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Madeira Wine

This wine comes from Madeira Island, a Portuguese territory which traded with England during the Napoleonic blockade.

This explains why Madeira and Port wines are so popular in England.

These are wines fortified with grape or sugar cane alcohol. These wines endured well the long journey in the holds of the sailboats which brought them back to London. The particularity of Madeira wine is that it is parboiled at 50 ° once transferred. Alcohol-mixed wine is brewed and parboiled at 50 ° C (Estufa) over a period of up to 3 months. There are 4 main categories of Madeira which correspond to the grape varieties used.

Madeira Sercial is dry
Madeira Verdelho is semi-dry
Madeira Bual is semi sweet
Madeira Malvasia is sweet

Another method exists which is called Canteiro, the wines are stored over a very long period (20 to 100 years) and subjected to the natural heat of the sun.

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