Lyrics of "Have Some Madeira, M'Dear"
She was young, she was pure, she was new, she was nice,
She was fair, she was sweet seventeen.
He was old, he was vile, and no stranger to vice,
He was bad, he was base, he was mean.
He had slyly inveigled her up to his flat,
To view his collection of stamps, (all unperforated),
And he said as he hastened to put out the cat.
The wine, his cigar and the lamps.
Have some madeira, m'dear,
You really have nothing to fear
The Classic Madeira Wines
Madeira Island lies in a warm current in the Atlantic Ocean with an average temperature of 20º C and a coastal rainfall mainly in October and April. Mountain forests collect moisture ali year from the perpectual cloud cover. Formed by volcanic eruption its soil is rich in iron, minerais and organic material.
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Madeira Wines win Gold Medals in International Contest. Madeira Wines where once again prize winners in a recent participation of the “Malvasias of the World” international contest that took place from the 26th to 30th of May 2009 in the island of Palma in the Canaries.
The main prize of the contest, the Grand Gold Medal was awarded to a 1933 Malvasia from the well known winemaking firm, Vinhos Justino Henriques, Filhos Lda. Another Madeira Wine also won a prestigious Gold Medal, attributed to a 1990 Malvasia Blandy’s from the famous Madeira Wine Company, SA. A third, Silver Medal went to a 15 year old Malvasia from the firm Henriques & Henrqiues, Vinhos, SA.
MADEIRA – A Floating Emerald Madeira's exuberant landscape stands out as its most precious treasure, evoking the image of a floating emerald.
A green dot in the vast blue of the Atlantic, Madeira seems like a precious emerald afloat. Roughly 500 sea miles from the Portuguese mainland this picturesque island reveals an overwhelming landscape: magnificent, almost dramatic, and yet exerting a somewhat bucolic charm. Lush vegetation covers the terraced hillsides, a natural paradise where Europe blends with the tropics. Not in vain was it baptized "Madeira", meaning "timber", since the first settlers had to set fire to the virgin forest to penetrate.
History ascribes the discovery of this archipelago consisting of two larger isles, Madeira and Porto Santo, and the smaller, uninhabited Desertas Islands, to the seafarers
João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira, who landed there in 1418. This event was to become an important milestone on the threshold of the Golden Age of the Discoveries, when under the command of Prince Henry "The Navigator", the Portuguese sailors set out for their historic mission.
Madeira Wines win Gold Medals in International Contest.
Madeira Wines where once again prize winners in a recent participation of the “Malvasias of the World” international contest that took place from the 26th to 30th of May 2009 in the island of Palma in the Canaries.
The main prize of the contest, the Grand Gold Medal was awarded to a 1933 Malvasia from the well known winemaking firm, Vinhos Justino Henriques, Filhos Lda. Another Madeira Wine also won a prestigious Gold Medal, attributed to a 1990 Malvasia Blandy’s from the famous Madeira Wine Company, SA. A third, Silver Medal went to a 15 year old Malvasia from the firm Henriques & Henrqiues, Vinhos, SA.
MADEIRA - A Floating Emerald
Madeira's exuberant landscape stands out as its most precious treasure, evoking the image of an emerald afloat.
A green dot in the vast blue of the Atlantic, Madeira seems like a precious emerald afloat. Roughly 500 sea miles from the Portuguese mainland this picturesque island reveals an overwhelming landscape: magnificent, almost dramatic, and yet exerting a somewhat bucollc charm. Lush vegetation covers the terraced hillsides, a natural paradise where Europe blends with the tropics. Not in vain was it baptized "Madeira", meaning "timber", since the first settlers had to set fire to the virgin forest to penetrate.
History ascribes the discovery of this archipelago consisting of two larger isles, Madeira and Porto Santo, and the smal ...
