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The lowball, historically referenced as the "Old Fashioned" glass. These are the glasses you often see used for whiskey, straight or on the rocks and for smaller more potent drinks. Also great for a Shirley temple or overly sweet drink where you just want a little taste.
Leaning Lowball
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9 1/2 oz. capacity (280ml), leaning design, dishwasher safe, made in Italy
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Posted: 11/01/2006 - North Carolina's pension fund will sell its holdings of nine companies officials say provide monetary and military support to the Sudanese government.
Posted: 11/01/2006 - North Carolina's pension fund will sell its holdings of nine companies officials say provide monetary and military support to the Sudanese government.
Updated: 11/01/2006 - We've been telling you about the fight to save the Bogue Inlet pier in Emerald Isle for months now.
Updated: 11/01/2006 - There's still no sign tonight of a Pamlico County woman one week after she went missing.
Updated: 11/01/2006 - Nineteen families are looking for new homes Wednesday after a fire in Kinston.
Posted: 11/01/2006 - Results will be released in November.
Posted: 11/01/2006 - Schools in Pitt County are collecting coins all this week to help raise money for juvenile diabetes.
Posted: 11/01/2006 - Former Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr is helping in the defense of military contractor Blackwater U-S-A in a wrongful death lawsuit.
Posted: 11/01/2006 - Environmentalists and the Bush White House have been teaming up at the Supreme Court today. Both are defending a clean air program that dates back to 1980.
Updated: 11/01/2006 - The chairman of the state Democratic Party is looking for an apology from Massachusetts Senator John Kerry for saying those who don't study hard risk getting "stuck in Iraq."
Posted: 11/01/2006 - The numbers from the 2005-2006 end-of-grade math tests won't be released today, either. State Board of Education chairman Howard Lee says recent surgery has kept him from being fully briefed on the results. He says the latest release date will be November ninth.
Updated: 11/01/2006 - Two men accused of killing two Marines from Chicago will face the death penalty when they go on trial. That's according to the prosecutor in the case.
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1.an amber dessert wine from the Madeira Islands
2.a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River
3.an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa; the largest of the Madeira Islands
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MadeiraMa*dei"ra (?), n. [Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. materia stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See Matter.] A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.
A cup of Madeira, and a cold capon's leg. Shak.
Madeira nut (Bot.), the European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.
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Madeira Island • Madeira Islands • Madeira River • Madeira cake • Madeira sponge • Madeira winter cherry
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vin de cru étranger (fr)[Classe...]
vin cuit (fr)[Classe]
(wine; vino)[Thème]
vino, wine[Hyper.]
vin de Portugal (fr)[Classe]
Vin de Madère (fr)[Thème]
fortified wine[Hyper.]
Madeira (n.)↕
cours d'eau qui se jette dans un autre (affluent) (fr)[Classe...]
les noms de cours d'eau, mer, océan (fr)[Classe...]
cours d'eau de l'Atlantique Sud (fr)[Classe...]
cours d'eau se jetant dans une mer, un océan (fr)[Classe...]
Descripteurs EUROVOC (fr)[Thème]
grand (fr)[Caract.]
grand, long ou profond (fr)[Caract.]
brook, stream, watercourse - river - country, land, parts, region, state - South American country, South American nation[Hyper.]
OAS, Organization of American States[membre]
Peru, Republic of Peru[EnPartieSitué]
water system - Brasil, Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil - South America[Desc]
les cours d'eau qui se jettent dans un autre (fr)[Classe...]
Amazon, Amazon River[Affluent]
Madeira (n.)↕
fight; conflict; struggle; battle; action; combat; hassle; scuffle; tussle; rough-and-tumble; dogfight; scrimmage; clash[Classe]
Integral Dictionary[Thème]
Descripteurs EUROVOC (fr)[Thème]
Madeira (n.)↕
île (fr)[ClasseParExt...]
isle; island[ClasseHyper.]
État membre de la Communauté Européenne (fr)[Classe...]
Descripteurs EUROVOC (fr)[Thème]
archipelago - Common Market, Community, EC, EEC, EU, Europe, European Community, European Economic Community, European Union - NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization[membre]
dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma - zone - European country, European nation - cake, part, piece[Hyper.]
péninsule Ibérique (fr) - Nord (fr)[Thème]
Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean[Situé]
island-dweller, islander[Dérivé]
Iberia, Iberian Peninsula - Europe - Portugal, Portuguese Republic[Desc]
island, isle[Hyper.]
Portugal, Portuguese Republic - North Atlantic[Situé]
Madeira (n.)↕
|Autonomous Region (Região Autónoma)
A view of Funchal, the capital city of the autonomous region.
|Official name: Região Autónoma da Madeira
|Name origin: madeira, Portuguese for wood
|Motto: Das ilhas, as mais belas e livres
(Of all islands, the most beautiful and free)
|Nickname: Pérola do Atlântico
(Pearl of the Atlantic)
|Autonomous Region
|Atlantic Ocean
|Tore-Madeira Ridge
|Madeira Platform,
Savage Islands submarine mount
|Madeira, Porto Santo, Desertas, Selvagem
|Calheta, Câmara de Lobos, Funchal, Machico, Ponta do Sol, Porto Moniz, Porto Santo, Ribeira Brava, Santa Cruz, Santana, São Vicente
|Largest city
|- coordinates
|Highest point
|Pico Ruivo
|- location
|Paul da Serra, Santana, Madeira
|- elevation
|1,862 m (6,109 ft)
|Lowest point
|Sea level
|- location
|Atlantic Ocean, Madeira
|- elevation
|0 m (0 ft)
|801 km2 (309 sq mi)
|267,302 (2011) Estimate[1]
|308.5 / km2 (799 / sq mi)
|c. 1420
|- Administrative autonomy
|c. 1895
|- Political autonomy
|4 September 1976
|c. 1415
|- location
|Assembleia Regional, Sé, Funchal
|- elevation
|16 m (52 ft)
|- coordinates
|- location
|Quinta Vigia, Sé, Funchal
|- elevation
|51 m (167 ft)
|- coordinates
|President (Government)
|Alberto João Jardim (PPD-PSD)
|- President (Assembleia)
|José Miguel Jardim d´Olival de Mendonça (PPD-PSD)
|- summer (DST)
|ISO 3166-2 code
|Postal code
|Area code
|Date format
|Madeiran; Madeirense
|Patron Saint
|Nossa Senhora do Monte
|1 July
|A Portuguesa (national)
Hino da Madeira (regional)
|Euro (€)[2]
|Gross domestic product (PPP)
|€ 6,361 billion[3] (2008)
|Per capita GDP
|€ 25,800-$35,589[3]
Location of Madeira relative to Portugal (green) and the rest of the European Union (light green)
Distribution of the islands of the archipelago (not including the Savage islands)
|Wikimedia Commons: Madeira
|Statistics: Instituto Nacional de Estatística[4]
|Website: www.gov-madeira.pt
|Geographic detail from CAOP (2010)[5] produced by Instituto Geográfico Português (IGP)
Madeira ( /məˈdɪərə/ mə-DEER-ə or /məˈdɛərə/ mə-DAIR-ə; Portuguese: [mɐˈðejɾɐ] or [mɐˈðɐjɾɐ]) is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between 32°22.3′N 16°16.5′W / 32.3717°N 16.275°W and 33°7.8′N 17°16.65′W / 33.13°N 17.2775°W, just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union.[6] The archipelago comprises the major part of one of the two Autonomous regions of Portugal (the other being the Azores located to the northwest), that includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands.
