Wine region
Madeira
Madeira is a wine region in Portugal, home to 104 wineries, producing red, white wines.
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Madeira's 104 wineries produce predominantly white wine; wines carry DO designation.
About the Madeira region
- Location
- Madeira is a fortified wine made on the Portuguese island of Madeira, in the North Atlantic Ocean, just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of the Canary Islands, Spain and 520 kilometres (320 mi) west of Morocco.
- Climate
- The island of Madeira has an oceanic climate with some tropical influences.
- Soils
- The terrain of the mountainous volcanic island is difficult to cultivate, so vineyards are planted on man-made terraces of red and brown basaltic bedrock.
Region facts sourced from Wikipedia contributors, "Madeira wine", Wikipedia, revision 1362661692, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).
Wine profile
Madeira is predominantly a white-wine region (about 89% of its wines).
546 distinct Madeira wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White8 · 89%
- Red1 · 11%
Types: Madeira, Still.
Representative Madeira wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Barbeito — Vo Vera Malvasia 30 Yo Madeira
- LM Rodrigues — Colheita Bual
- Leacock's — S.J 34
- B.A. Kassab — Boal Madeira
- Henriques & Henriques — Malvasia
- Lomelino — Malmsey
- Barbeito — Sercial Old Reserve 10 YO Madeira
- Justino's — 10YO Malvasia Madeira
Quality designations
Wines here carry DO status — a controlled quality designation.
- DODenominación de Origen — Spain's controlled-origin designation.
Portugal wine designations
- DO
- DO is Portugal’s official category for wines protected as a European Union DOP and governed by a registered product specification.
- VR
- Vinho Regional is the Portuguese regional-wine term associated with a European Union IGP and governed by a registered product specification.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good Madeira wine
Look for the DO designation — it signals a controlled-origin Madeira wine.
FAQs
- Where is Madeira?
- Madeira is a fortified wine made on the Portuguese island of Madeira , in the North Atlantic Ocean , just under 400 kilometres (250 mi) north of the Canary Islands , Spain and 520 kilometres (320 mi) west of Morocco .
- What do the designation terms on Madeira wines mean?
- DO: DO is Portugal’s official category for wines protected as a European Union DOP and governed by a registered product specification. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Madeira?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Madeira wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Madeira?
- The current regional catalogue contains 546 linked wines from 104 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.