Madeira Rutherford Miles Verdelho Reserva Fortificado

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The company that would later become Miles Madeira was originally known as Rutherford & Brown, founded on the island of Madeira in 1814. In 1856, Henry Price Miles left England with his family and arrived in Madeira. Having worked as an apprentice from the age of 12 under James Rutherford, he gained solid knowledge and experience in the workings of the Madeira trade. In 1872 the Rutherfords moved to London (as Phylloxera was decimating most vineyards on the island) and began a wine‑import business at Old Trinity House on Waterlane. This led Miles to buy the company and its shares, and later he entered into a gentleman’s agreement with Rutherford that any Madeira sold by them in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia or Russia would be purchased through HPMiles and Co. The Madeira Wine Company was originally an association of several Madeira‑wine producers who decided to unite their purchasing and production capabilities. The association was founded in 1913. During the years of discord, the old family businesses of Blandy’s and Leacock joined, followed immediately by the dispute involving Miles and Cossart Gordon, creating the largest producer and exporter of Madeira wine. Whatever the size, preserving the unique characteristics and style of each individual company remained at the heart of the association’s mission. By the late 1970s the interests in the Madeira Wine Company, as it had become known, had been reduced to only a handful of the original families, with the Blandy family holding the controlling share. In 1989 the Blandy family, needing to strengthen the sales and marketing side of the business, 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 match the image shown. (Illustrative picture only)