Madeira was discovered by Portuguese sailors in the service of Infante D. Henrique (Henry the Navigator) in 1419, and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Portuguese Age of Discovery.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about one million tourists,[7] noted for its Madeira wine, flowers, landscapes and embroidery artisans, as well as for its annual New Year celebrations that feature the largest fireworks show in the world, as officially recognized by the Guinness World Records, in 2006.[8][9] The main harbour in Funchal is the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings,[10] being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North America.
Madeira is currently the second richest region in Portugal, after Lisbon, with a GDP per capita of 103% of the European average.[11]
Pliny mentioned certain "Purple Islands", their position corresponding to the location of the Fortunate Isles (or Canary Islands), that may have referred to islands of Madeira. Plutarch (Sertorius, 75 AD) referring to the military commander Quintus Sertorius (d. 72 BC), relates that after his return to Cádiz:
The estimated distance from Africa (2,000 kilometres/1,250 miles), and the closeness of the two islands, seem to describe the similar position of the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo.
There is also a romantic tale of two lovers, Robert Machim and Anna d'Arfet, during the reign of King Edward III of England, who, fleeing from England to France in 1346, were driven off their course by a violent storm. Their ship crashed along the coast of an island, that may have been Madeira; later, this story would be used in the naming of Machico, whose name was transliterated from the name of the boy in the tale, in memory of the young lovers.[12]
Much like the Azores, it is clear that some knowledge of Atlantic islands, such as Madeira, existed before the discovery and settlement of these lands, as the islands appear on maps as early as 1339.[13] From a portolan dating to 1351, and preserved in Florence, Italy, it would appear that the islands of Madeira had been discovered, long before Portuguese vessels rediscovered them in the "official" timeline. In Libro del Conocimiento (1348–1349), a Spanish monk also identified the location of the islands in its present location, with the names Leiname, Diserta and Puerto Santo.
Officially, in 1418, two captains under service to Prince Henry the Navigator, João Gonçalves Zarco and Tristão Vaz Teixeira, were driven off-course by a storm to an island which they named Porto Santo (English: holy harbour); the name was bestowed for their gratitude and divine deliverance from a possible shipwreck by the protected anchorage. The following year, an organized expedition, under the captaincy of Zarco and Vaz Teixeira, was sent to this new land, and along with captain Bartolomeu Perestrello, to take possession of the island on behalf of the Portuguese crown. Consequently, the new settlers discovered "a heavy black cloud suspended to the southwest",[14] which when explored they discovered the larger island of Madeira.[15]
The first settlers began colonizing the islands around 1420 or 1425; the three Captains-major had led the first settlement, along with their respective families, a small group of minor nobility, people of modest conditions and some prisoners, who could be trusted to work the lands. To gain the minimum conditions for the development of agriculture, they had to rough-hew a part of the dense forest of laurisilva and to construct a large number of canals (levadas), since in some parts of the island there was excess water, while in others water was scarce. During this period, fish constituted about half of the settlers' diet, together with vegetables and fruits cultivated from small cleared parcels of land. Initially, these colonists produced wheat for their own subsistence, but later the quantity cultivated was sufficient to begin exporting wheat to continental Portugal.
In 23 September 1433, the name Ilha da Madeira (English: Madeira Island, or literally island of wood) began to appear in the first documents and maps. The name given to the islands corresponded to the large dense forests of native laurisilva trees that populated the island during the settlement.
However, when grain production began to fall, the ensuing crisis forced Henry the Navigator, as principal benefactor of the islands, to plant other commercial crops. The planting of sugarcane, and later Sicilian sugar beet, allowed the introduction of the "sweet salt" (as sugar was known) into Europe, where it was a rare and popular spice. These specialized plants, and their associated industrial technology, created one of the major revolutions on the islands and fueled Portuguese industry. The expansion of sugar plantations in Madeira began in 1455, using advisers from Sicily and financed by Genoese capital (it would become an integral part of the island economy until the 17th century). The accessibility of Madeira attracted Genoese and Flemish traders who were keen to bypass Venetian monopolies.
Sugarcane production was the primary engine of the island's economy, increasing the demand for labour. Slaves were used during portions of the island's history to cultivate sugar cane, and the proportion of imported slaves reached 10% of the total population of Madeira by the 16th century.[17]
In 1617, Algerian pirates, having long enslaved Christians along the Mediterranean coasts, captured 1,200 men and women in Porto Santo.[18][19] After the 17th century, as sugar production shifted to Brazil, São Tomé and Príncipe and elsewhere, Madeira's most important product became its wine. The British occupied Madeira as a result of the Napoleonic Wars, a consented occupation starting in 1807 and concluding in 1814 when the island was returned to Portugal.[20] Nevertheless, the island was a British Crown Colony for four months, and Britain had intentions of keeping it after the Napoleonic Wars, owing to its strategic position, but plans for its permanent annexation were abandonned shortly after the start of the occupation.[21]
When, after the death of King John VI of Portugal, his usurper son Miguel of Portugal seized power from the rightful heir, his niece Maria II, and proclaimed himself 'Absolute King', Madeira held out for the queen under the governor José Travassos Valdez until Miguel sent an expeditionary force and the defence of the island was overwhelmed by crushing force. Valdez was forced to flee to England under the protection of the Royal Navy (September 1828).
