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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of great import: The little-known, perennially prettied Portuguese island of Madeira is becoming a must-see paradise. Welcome to ...

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 ...

I’ve been told that George Washington drank a pint of Madeira every day. Throughout his lifetime, he ordered it by the pipe (a barrel containing roughly 126 gallons) to be shipped from Portugal to ...

What is remarkable about the nearly 200-year-old Madeira wine, poured from large barrels called demijohns, that was uncovered in the attic of the Liberty Hall Museum in Newark, N.J., during a ...

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 ...

I’ve eaten my fair share of roast duck, but I’ve never seen a preparation quite this meticulous. I’m in Beijing at Hometown ...

A bottle of 1815 Rainwater Madeira is among the notable items for sale in a rare wine auction this month from Heritage Auctions. The wine not only has connections to former Maryland Gov. Charles ...