Madeira Wine producer and exporter company “Blandy’s Madeira Wine Company”’s enologist will validate the island’s oldest wine collection during the remodeling of the Liberty Hall Museum in the United States, was announced today.
“It is a prestige and an honor for Blandy’s Madeira Wine, that its winemaker and administrator, Francisco Albuquerque, was chosen to validate one of the most remarkable discoveries of the Madeira wine of the United States of America,” says the information released today by the company.
During the remodeling of the Liberty Hall Museum in New Jersey, in the United States of America, 50 bottles and 42 bottles of Madeira wine were found. They were hidden behind a wall built during the Dry Law, implemented in the early 20th century in the country.
In the press release, the winemaker Francisco Albuquerque reports that some of the bottles are dated shortly after the American Revolution of 1776, which 
shows the “importance” of Madeira wines in the USA. “It’s a proof that it is a wine with a very rare aging index, with great longevity,” he emphasized, adding that it was “already proven”.
Among the centuries-old wines found there are Verdelho, Sercial and Smoke Madeira; the oldest bottle is 221 years old [more than two centuries old], while the youngest is 168 years old.
The information also mentions that this is considered the “oldest collection of Madeira wines found in the United States”, and the wine cellar is now open to the public.
This initiative has Christie’s and Apcor auctioneers as partners, and this cork industry association is responsible for “making cork stoppers for the bottles, replacing the stoppers that have been used for over 100 years”.
This detail also “certifies the high quality of Portuguese cork”, as pointed out in the press release.