The effect on Portugal in World War I was first felt in Madeira on December 3, 1916 when the German U-boat, SM U-38, captained by Max Valentiner went into Funchal harbour on Madeira and torpedoed and sank 3 ships, CS Dacia (1,856 tons),[22] Kanguroo (2,493 tons)[23] and Surprise (680 tons).[24] The commander of the French Gunboat Surprise and 34 of her crew (7 Portuguese) died in the attack. The Dacia, a British cable laying vessel,[25] had previously undertaken war work off the coast of Casablanca and Dakar, was in the process of diverting the German South American cable into Brest, France. Following the attack on the ships, the Germans proceeded to bombard Funchal for two hours from a range of about 2 miles. Batteries on Madeira returned fire and eventually forced the Germans to withdraw.
In 1917 on December 12, 2 German U-boats, SM U-156 and SM U-157 (captained by Max Valentiner) again bombarded Funchal, Madeira. This time the attack lasted around 30 minutes. Forty, 4.7-inch (120 mm) and 5.9-inch (150 mm) shells were fired. There were 3 fatalities and 17 wounded, In addition, a number of houses and Santa Clara church were hit.
Charles I (Blessed Charles of Austria) the last Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire went into exile in Madeira, after his second unsuccessful coup d'état in Hungary. He died there on April 1, 1922 and is buried in Monte. Charles I had tried in 1917 to secretly enter into peace negotiations with France. Although his foreign minister, Ottokar Czernin, was only interested in negotiating a general peace which would include Germany as well, Charles himself, in negotiations with the French with his brother-in-law, Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, an officer in the Belgian Army, as intermediary, went much further in suggesting his willingness to make a separate peace. When news of the overture leaked in April 1918, Charles denied involvement until the French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau published letters signed by him. This led to Czernin's resignation, forcing Austria-Hungary into an even more dependent position with respect to its seemingly wronged German ally. Determined to prevent a restoration attempt, the Council of Allied Powers had agreed on Madeira because it was isolated in the Atlantic and easily guarded.[26]
On 1 July 1976, following the democratic revolution of 1974, Portugal granted political autonomy to Madeira, celebrated on Madeira Day. The region now has its own government and legislative assembly.
|Island (Ilha)
A three-dimensional rendering of topographic maps characterizing the island of Madeira
|Official name: Ilha da Madeira
|Name origin: madeira, Portuguese for the wood
|Autonomous Region
|Tore-Madeira Ridge, African Tectonic Plate, Atlantic Ocean
|Calheta, Câmara de Lobos, Funchal, Machico, Ponta do Sol, Porto Moniz, Ribeira Brava, Santa Cruz, Santana, São Vicente
|Highest point
|Pico Ruivo
|- location
|Pico Ruivo, [(Santana)], Santana
|- elevation
|1,862 m (6,109 ft)
|Lowest point
|Sea level
|- location
|Atlantic Ocean
|- elevation
|0 m (0 ft)
|57 km (35 mi), West-East
|22 km (14 mi), North-South
|740.7 km2 (286 sq mi)
|Temperate, Mediterranean
|Alkali basalt, Tephra, Trachyte, Trachybasalt
|Madeirense; Madeiran
|Ethnic groups
|Wikimedia Commons: Madeira
|Website: http://www.gov-madeira.pt
|Statistics from INE (2001); geographic detail from Instituto Geográfico Português (2010)
The archipelago of Madeira is located 520 km (323.11 mi) from the African coast and 1,000 km (621.37 mi) from the European continent (approximately an one-and-a-half hour flight from the Portuguese capital of Lisbon[27]). It is found in the extreme south of the Tore-Madeira Ridge, a bathymetric structure of great dimensions oriented along a north-northeast to south-southwest axis that extends for 1000 kilometres. This submarine structure consists of long geomorphological relief that extends from the abyssal plain to 3500 meters; its highest submersed point is at a depth of about 150 meters (around latitude 36ºN). The origins of the Tore-Madeira Ridge are not clearly established, but may have resulted from a morphological buckling of the lithosphere.[28][29]
The archipelago itself is a series of oceanic volcanic islands that date back to the Miocene (about 20 million years ago), and constructed from a hotspot in the Earth's crust of the African Tectonic Plate. Madeira, and the smaller Desertas Islands, are the youngest of these islands (dating from 4.6 to 0.7 million years), while Porto Santo, the smaller of the main islands, is the oldest (approximately 14 million years). Since their immersion, there have been five phases related to the volcanism of the group, and they are particularly visible on the island of Madeira, which include:
These basaltic islands have not seen any volcanic activity within the last 6000 years.
The island of Madeira is at the top of a massive shield volcano that rises about 6 km (3.7 mi) from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, on the Tore underwater mountain range. The volcano formed atop an east-west rift[30][31] in the oceanic crust along the African Plate, beginning during the Miocene epoch over 5 million years ago, continuing into the Pleistocene until about 700,000 years ago.[32] This was followed by extensive erosion, producing two large amphitheatres open to south in the central part of the island. Volcanic activity later resumed, producing scoria cones and lava flows atop the older eroded shield. The most recent volcanic eruptions were on the west-central part of the island only 6,500 years ago, creating more cinder cones and lava flows.[32]
Madeira Island represents 93% of the archipelago's area, with 90% of the landmass above 500 m. It is the largest island of the group with an area of 741 km2 (286 sq mi), a length of 57 km (35 mi) (from Ponte de São Lourenço to Ponte do Pargo), while approximately 22 km (14 mi) at its widest point (from Ponte da Cruz to Ponte São Jorge), with a coastline of 150 km (93.21 mi). It has a mountain ridge that extends along the center of the island, reaching 1862 meters (6,107 ft) at its highest point (Pico Ruivo), while much lower (below 200 meters) along its eastern extent. The primitive volcanic foci responsible for the central mountainous area, consisted of the peaks: Ruivo (1862 meter), Torres (1851 meter), Areeiro (1818 meter), Cidrão (1802 meter), Cedro (1759 meter), Casado (1725 meter), Grande (1657 meter), Ferreiro (1582 meter). At the end of this eruptive phase, an island circled by reefs was formed, its marine vistiges are evident in a calcierous layer in the area of Lameiros, in São Vicente (which was later explored for calcium oxide production). Sea cliffs, such as Cabo Girão, valleys and ravines extend from this central spine, making the interior generally inaccessible.[33] Daily life has concentrated in the many villages at the mouths of the ravines, through which the heavy rains of autumn and winter usually travel to the sea.[34] A long, narrow, and comparatively low rocky promontory forms (Paul da Serra) the western extremity of the island, on which lies a tract of calcareous sand known (1300-1500 meter). It is a fossil bed, that contains shells and numerous bodies resembling the roots of trees, probably produced by infiltration.
