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?

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 ...

Madeira, a robust and flavorful fortified wine, is famously long-lasting—but what else do you need to know about this Portoguese libation? Madeira is a Portuguese fortified wine. It’s made on the ...

The acidity in this fortified wine counteracts the sweetness. Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food ...

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 ...

When I told people we were going on vacation to Madeira, it raised an eyebrow or two. To answer the last question first: No. Port comes from the Douro region of Portugal, and Madeira is home to its ...

There’s a wine out there that you can’t kill. “Wait,” you say, “Kill a wine? Is that a thing?” It is. Try returning to an opened bottle of Tempranillo after it sits a few nights on the kitchen ...

I’ve been told that George Washington drank a pint of Madeira every day. Throughout his lifetime, he ordered it by the pipe (a barrel containing roughly 126 gallons) to be shipped from Portugal to ...