Richard Mayson’s Madeira: The islands and their wines is a unique guide to a unique wine. This comprehensively updated second edition begins by considering the history and geography of the islands, the vineyards and the way in which the wines are made. A guide to the current producers and their typical wines follows, along with a chapter on the shippers, with tasting notes on more than 400 wines.

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• Weight 0.55 kg
• Dimensions 156 x 234 mm

Richard Mayson is an award-winning wine writer and an authority on Portuguese wine. A lecturer and consultant, he writes for Decanter and The World of Fine Wine and is a contributor to the Oxford Companion to Wine, the Larousse Encyclopedia of Wine and the World Atlas of Wine. His books include Port and the Douro, Madeira: The islands and their wines and The wines of Portugal. He is Chair of the Decanter World Wine Awards for Port and Madeira Wine.