The island was formed from a base volcanic complex, forming to two massifs:
Madeira has been classified as a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa/Csb),[35] but based on differences in sun exposure, humidity, and annual mean temperature there are clear variations between north- and south-facing regions, as well as between some islands. Other microclimates are expected to exist, from the constantly humid wettest points of the mountains, to the desertic and arid Selvagens islands. The islands are strongly influenced by the Gulf Stream and Canary Current, giving mild year-round temperatures; according to IM the average annual temperature at Funchal weather station is 19.6 °C (67.3 °F) for the 1980-2010 period,. For the 1960-1990 period, IM (Instituto de Meteorologia) published an article, showing that some regions in the South Coastline surpass 20 °C (68 °F) in annual average. Porto Santo has at least one weather station with a semiarid climate (BSh).
|Climate data for Funchal, capital of Madeira
|Average high °C (°F)
|Daily mean °C (°F)
|Average low °C (°F)
|Rainfall mm (inches)
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In the south, there is very little left of the indigenous laurisilva subtropical rainforest which once covered the whole island (the original settlers set fire to the island to clear the land for farming) and gave it the name it now bears (Madeira means "wood" in Portuguese). However, in the north, the valleys contain native trees of fine growth. These laurisilva forests, notably the forests on the northern slopes of Madeira Island, are designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Madeira has three endemic bird species: Zino's Petrel, the Trocaz Pigeon and the Madeira Firecrest, while the Madeiran Chaffinch is an endemic subspecies. It is also important for breeding seabirds, including the Madeiran Storm-petrel, North Atlantic Little Shearwater and Cory's Shearwater.
The Macaronesia region harbours an important floral diversity. In fact, the archipelago's forest composition and maturity are quite similar to the forests found in the Tertiary period that covered Southern Europe and Northern Africa millions of years ago. The great biodiversity of Madeira is phytogeographically linked to the Mediterranean region, Africa, America and Australia, and interest in this phytogeography has been increasing in recent years due to the discovery of some epiphytic bryophyte species with non-adjacent distribution.
Madeira also has many endemic species of fauna – mostly invertebrates which include the extremely rare Madeiran Large White but also some vertebrates such as the native bat, some lizards species, and some birds as already mentioned. The biggest tarantula of Europe is found on Desertas islands of Madeira and can be as wide as a man's hand. These islands have more than 250 species of land molluscs (snails and slugs), some with very unusual shell shape and colours, most of which are endemic and vulnerable.
The island of Madeira is wet in the northwest but dry in the southeast. In the 16th century the Portuguese started building levadas or aqueducts to carry water to the agricultural regions in the south. The most recent were built in the 1940s. Madeira is very mountainous, and building the levadas was difficult and often sentenced criminals or slaves were used. Many are cut into the sides of mountains, and it was also necessary to dig 25 miles (40 km) of tunnels, some of which are still accessible.
Today the levadas not only supply water to the southern parts of the island but provide hydro-electric power. There are over 1,350 miles (2,170 km) of levadas and they provide a remarkable network of walking paths. Some provide easy and relaxing walks through beautiful countryside, but others are narrow, crumbling ledges where a slip could result in serious injury or death.
Two of the most popular levadas to hike are the Levada do Caldeirão Verde and the Levada do Caldeirão do Inferno which should not be attempted by hikers prone to vertigo or without torches and helmets. The Levada do Caniçal is a much easier walk, running 7.1 miles (11.4 km) from Maroços to the Caniçal Tunnel. It is known as the mimosa levada because mimosa trees are found all along the route.
Administratively, Madeira (with a population of 267,302 inhabitants in 2011[4]) and covering an area of 768.0 km2 (296.5 sq mi) is organized into eleven municipalities:[38]
|Main settlement
|75.7 km2 (29.2 sq mi)
|Santa Cruz[40]
|68.0 km2 (26.3 sq mi)
|Santa Cruz
|Câmara de Lobos
|52.6 km2 (20.3 sq mi)
|Câmara de Lobos
|67.6 km2 (26.1 sq mi)
|Ribeira Brava
|64.9 km2 (25.1 sq mi)
|Ribeira Brava
|110.3 km2 (42.6 sq mi)
|Ponta do Sol
|46.8 km2 (18.1 sq mi)
|Ponta do Sol
|93.1 km2 (35.9 sq mi)
|São Vicente
|80.8 km2 (31.2 sq mi)
|São Vicente
|Porto Santo[41]
|42.4 km2 (16.4 sq mi)
|Vila Baleira
|Porto Moniz
|82.6 km2 (31.9 sq mi)
|Porto Moniz
Funchal, is the capital and principal city of the Madeira Autonomous Region, located along the southern coast of the island of Madeira. It is a modern city, located within a natural geological "amphitheater" composed of volcanological structure and fluvial hydrological forces. Beginning at the harbor (Porto de Funchal), the neighborhoods and streets rise almost 1,200 metres (3,900 ft), along gentle slopes that helped to provide a natural shelter to the early settlers.
With five centuries of populated history, Funchal was named by the early discoverers and settlers, for the abundance of fennel (funcho) that was found in this heavily forested area. The natural harbor and climate, combined with an excellent geographical position, allowed Funchal to rapidly grow. Its Sé Cathedral, built between 1493 and 1514 (by Pêro Annes in Manueline-style), was one of the main centers of activity during its formative period, and represents one of Madeira's numerous historical treasures.
