Wine regions of Portugal

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Chapters: Madeira, Madeira wine, Douro, Vinho Verde, Douro DOC, List of Portuguese wine regions, Cantanhede Municipality, Dão DOC, Braga District, Carcavelos DOC, Bucelas DOC, Tejo VR, Trás-os-Montes wine, Alentejo wine, Lisboa VR, Encostas d'Aire DOC, Viana do Castelo District, Vidigueira wine, Távora-Varosa DOC, Península de Setúbal VR, Borba wine, Palmela DOC, Beiras VR, Portalegre wine, Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture, Redondo wine, Minho Province, Bairrada DOC, Reguengos wine, Setúbal DOC, Granja-Amareleja wine, Cova da Beira wine, Moura wine, Castelo Rodrigo wine, Evora wine, Pinhel wine, Almeirim wine, Cartaxo wine, Coruche wine, Chamusca wine, Tomar wine, Santarém wine, Valpaços wine, Torres Vedras DOC, Planalto Mirandês wine, Minho VR, Alenquer DOC, Chaves wine, Alcobaça wine, Terras Madeirenses VR, Colares DOC, Algarve VR, Óbidos DOC, Açores VR, Duriense VR, Beira Interior DOC, Arruda DOC, Lagoa DOC, Pico IPR, Lagos DOC, Portimão DOC, Tavira DOC, Lafões IPR, Graciosa IPR, Biscoitos IPR. Excerpt: Madeira - a.new,#quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki:resourceloader:filter:minify-css:5:f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */ Madeira Tower of the Gothic style 15th century Roman Catholic Cathedral of Funchal. 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 islands are said to be two in number separated by a very narrow strait and lie 10,000 furlongs from Africa. They are called the Isles of the Blessed"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. The Santa Maria de Colombo, a replica of the types of ship typical during the re-Discovery, built by craftsmen from Câmara de LobosMuch 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. 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 mo