The US market is historically one of the most relevant for producers of the famous fortified wine

Between the 21st and 28th of October, the Regional Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, through the Madeira Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts Institute (IVBAM) and in partnership with five companies in the sector, will perform a series of tastings of Madeira wine aimed at professionals in the wine industry, from important European markets for exports of Madeira Wine.

The madeiran athlete and Zenit St. Petersburg football player, Danny Gomes, was enthroned on Thursday, November 24, by the Madeira Wine Association “Confraria” (Madeira Wine Brotherhood). The solemn ceremony took place in the city of Funchal, in Madeira island and was attended by several government entities from this region, including the President of the Regional Government, Alberto João Jardim, who is also a member of this Association.

The Madeira Wine, Embroidery and Handicrafts Institute, I.P. (IVBAM), in conjunction with the Wine sector of the Viticultural Region of Madeira, will attend the largest fair of national wine flavours aimed at end consumers. This is a Meeting with Wine / Meeting with the flavours, taking place between the 9th and 12th of November at the Lisbon Congress Centre.

Launched in September last, the album by Mark Knopfler, former lead singer of Dire Straits, alludes to Madeira Wine in the track that is also the title of the album: ‘Privateering’. The reference is repeated several times throughout the song, whose lyrics refer to Buccaneers’ adventurous life at the service of the British crown.