When the Portuguese discovered the island of Madeira in 1419, it was uninhabited by humans, with no aboriginal population. The island was settled by Portuguese people, especially farmers from the Minho region,[42] meaning that Madeirans (Portuguese: Madeirenses), as they are called, are ethnic Portuguese, though they have developed their own distinct regional identity and cultural traits.
The region has a total population of just under 270,000 inhabitants, the majority of whom live on the main island of Madeira where the population density is 337/km²; meanwhile only around 5,000 live on the Porto Santo Island where the population density is 112/km².
As in continental Portugal, the most frequent mtDNA haplogroup in Madeira is H (36.2%), followed by U (19.4% including 3.9% of North African Berber U6), T (7.7%), pre-HVclades (7.1%) and K (6.5%). Two haplogroups, H and U5 alone account for more than 50% of the individuals. The relatively high frequency of sub-Saharan L and M1 haplogroups (14.8%) in Madeira is also consistent with the historical records of slaves being introduced in both the south of Portugal and in Madeira.[43]
|U (except U6)
Concerning the males Y-Dna haplogroups, R1b (particularly R1b3) was found to be the most dominant Y chromosomal lineage in Madeira, covering about 53% of the Y chromosomal lineages. The high frequency of this haplogroup is typical in all West European populations, reflecting a cline and likely continuity of the Palaeolithic gene pool in Europe. Haplogroups I and G, also characteristic markers for many different West European populations, were found in Madeira at frequencies above 5%. Together with R1b, haplogroups J (12%) and E1b1b (14%) comprise about 80% of the Y-chromosomal gene pool of Madeira individuals. Haplogroups J and E1b1b consist of lineages with differential distribution within Middle East, North Africa and Europe. The typical Berber haplogroup E1b1b1b (M81) was found as in continental Portugal at a frequency of 5–6%.[44]
Madeiran immigrants in the United States mostly clustered in the New England and mid-Atlantic states, Northern California, and Hawaii. They also settled in Rhode Island and Massachusetts to participate in the flourishing American whaling industry. By 1980, the U.S. Census registered more than a million Americans of Portuguese descent, a large portion Madeirans. The city of New Bedford is especially rich in Madeirans, hosting the Museum of Madeira Heritage, as well as the annual Madeiran and Luso-American celebration, the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament, the world's largest celebration of Madeiran heritage, regularly drawing crowds of tens of thousands to the city's Madeira Field.
In 1846 when a famine struck Madeira over 6,000 of the inhabitants migrated to British Guiana. In 1891 they numbered 4.3% of the population.[45] In 1902 in Honolulu, Hawaii there were 5,000 Portuguese people mostly Madeirans. In 1910 this grew to 21,000. South Africa and Venezuela were also both important historically host countries for Madeirans.
There are several large Madeiran communities around the world, such is the great number in the UK, including Jersey,[46] the Portuguese British community mostly made up of Madeirans celebrate Madeira Day.
The setting-up of the Free trade zone has led to the installation, under more favourable conditions, of infrastructure, production shops and essential services for small and medium-sized industrial enterprises. The Free Zone of Madeira, also called the Madeira International Business Centre, being a tax-privileged economic area, provides an incentive for companies, offering them financial and tax advantages via a whole range of activities exercised in the Industrial Free Zone, the Off-Shore Financial Centre, the International Shipping Register organisation, and the International Service Centre.
The services sector makes the largest contribution to the formation of the regional gross value added as opposed to the agricultural sector, for which the share has continuously declined in the regional economy.
Over the last few years, the regional economy has managed to open up and establish more internal and external competitiveness, so that its companies have become competitive internationally. The largest industries are by sector food, beverages (especially Madeira wine), and construction.
Tourism is an important sector in the region's economy since it contributes 20%[citation needed] to the region's GDP, providing support throughout the year for commercial, transport and other activities and constituting a significant market for local products. The share in Gross Value Added of hotels and restaurants (9%) also highlights this phenomenon. The island of Porto Santo, with its 9 km (5.6 mi) long beach and its climate, is entirely devoted to tourism. Over the past decade it has recorded a substantial increase in its hotel accommodation capacity.
Development in Madeira is considered to have future potential since the necessary infrastructure has been established and adequate investment incentives have been introduced for expanding its hotel and catering structure in a controlled manner. Nature conservation is seen as important because it is a major draw for tourists to Madeira.
Visitors are mainly from the European Union, with German, British, Scandinavian and Portuguese tourists providing the main contingents. The average annual occupancy rate was 60.3% in 2008,[47] reaching its maximum in March and April, when it exceeds 70%.
European Union citizens of the Schengen Treaty area can enter the islands freely, while those from other regions need identification.
There were in 2009, 7,105 legal immigrants living in Madeira Islands. They come mostly from Brazil (1.300), the UK (912), Venezuela (732) and Ukraine (682), according to SEF.[48]
The Islands have two airports, Funchal Airport on the Island of Madeira and the other in the island of Porto Santo. Flights to the islands are mostly made from Lisbon and Porto, but there are also direct flights from other major European cities and other countries, like Brazil, Venezuela, and South Africa.
Transport between the two main islands is by plane or ferries, the latter also carrying vehicles. Visiting the interior of the islands is now easy thanks to construction of the Vias Rápidas, major roads built during Portugal's economic boom. Modern roads reach all points of interest on the islands. The old, curving mountain roads are still an excellent way to tour the island. Funchal has an extensive public transportation system. Bus companies, including Horários do Funchal which has been operating for over a hundred years, have regularly scheduled routes to all points of interest on the island.
Due to the geographic situation of Madeira, the island enjoys an abundance of fish of various kinds. The species that are consumed the most are Black scabbardfish, Blue Fin Tuna, White Marlin, Blue Marlin, Albacore, Big Eye Tuna, Wahoo, Spearfish, skipjack tuna and many others are found in the local dishes as they are found up and down the coast of Madeira
Espada (Black scabbardfish) is often served with banana. Bacalhau also being popular as it is in Portugal.
