Blandy's Madeira

The only one of the original founders of the Madeira wine trade to still own and manage their own company, Blandy's was founded in 1811 by John Blandy who first came to work in the accounting offices of another wine merchants three years before. The company joined the Madeira Wine Association in 1925 and this merged became the Madeira Wine Company in 1989 when Symingtons joined, though the latter only has a minor shareholding, leaving Blandy maintaining its own independence. Blandy's has also made recent innovations in Madeira, introducing the colheita wines in 2002 and Blandy's Alvada in 2002. The latter combines two noble varieties, Bual and Malmsey, to give a balanced wine more likely to appeal to the younger drinker.