Madeira COPY Flashcards
How far away from Portugal is Madeira?
625 miles
What is “round trip”?
Torna viagem
What are the two inhabited islands?
Madeira
Porto Santo
What are Madeira’s terraces and what are they made of?
Poios
Walls of basal stone
What also grows on Madeira?
Banans, sugarcane, passionfruit
How are most vines trained?
pergola
What is the name for canals?
Levadas
How large is the average growers estate?
0.3 hectare
What organization regulates harvesting and production methods?
The Wine, Embroidery and Handicraft Institute of Madeira (IVBAM)
How many Madeira production companies are there, and where are most of them based?
8
Funchal
How many Madeira production companies export wine?
6
What is the largest production company in Madeira? How much export are they responsible for?
Vinhos Justino Henriques
Half
When was the Madeira Wine Company formed?
1913
What are two famous brands of the Madeira Wine Company?
Blandy’s
Cossart Gordon
Who is Madeira’s largest independent producer?
Henriques & Henriques
Where are shipping companies usually based?
London
A shipper will select ____ from a ____, who will then _____ the wine under the shipper’s ____
wines, producer
wine, brand
Who stores Madeira and sells it at maturity?
Partidistas
Name the Madeira production companies
H.M. Borges Henriques & Henriques Madeira Wine Company Pereira D'Oliveira Vinhos Barbeito Vinhos Justino Henriques Faria & Filhos
What are the principal grapes of Madeira
Sercial
Verdelho
Boal
Malmsey
What is a synonym for Sercial?
Esgana Cao
What is a synonym for Boal
Bual
Malvasia Fina