There are many meat dishes on Madeira, one of the most popular being Espetada.[49] The Espetada is traditionally made of large chunks of beef rubbed in garlic, salt and bay leaf and marinated for 4 to 6 hours in Madeira wine, red wine vinegar and olive oil then skewered onto a Bay laurel stick and left to grill over smouldering wood chips. Portuguese Americans use California Bay Laurel sticks as skewers as they are more readily available in the USA.[50] In Madeira they are so integral a part of traditional eating habits that a special iron stand was developed with a T-shaped end, each branch of the "T" having a slot in the middle to hold a brochette. A small plate is then placed underneath to collect the juices. The brochettes are very long and have a V-shaped blade in order to more easily pierce the meat.
Carne de Vinha d' Alhos is another popular dish in Madeira and in Portugal.
Traditional pastries in Madeira usually contain local ingredients, one of the most common being mel de cana, literally "sugarcane honey" (molasses). The traditional cake of Madeira is called Bolo de Mel, which translates as (Sugarcane) "Honey Cake" and according to custom is never cut with a knife but broken into pieces by hand. It is a rich and heavy cake. Malasada's are a Madeira creation which were taken around the world by Madeiran Emigrants to places such as Hawaii. In Madeira Malasada's are mainly consumed during the Carnival of Madeira. Pastel de nata's as in the rest of Portugal are also very popular.
Milho Frito is a very popular dish in Madeira which is very similar to the Italian dish Polenta.
Madeira is a fortified Portuguese wine, produced in the Madeira Islands; varieties may be sweet or dry. It has a history dating back to the Age of Exploration when Madeira was a standard port of call for ships heading to the New World or East Indies. To prevent the wine from spoiling, neutral grape spirits were added. However, wine producers of Madeira discovered, when an unsold shipment of wine returned to the islands after a round trip, that the flavour of the wine had been transformed by exposure to heat and movement. Today, Madeira is noted for its unique winemaking process which involves heating the wine and deliberately exposing the wine to some levels of oxidation.[51] Most countries limit the use of the term Madeira or Madère to only those wines that come from the Madeira Islands, to which the European Union grants Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status.[52]
The local Beer called Coral is produced by the Madeira Brewery, which has been around since 1872. Other Portuguese beers are also popular on Madeira to a much lesser extent.
Laranjada is a type of carbonated soft drink with an orange flavour, which is 14 years older than Coca-Cola drink. Launched in 1872 it was the first soft drink to be produced in Portugal and therefore the oldest, remaining very popular to the present day. Brisa drinks are also very popular and come in a range of flavours.
There is also a huge coffee culture in Madeira where, like the rest of Portugal, Portuguese coffees are more popular such as Garoto, Galão, Bica, Café com Cheirinho, Mazagram, Chinesa and many more.
To promote Madeiran gastronomy worldwide, every November the Madeira Gourmet Festival is organized. The festival brings international chefs to the island, mixing their know-how with local young chefs and preparing new recipes using Madeiran traditional products, like Madeira wine, local fish and other products.
In Madeira a large number of sports are practiced, both outdoors and indoors in the various facilities available throughout the island. However the main professional sports that Madeira competes in are listed below:-
The first organised game of football took place in 1875 in Camacha, organised by the Madeira born Harry Hinton. This being the first organised game of football anywhere in Portugal
Madeira has two football teams in the Portuguese Liga (Portugal's top league), C.S. Marítimo and Nacional. There would have been three but União da Madeira were relegated from the top league in 1995 and have never been able to gain promotion back to the top league.
The Real Madrid and Portugal footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Madeira and played for Nacional before going to Sporting Lisbon.[53]
C.S. Marítimo is considered the biggest club of Madeira and have enjoyed various campaigns in the UEFA Cup having recorded famous results against teams such as Juventus, Leeds[citation needed] and Rangers. Having finished 5th in the league in the 2009/2010 season, C.S. Marítimo qualified for the Europa League for the 2010/2011 season[54]
C.S. Marítimo has nurtured great players such as Pepe, now at Real Madrid, Danny, now at Zenit, Jorge Costa, retired (F.C. Porto), Tarik Sektioui, left F.C. Porto at the start of 2009/2010 league, Nuno Valente, retired, Makukula, now at Manisaspor, among others.
In 2003–04 Nacional achieved 4th place in the Portuguese League, their best classification ever. They repeated it three years later and are the only Madeiran team to finish 4th place in the Portuguese League. Nacional is the only Madeiran team that reached the Europa League group stage (in the 2009-2010 season). Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the top football players ever, played in Nacional until he was 12 years old, before moving to Sporting Lisbon. Nacional plays in the Madeira Stadium (Estádio da Madeira), considered by CNN in 2011, one of the eight more unusual stadiums in the world. Besides Cristiano Ronaldo, other known footballers played in Nacional like Paulo Assunção (played in FC Porto and Atletico Madrid), Ruben Micael (played in FC Porto and Zaragoza), Maicon (FC Porto), Diego Benaglio (Wolfsburg) and Felipe Lopes (Wolfsburg).
Outside the Portuguese top league, there are two other Maderian teams U.D. Santana and A.D. Pontassolense. U.D. Santana was relegated from the Portuguese Second Division so they now play the football in the Portuguese Third Division, while A.D. Pontassolense plays in the Portuguese Second Division.
In recent years, Madeira has had a considerable amount of success in professional basketball, with CAB Madeira having won numerous titles, especially their female team. CAB are often seen competing in European competitions such as the FIBA EuroCup, and former stars include Filipe da Silva and ex-Los Angeles Lakers player Ike Nwankwo.
In 2001 the World Surfing Championships were held in Madeira at Surfspots including Paul do Mar, Ponta Pequena and Jardim do Mar (see Surfing in Madeira).
Madeira Andebol SAD, the island's only professional handball team is one of the most successful in the country.
Rugby union is also played on the island to a minor degree.[56]
With around 600 miles of walks, many alongside the Levadas, one of the islands greatest attractions providing stunning walks some of which are quite challenging.[57]
Due to the geographic situation of Madeira, the island enjoys an abundance of fish of various kinds. The species that can be caught are Black scabbardfish, Blue Fin Tuna, White Marlin, Blue Marlin, Albacore, Big Eye Tuna, Wahoo, Spearfish, skipjack tuna and many others are found up and down the coast of Madeira.
