of the Presidency as a job that requires a sober head. President Donald Trump drinks a lot of Diet Coke while President Joe Biden loves to drink Gatorade -- both men are famously ...