Why is Madeira wine so expensive?

This scarcity, along with the rich flavor profiles, has catapulted the prices of some Madeira bottles. You'll have to shell out around $10,900 for the 1842 vintage of H.M Borges Terrantez 'T' Vintage - one of the most expensive fortified wines in the world.



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Madeira is a robust and long-lasting wine with a high alcohol content, since it's made with a distilled grape spirit, being around 17-20% alcohol content. It's made in different styles, from dry, used as an aperitif, to sweet, used as a digestif, depending on the amount of sugar it has (anywhere from 0-150 g/liter).

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Poncha is the most well-known alcoholic drink on the island, made with sugar cane brandy, sugar and lemon juice. But, in addition to the traditional version, there are other versions that are worth trying.

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Liquid creations. Poncha is Madeira's signature cocktail, traditionally thrown back by Portuguese fishers to keep the lurgy at bay.

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Poncha is a traditional alcoholic drink from the island of Madeira, made with aguardente de cana (distilled alcohol made from sugar cane juice), honey, sugar, and either orange juice or lemon juice. Some varieties include other fruit juices.

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Delicious dishes in Madeira include espetada, a beef brochette; battered black scabbard fish, which is similar to sword fish; bolo do caco, bread with butter and garlic; grilled limpets; and bolo de mel, a dense sponge cake with nuts and spices.

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What are the drinking laws in Portugal? The legal drinking age in Portugal is 18, whether you find yourself in a pub or a nightclub. The drinking age in Madeira used to be 16, but it was raised to 18, in line with the rest of Portugal, in 2012.

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