Dolphin (Common dolphin, Bridled dolphin, Striped dolphin, Bottle-nose Dolphin) and Whale (Short-finned Pilot Whale, Sperm whale, Fin whale) watching is also very popular.[58]
While rally car racing (Rali Vinho da Madeira), Karting and golf are other popular sports played on the island. The island lies in an ideal location for water sports such as fishing, Sailing and diving due to its climate and location. Jogo do Pau, a Portuguese martial art is still practised in the rural areas of the island but has declined since its peak in the early part of the 20th century.
Portugal has issued postage stamps for Madeira during several periods, beginning in 1868.
The following people were either born or have lived part of their lives in Madeira:
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Each year, Berklee presents more than 1,500 concerts and events at venues on campus and in the Boston area, showcasing student, faculty, alumni and outside professional acts.
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How exciting! Buds on my Albas!
I only have 4 old European once bloomers planted. One is Ispahan planted this fall which is already growing strongly but I do not expect any blooms this year. The other three I planted fall of 2012 hoping to see blooms this year. The winter started quite promising (i.e. chilly) but ended up being very mild, a non-winter really. My hopes for seeing blooms on these roses had vanished, having read about these roses' affinity to cool winter conditions, but today I noticed buds forming on both Queen of Denmark and Felicite Parmentier! I feel excited and can't wait to see flowers on them!
Are these roses considered relatively 'easy' bloomers in warmer climates? One thing I did is that I pulled off all their leaves in December hoping to help them go into some kind of dormancy.
My other once bloomer, Charles de Mills, is only just leafing out. Is it normal for this Gallica to leaf out so much later than the Albas? Should I have hopes that it will bloom also?
All this is so exciting since my experience with these kinds of roses is minimal. Will I be so lucky and be able to grow both Teas and Chinas and these European once bloomers in my garden?
How exciting, Nik! I will be planting my first Albas this year so don't have any experience with them at all yet. But I have noticed in my garden in North Carolina that the Gallicas are very slow to leaf out. Most of my roses right now are covered in new leaves. But not the Gallicas. They appear to be sleeping still.
Congratulations on your baby buds!
Nik I hope your Albas do well. That's promising that they have buds. We get enough winter chill here to not worry. Mine are just leafing out now. The Gallicas are always late. I hope you gave Ispahan lots of room. I had no idea that mine would get 8 to 10 feet high.
Nik, my albas leaf out before my gallicas. They also begin blooming a bit ahead of them. I have both Queen of Denmark and Felicite Parmentier, too. I LOVE them! Let us know how your albas progress in your warmer climate. I'll be curious to hear. Carol
Thanks Carol. I'll make sure to let you know. Actually, I have forgotten which Alba is which and I'm waiting to see the flowers to tell them apart. One has grown quite larger than the other so maybe this is a clue for someone knowledgeable.
Our climate allows us to grow both Teas and Chinas and the European once-bloomers with no difficulty, but in a place where you can grow citrus, I don't know. Do you have tulips and lilacs locally? Certainly it's worth a try. Good luck, and congratulations on those buds!
Yes Melissa, we can grow citrus, we have native tulip species (rare) and can grow lilacs. This is a boundary climate where I live, it can swing here or there depending on the year. Temps below freezing are rare but temps in the upper 30s - low 40s (F) are common in winter although mostly at night and never for very long. The more tropical kinds of citrus can have a difficult time during some winters. I'm not well versed in the Italian climates so I can't really tell you where in Italy one can find an equivalent (micro)climate. Surely quite further south than where you are.
This post was edited by nikthegreek on Thu, Apr 3, 14 at 23:37
Nik, I've heard of albas growing well in very warm places as long as there is some winter chill (not necessarily sub zero). I'm betting yours will be lovely. I have grown these gorgeous once bloomers for years: Queen of D, Felicite Parmentier, Semi Plena, Madame Plantier, and Great Maiden's Blush. I've ordered Blush Hip. Queen of D is larger than Felicite in my experience. My albas seem to grow and flower quite well in partial shade to pretty darn shady areas which can be a plus. Albas also thrive in full sun. Looking forward to photos of your blooms! Carol
Rosefolly, I adore Ispahan! I'm so glad she's a keeper in your garden. (I believe you mentioned that you've been downsizing your rose collection.) I grew Ispahan at my last residence but don't have a place for her here. Please stick your nose in some blooms for me. Carol


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Jesus did not engage Himself to gather a band of supporters who would raise slogans in favor of Him as the politicians do. The "power" of the devil of this world is self-centeredness, greed, domination, oppression and enslavement. Therefore "powerlessness" became the most powerful instrument to destroy the satanic kingdom in the life of Jesus.
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As the Feast of St. Joseph, who is the best example to bear the mysteries of suffering when uncertainties drew closer to him and there was no sound of complaint but there remained a "silent man," is fast approaching, may he give us his strength to bear our suffering patiently.
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Basil Everywhere
It's been a great season for us here in NY and we have a bunch of Basil . We have a bunch of Cinnamon Basil plants, Genovese, Sweet, Purple and Lemon as well. The largest plants are 36" tall. I have made, given out and stored a LOT of pesto so far. We have Pesto Pizza, Tomato Basil Fresh Mozzerella etc. salad frequently. We use it in tomato sauce. But we have never use it in Olive Oil. We are trying to find ways to use the basil we have. Do you guys have any more suggestions? I would like to use what we have grown and would love to hear some of the different ways to use it. Thanks alot.
Here is a link that might be useful: Basil drinks
Basil ice cream.....
Here is a link that might be useful: Google - basil ice cream
Make pesto and freeze it. It makes an excellent fast meal out of pasta and a salad.
Or you can add a bit to soups or chicken salad
2 cups fresh basil leaves
1/2 cup olive oil
2 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons pine nuts
Whirl in a blender untiul evenly blended but you can still see bits of basil.
Pour into a bowl and stir in
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons romano cheese
3 tablespoons soft butter.
Will keep in the fridge for a week or
freeze in small containers. The basil will turn dark but the taste is the same. add a small amount of oil to the top of the containers either in the fridge or for freezing.
