Madeira 6

Last full day on Madeira and last levada walk. Today's walk is near Saturday's walk but takes in a different two levadas. First we walked uphill following one levada, then up a hill, over a bridge which spans the river feeding the levada, and then down a different levada.

As this walk didn't take very long, I had a chance in the afternoon to go on a guided tour of Old Blandy's Wine Lodge. There the history and process of making madeira was explained, and of course we finished off with a tasting of two 5-year old varieties, one dry and one sweet. I won't try to repeat what I learnt—I'm sure it's all explained somewhere on the web, but if you invite me over to dinner, I promise to bring a bottle of madeira we can educate ourselves with.