Today the Blandy’s Wine Lodge is the heart of the family’s wine business where over 650 barrels and vats are stored, aging the finest of the family’s wines in the traditional canteiro method. Blandys has one of the largest ranges of aged Madeira on sale and available to taste. The Vintage room is the cathedral of Blandy’s rarest and oldest Madeira wines, where wines dating from the beginning of the 20th century can be tasted, such as Blandy’s Bual 1920. Murals from the renowned German artist Max Römer illustrate the traditional Madeiran harvest in the main tasting room where a wide range of the company’s wines is kept. Winston Churchill, coins from Blandy’s bank and the island’s oldest wooden lager, dating back to the 17th century. The museum holds artifacts which include letters from Sir. The eastern warehouse holds wine dating back to 1920 and the family’s private vintage collection is held within thick stone walls, below the ground floor. The lodge of our producer was bought by Charles Ridpath Blandy in the mid-19th century and not only was it an extremely valuable property but was also very useful due to the fact that it was directly connected to the family’s townhouse.Įach one of the lodge’s rooms has its own character and due to the different temperatures and humidity, the wines all have different aging profiles based on their location.
If you wish to propose another day or time for the experience, send us a message: and we will do our best to reschedule, or we can include one more experience for the day. Available from Monday to Saturday, the tours visit the various areas of the lodge, finishing with a tasting.īook your Madeira wine tour online today! What is not included:Īfter booking we will send all the details of the reservation, as well as the location of the production. This experience will give you the opportunity to explore 200 years of Madeira wine. The Vintage tour (1 hour) will give you a much more detailed knowledge of the aging of our dated wines, including a visit to the huge vats in the Leões Room, the Cooperage, a chance to see the vintage process in the “Canteiro” lodge and an exclusive view of the Blandy family’s private collection of unique vintage Madeiras, followed by a tasting in the Vintage room. The Premium tour (45 minutes) covers the making of barrels at the Cooperage, the transformation of grapes into Madeira wine, brasilian satinwood storage vats and a tour of our museum with unique items from the history of Madeira wine, followed by a tasting. Madeira winery tours & Blandy’s Wine Lodge visit What is included:
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