2010 Madeira Blandy's Sercial Fortificado

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For 200 years, Blandy’s Madeira has been synonymous with high‑quality Madeira wine. Blandy is the only family among all the original founders of the Madeira wine trade still owning and running their original company. The family has played a pivotal role in leading the development of Madeira wine throughout its history, and its members continue to live on the island, preserving a tradition that dates back to 1811. The Madeira Wine Company was originally an association of several Madeira wine producers who decided to join forces to strengthen their purchasing and production capabilities. The association was founded in 1913. During times of dispute, the family firms Blandy’s and Leacock merged, followed immediately by the dispute over Miles and Cossart Gordon, creating the largest producer and exporter of Madeira wine. Regardless of size, maintaining the unique characteristics and style of each individual company remained the association’s focus. By the late 1970s, the interests in the Madeira Wine Company, as it became known, were reduced to just a handful of the original families, with the Blandy family holding the controlling share. In 1989, the Blandy family, needing to bolster the sales and marketing side of the business, invited the Symington family from Porto, Portugal, to join them in partnership. This partnership has continued to the present day, allowing the Madeira Wine Company to play a leading role in the development of the Madeira wine trade. The year of bottling may not match the image presented. (illustrative image only)