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 ...

Obscure these days, Madeira once was the most popular wine in America. How did the tiny Portuguese archipelago of that name come to produce the most prestigious wines, then fall out of favor? Madeira ...

It fueled the American Revolution. It fired up the drafters of the U.S. Constitution. And though it hails from Portugal, it was America’s first favorite wine. Madeira, a fortified wine, is inexorably ...

To answer the last question first: no. Port comes from the Douro region of Portugal, and Madeira is home to its own eponymous appellation of fortified wine. The where (and the what): Madeira is a ...

Of great import: The little-known, perennially prettied Portuguese island of Madeira is becoming a must-see paradise. Faria Paulino Welcome to Madeira, the world’s sexiest potluck where you, too, can ...

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 ...

Chef Staib prepares Chicken Madeira along with Spätzle and Chestnut Fritters. Philadelphia’s docks were very busy in the 18th century, receiving ships from as far away as Portugal, laden with precious ...