Serve over the pasta of your choice. Before spooning the pesto over your pasta add a tablespoon of the pasta cooking water to the pesto if it is too thick
Absolutely delicious
should have said whirl the garlic in the blender a bit first or you'll have big bits of garlic or do the rest and put it in the bowl and use a garlic press to do the garlic
Basil desserts...
Here is a link that might be useful: Google - Basil desserts
when you get absolutely tired of basil recipes. Do what I do. Buy some of the ziplock vacuum bags, clean your basil, dry thoroughly. Bag it and suck all the air out. When you take it out and cook with it , you're unable to tell it from fresh. No ice or blackening.
Hey, you might want to look at this. I like the tomato and basil tart.
Steep leaves in vinegar for flavored vinegar. Same for salad or olive oil. They both get a lovely color and will keep if you stopper the bottles well. I just spent the week in Cyprus, and every single home, classy or poor, had piles of it growing in pots, buckets, everywhere. I am basil-colored with envy, as I manage to kill it every year. Wormwood, mint, lemon verbena, sage, Syrian oregano, scented geranium, all going gangbusters. Lavender struggling but holding on. Tomatoes relatively happy. Our high heat (normal) and very high humidity (very unusual) has done in a number of annuals and even some perennials, but the compost is almost ready and we'll see if that doesn't give everything a boost. But the basil, well, maybe next year. Batya
I'm very jealous of your lemon basil - I love it but really struggle to grow it. If you have lots, stuff it inside a chicken before roasting (you can use stalks and older tatty leaves for this instead of the best bits) Smells fabulous whilst cooking and tastes lovely - if you like you could serve it with lemon basil pesto.
Thanks so much for all the responses! I laughed when I saw the basil ice cream and the cocktails. Who knows,it might be great. My wife has been putting it in fresh corn salad lately. Anyway, I just want to respond to a few posts. The pesto that we make we store in freezer bags. We also love to love to mix it with tomatoes, garlic, red onions and some balsamic vinegar and olive oil. We even make pesto pizza with fresh tomatoes from the garden and fresh mozzerella. We try to have pasta w/pesto every now and then. The thing we would love to try is putting the basil in Oils and Vinegar. It sounds delicious! That will probably be our next project. Yes I feel lucky to have the lemon basil. We have 4-5 of them. Love the smell and flavor. It does require a decent amount of work to pinch each leaf off its branch when making lemon basil pesto. Worth it though. We like to put the lemon pesto an fish or chicken meals. Really anything that you would put lemon on. Oh yeah.....my wife also keeps saying maybe we should sell it to markets or restaurants so that is definitely an option although I don't think we have THAT much. Nice idea. And we will try to store it in those air tight bags. That sounds like a great idea. You just keep it at room temperature? We also will check out those tomatoe and basil tarts. Sounds great. ven the basil soup sounds real good. Just wondering...........how does the butter make the pesto taste? Interesting. Thanks again you guys.
links -
You can use rosemary, garlic bulbs, even clover, for flavored vinegars, or raspberries.....oils too. Google making flavored vinegars or herb-infused vinegars/oils, and you'll find a lot. (Oddly enough perhaps, Martha Stewart has lots of these things!)In small bottles that you can get cheaply, give them for gifts, and they look pretty with all their different colors on a shelf (not a windowsill as the sunlight will make them unhappy).
If I could grow basil like you, I would be less unhappy myself, but there you have it......Peace, Batya


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Known Issues
The hardware "Home" Button on the device does not always function as expected. According to this posting the hardware "Home" button is mapped to the Windows key (Smartphone Device Emulator table). However, when using the Pocket PC Device Emulator, the Windows key opens up the start menu, that's just how my emulator behaves. I couldn't figure out the key code for the hardware Home key - so if anyone knows the code, please send me a message.
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Juliet is the author of First World War Novel 'We That are Left', completed with a Literature Wales Writers' Bursary 2013 and published by Honno Press in February 2014. 'We That are Left' was the March Book of the Month for Welsh Book Council, Waterstones Wales and the National Museums of Wales. The Kindle edition reached number 4 in the Amazon charts.
Juliet's previous novel for Honno, the timeshift 'Eden's Garden', published in 2012, was a finalist in 'The People's Book Prize' 2014, and the Kindle version reached number 5 in the Amazon charts.
Juliet lives in a traditional Welsh cottage halfway between the romantic Isle of Anglesey and the beautiful mountains and ruined castles of Snowdonia. As well as novels under her own name, Juliet writes stories and serials for magazines as 'Heather Pardoe'.
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Babe Ruth's uniform, it's also the same one in the iconic photo
Women can play baseball!!
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Since everything was so packed, I took the opportunity to camp in a nearby state park. It was ~30 minutes to Cooperstown from there but it's a pretty area so it was fine. Lovely camping weather, beautiful park, and just a great weekend in Cooperstown all around. I suggest if you stay outside of Cooperstown, to just take the trolley that runs through town to get around. It's super easy. And it's also a small town so you could walk if you need to.
During Induction Weekend, everything is really well laid out and there's all kinds of fun events. Everything is packed but it's a lot of fun! The ceremony itself is outside in a big field, and free, so it's accessible to anyone. If you care about your seating spot, get there early, otherwise just show up! They had big screens on the sides so if you couldn't quite see the whole stage you could still see what was going on.


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The 2010 Moutere Chardonnay is youthfully mute with some hints of reduction soon giving way to notes of lemon curd, peach blossoms and apple tart with hints of lightly toasted bread, honeysuckle, cedar and chalk. Medium bodied and elegantly fruited in the mouth, it has a lovely suggestion of creaminess to the texture with crisp acidity and a long finish. Approachable now, it should drink best 2012 through 2017+.
Below is a listing of the wine review scores we frequently reference in our notes. While these sources remain an excellent source of information, we always recommend that you trust your own palate. Scores in these publications often represent the personal taste of an individual critic, which may not always coincide with your own. We have a huge team of excellent wine professionals that can match wines you've had in the past with new arrivals that meet your flavor profile.
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2010 Wiston Estate "South Downs Cuvée" Brut West Sussex England
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2006 Château Musar Blanc Bekaa Valley
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