Madeira Cossart Gordon Rainwater Fortificado

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Cossart Gordon & Co. was founded in 1745 and is the oldest company in the Madeira wine trade. Francis Newton, a young Scotsman, set sail from Gravesend in Britain and arrived in Madeira on 12 September 1745, founding the firm. His younger brother Thomas joined him from 1758 to 1763, followed shortly thereafter by another Scotsman, Thomas Gordon of Balmaghie, also in 1758. The Cossart family has been among the island’s most influential for almost two centuries. The definitive book on Madeira, *Madeira – The Island Vineyard*, was written by Noël Cossart, a senior former partner of the firm born on the island in 1907. To this day, Cossart Gordon Madeira is considered the finest available. The Madeira Wine Company was originally an association of several Madeira‑wine producers who united to strengthen their purchasing and production capabilities. The association was founded in 1913. During a period of discord, the family firms Blandy’s and Leacock joined, followed immediately by the dispute between Miles and Cossart Gordon, thereby creating the largest Madeira wine producer and exporter. Regardless of size, maintaining each individual company’s unique characteristics and style remained the association’s focus. By the late 1970s, the interests in the Madeira Wine Company, as it became known, had been reduced to only a handful of the original families, with the Blandy family holding the controlling stake. In 1989, the Blandy family, needing to strengthen sales and marketing, invited the Symington family from Porto, Portugal, to partner with them. 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 bottling year may not correspond to the image presented. (illustrative image only)