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by Alex Messina
Fri Sep 21, 2012 4:27 am
Forum: Madeira Forum
Topic: Great Madeira Vintages
Replies: 8
Views: 1420

Re: Great Madeira Vintages

Thanks everyone. I first bought Michael Broadbent's book 20-odd years ago, and concur - he certainly is one of the "wise old men" of wine, whom I respect greatly. I particularly love his "Britishness", a feature I have also admired in wine writers Hugh Johnson, Clive Coates and m...
by Alex Messina
Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:27 am
Forum: Madeira Forum
Topic: Great Madeira Vintages
Replies: 8
Views: 1420

Great Madeira Vintages

Hello all. I have had limited experience drinking Madeira, but enough to know that I enjoy them immensely. I am currently drinking my father's birthday wine, a d'Oliveiras Reserva Bastardo 1927. My query is this: would anybody be able to advise me as to which are the truly great vintages in Madeira ...