Madeira Wine

Madeira is a fortified wine from the Madeira Islands of Portugal. Madeira styles range from dry wines which can be enjoyed as an aperitif to sweet wines usually consumed with dessert.





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Y/M/D Person Association Description Place Locale Event
1751/10/07 Jonathan Belcher Life Approaching his 70 birthday, Jonathan Belcher writes that he commonly drinks "besides water and small beer about half a bottle of old Madeira a day." Belcher-Ogden House Elizabeth
1786/00/00 Hill-Physick-Keith House is built for Madeira wine importer Henry Hill Hill-Physick House Philadelphia, PA
1864/10/05 Mary Boykin Chesnut Guest I had been gathering what I could of eatables for a month, and now I found that nearly everybody in Columbia was sending me whatever they had that they thought nice enough for the Presidents dinner. We had the 66 old Madeira from Mulberry, - MBC Chesnut Cottage Columbia, SC

Food Attribute Alcohol
Food Attribute Aperitif
Food Attribute Cocktail
Food Category Drink
Food Type Wine

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Particulars for :
Product Kind Food
Wine Attribute Fortified Wine




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