Madeira Wine Guided Tour And Cheese Tasting

It was a wonderful tour! I learned new things about wine, learned more about wine of Madeira, and happy had the chance to try one! And the cheese selection at the end was wonderful and super delicious!

Tour guide and tasting were excellent. The cheese selection exceptional

The wine and cheese experience was effectively 2 separate events. Firstly we sampled some lovely but cheeses from the Azores with a glass of wine. This was followed by an interesting tour of Blandys followed by Madeira wine tasting. Very nice 🙂.

The directions were very confusing. They could have been presented SO much better. Not intuitive for us. However, the Madeira tasting and the cheese tasting were phenomenal.

Is a very informative tour through the blandys building. Ended with a tasting tour guide was great very knowledgeable. It was then a short walk to the cheese shop. The owner was wonderful. We had a great time easy tour to do as it takes only about two hours.

The wine and cheese tasting was fantastic. The tasting and tour started at Blandys with a tour of their museum which included a lot of information about the history of the company, how they make their wine and what makes Madeira wine special. We then had a wine tasting where the guide talked us through tasting the three different wines and about the flavours we could taste. Following the wine tasting I walked to the location for the cheese tasting. The tasting consisted of four cheeses and a glass of wine. The shop owner explained the different cheeses and what they were made from. The cheeses were accompanied by some toasted bread and salted red pepper. The cheese and wine were lovely, I particularly enjoyed the different textures of the cheeses.

Very knowledgeable and entertaining guide at Blandy’s. Bit of confusion about the cheese tasting after our tour of Blandy’s. Did not realise it was in another location and it was not stated when booking the address of where to walk to. One of the Blandy’s staff weren’t too keen to direct us but thankfully the staff member in the shop was very helpful. It is a very short walk to the cheese shop which was a lovely experience but the address in advance and directions would be very handy for future clients I’m sure

Informative interesting great knowledge by the guide. Not enough time to really experience the museum. Guide kept looking at her watch so she was obviously under pressure to get us to the tasting part. Generous measurements of 3 different types of Madeira wines. We did the cheese tasting at another venue which was included in the ticket price which was very nice. A little more info would have been helpful to try and find this place. The owner if the cheese shop was expecting us and he was very informative.

Good trip organised by Neil of Madeirafoodies. Easy to book through Trip Advisor and good communications from Neil himself. Directions on the day were spot on. Arrived at Blandy's and had the tour with a very knowledgeable guide, then on to a short tasting of three different types of Madeira. The museum is a revelation - although we weren't given quite enough time to take it all in, in my opinion. After the tasting, Neil had organised a cheese & wine tasting a short walk away, with the very friendly Denis in his cheese shop. Again, directions provided by Neil were spot on. Denis's cheese shop is so much more - he sells all sorts of produce from the Azores. Cheeses, which aren't available anywhere else, plus condiments, foods and wine. The red is particularly good! Denis talked us through the three cheeses and the wine and explained the maturing process of each. Highly recommended. Speak to Neil (on Instagram or Facebook) at Madeirafoodies.

We didn't realise the wine tasting and cheese tasting were in 2 totally different places and when we finished the wine the cheese shop wasn't open until 4pm.

The wine tour was excellent with a very knowledgeable host. The cheese and wine was not mentioned and we forgot to ask therefore we didn't go.

I cannot give 5 as there was no cheese offered

The guide was experienced and we enjoyed the tour. But since the discreption of the tour said ”wheelchair accessible” we tought so. Anyway, you can not do the tour unless you can walk the stairs but you can participate in the wine tasting (which were very good).

Great guided wine tour and paired with cheese was a perfect combo :) Really detailed guided experience of the history of madeira wine too.

Educational wine tour and tastings at Blandy's, followed by lovely tapas dishes and poncha at a cosy eaterie. Very enjoyable.

Interesting visit, good products, dedicated and educational people.

The cheese tasting was excellent and the shopkeeper was super nice. The wine tasting was very good too and the team was welcoming.