Vintage Madeira Tasting back to 1862 with Special Guest Dr. Robert Maliner

"Wino Forever"

Johnny Depp

(The tattoo once read 'Winona Forever'!)

 I know forever seems like a long time but if you are a bottle of Madeira, a lifetime is a VERY long time.      The oldest wine we have in the store is from the 1795 harvest and we have an incredible selection of Vintage Madeira in the store at all times.

You can’t call yourself a wine lover if you have never tried Madeira. I remember the first time that I tasted a vertical selection of Madeira at the Great Wine Seminar put on by the biggest collector of Madeira on Earth Dr. Robert Maliner.  I was stunned at the wines’ complexity and the layers of flavors and aromas that continued to rise from the glass for hours.

After this tasting I began a search looking for all the old Madeira that I could find, and Wine Watch now has one of the largest collections of Madeira that you can find in the United States of America.  We host an annual event with Dr. Maliner every year now as we are trying to help our good friend drink through his stash of some of the oldest wines on the planet.  This year we have three Madeira wines pre-1900, the oldest going all the way back to 1862 vintage! 

The fee for this tasting which includes dinner and gratuity is $1495.00 + tax and our good friend Dr. Robert Maliner will be here to tell the story of these ancient bottles.  For reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.

Vintage Madeira Tasting back to 1862

With Special Guest Dr. Robert Maliner

Saturday, December 26^th

7:30pm

1937 Vintage Sercial,  D’Oliveira      

1902  GVintage Verdelho,   Barbeito   

1862  Vintage Terrantez,  Rutherford & Miles   

Thomas Jefferson Special Reserve, Barbeito,  The Rare Wine Company Historic Series   

1995 Colheita Bual, Bottles 2005    HM Borges 

1922 Vintage Boal,  D’Oliveira   

1868  Vintage Malvasia,  Bolger 

1875  Vintage Moscatel, D’Oliveira   

Menu

Lions Main Mushroom and Madeira Soup

Bang Bang Sweet Breads with Sweet Potato Chips

Sweet Onion Crusted Snapper with madeira Beurre Blanc and Crème Fraiche Mash

Double Chocolate Chip Madeira Pecan Pie

The fee for this tasting which includes dinner and gratuity is $1495 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com. 

1862 along with 1795, 1802, 1846 are considered the best of the best.   Most famous is the HM Borges but of the 3 or 4 different 1862 known to exist the rarest is Rutherford and Miles,and having tasted them all, the 1862 Rutherford and Miles was the best.