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Blandy’s; a bicentenary tasting celebrating 200 years anniversary

On October 11, 2011 · 2 Comments

200 years. That’s impressive. Impressive for a family business. You see,  family owned companies normally have a life cycle way below 200 years. Heck, even 20 or 30 years are impressive for a family run company. Not Blandy’s though. They’re celebrating John Blandy’s founding of the company in 1811, by putting the 7th generation of [...]

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The last Bastardo

On March 24, 2010 · 1 Comment


Admit it – Bastardo sounds more interesting than Trousseau. Unfortunately the growers on the island of Madeira disagrees and today the grape is more or less extinct. You will find a plant at Rua dos Ferreiros 109 when you stand at the courtyard of the small family run firm of

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