1915 Madeira Cossart Gordon Verdelho Solera 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 Scottish sailor, set out 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, and another Scotsman, Thomas Gordon of Balmaghie, also arrived in 1758. The Cossart family has been among the island’s most influential for almost two centuries. The most authoritative book on Madeira, *Madeira: The Island Vineyard*, was written by Noël Cossart, a former senior partner of the firm born on the island in 1907. To this day, Cossart Gordon Madeiras is regarded as the finest available. 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 a period of discord, the old family firms of Blandy's and Leacock joined, followed immediately by the dispute over Miles and Cossart Gordon, thereby creating the largest Madeira wine producer and exporter. Whatever its size, preserving each individual company’s unique characteristics and style was the association’s focus. By the late 1970s, the interests in the Madeira Wine Company—by then known as such—had shrunk to just a handful of the original families, with the Blandy family holding the controlling share. In 1989, the Blandy family, needing to boost 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)