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Madeira Wine Tasting In Funchal, Quick Facts
Madeira Wine Tasting In Funchal, Private Visit At H.M. Borges
A private tour of one of Funchal's historic Madeira wine houses, in business since 1877, followed by a seated tasting of six wines with local pairings. You see the ageing warehouse, learn how Madeira wine is made, aged and bottled, and then taste it properly in the main hall: five, ten, fifteen and twenty year old wines, a single harvest and a Frasqueira on the Diamond tasting, or thirty years, two Frasqueiras and a wine aged over fifty years on the Premium. In the centre of Funchal, a short walk from the cruise port, in English or Portuguese. Children up to 17 join free.
Two hours ashore, a hundred years of wine, and you walk back to the ship. The best cruise morning in Funchal.
A Port Day In Funchal, How It Works
Most shore excursions in Funchal put you on a coach for half a day. This one is a walk. Ships dock a short distance from the city centre, the winery is in town, and the 10:30 visit is over before lunch, with the old town, the market and the cable car still ahead of you. The visit is private for your group, so you are not sharing the guide with a coach.
Buchung mit einer Anzahlung
Pick your tasting and your group size, children included. You pay a geringe Kaution online and the rest at the winery.
Senden Sie Ihre Schiffsinformationen
Gegeben Sie uns Ihre Name des Schiffes und Zeit der Ankunft aller Besatzungsmitglieder. We confirm the visit with the winery, usually the 10:30, and send you the address and a map pin.
Walk Into Town
From the port into the centre of Funchal on foot, or a short taxi. Arrive ten minutes early.
The Tour And The Tasting
About 40 minutes through the house and the warehouse, then your table in the tasting hall. Six wines, the pairings, and time to ask questions.
The Rest Of Funchal
Out before lunch. The market, the old town and the cable car are all close, and the ship is a walk away.
🍷 Two Tastings, Both Private
1. Diamond Tasting, six wines
The full ladder of Madeira: 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, a Single Harvest and a Frasqueira, the vintage wine aged at least twenty years in cask. The right choice for a first real Madeira tasting, and for most groups.
Preis: 60 € pro Person · Jetzt bezahlen: 12€ deposit · At the winery: 48€ · Children up to 17: kostenlos
2. Premium Tasting, six premium wines
For people who already know they love Madeira: a Single Harvest, 20 years, 30 years, two Frasqueiras, and a wine aged over fifty years. Wines you will not find by the glass anywhere else.
Preis: 80 € pro Person · Jetzt bezahlen: 16€ deposit · At the winery: 64€ · Children up to 17: kostenlos
The wines in each tasting can change with availability; the number and the level stay the same. Same price as booking direct, with the booking, the ship timing and the WhatsApp team handled by us.
✅ Club Canary Bestpreisgarantie🏷 What You See And Taste
1. The House
A family wine house founded in 1877, still in the centre of Funchal. The story of Madeira wine, the island and the house, told by your guide.
2. The Ageing Warehouse
The casks, stacked and dated, where the wine sits for years in the warmth. This is what makes Madeira unlike any other wine in the world.
3. Production And Bottling
How the wine is made, heated, aged and bottled, explained simply. You leave knowing what Sercial, Verdelho, Bual and Malmsey mean on a label.
4. The Tasting Hall
Six wines in order, youngest to oldest, with dried fruit, honey cake, honey biscuits and local chocolates. Then the shop, if you want a bottle for home.
⏱ About 40 minutes of tour, then the tasting at your own pace. Private for your group.
Which Tasting?
First time with Madeira wine, or a mixed group? Diamond. It shows the whole range from young to old and it is the better story. Already a fan, or celebrating? Premium, for the thirty year old and the wine aged over fifty years. Same tour, same pairings, same hall. Not sure? Schreiben Sie uns auf WhatsApp.
Why Only For Cruise Guests
Club Canary is a local tour platform from the Canary Islands. We sell what we know, on the islands where we live and work, and Madeira is not one of them, so we do not sell to people staying on Madeira, out of respect for the local companies that do. What we do is look after our cruise guests for the whole itinerary: when your ship calls at Funchal between the Canary Islands, this is the morning we arranged for you, with the same booking, the same policy and the same WhatsApp team as the rest of your trip. On the same cruise, the Madeira taxi tour to Nuns' Valley fits the afternoon or a second call, and the La Palma und Gran Canaria taxi tours work the same way.
Best Price Guarantee, the same price as booking direct, a small deposit now and the rest at the winery, and real people on WhatsApp in more than ten languages, every day from 08:00 to 22:00. Club Canary is the official ticket seller, the winery runs the visit. Rated 4.8/5 from 1.400+ verifizierte Bewertungen.
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Was ist enthalten
- A private guided tour of the winery, about 40 minutes, for your group only.
- The history of the house and of Madeira wine, the ageing warehouse, and how the wine is made, aged and bottled.
- A seated tasting in the main tasting hall: six wines on the Diamond tasting, six premium wines on the Premium tasting, including a wine aged over 50 years.
- Local pairings with the wines: dried fruit, mini Madeira honey cake, honey biscuits and locally made chocolates, depending on the day.
- A guide in English or Portuguese.
- Children up to 17 join free, without wine.
- Best Price Guarantee from Club Canary, the same price as booking direct.
- Transport. The winery is in the centre of Funchal, a walk or a short taxi from the cruise port; the exact address and a map pin are on your e-ticket.
- Bottles to take home. The shop is right there, and Madeira wine travels well, but it is at your own expense.
- Lunch. The pairings are generous but they are a tasting, not a meal.
Wichtige Informationen
- Visits run Monday to Friday at 10:30und Tuesday and Thursday also at 15:30. Other times may be possible on request for a private group; ask us with your ship's hours.
- Count on about 40 Minuten for the tour and as long as you like for the tasting. Arrive 10 minutes early.
- Every visit is booked in advance and confirmed by the winery first. Club Canary confirms by WhatsApp or email within 24 hours, and only then is your booking final.
- This visit is for cruise guests calling at Funchal. Club Canary is a Canary Islands company; we do not sell to visitors staying on Madeira.
- Senden Sie Ihre Name des Schiffes und Zeit der Ankunft aller Besatzungsmitglieder in the booking form. The 10:30 visit suits almost every port call; the 15:30 visit only if your ship sails in the evening.
- The winery is in the centre of Funchal, reachable on foot from the cruise port or by a short taxi. The address and a map pin are on your e-ticket.
- Sie bezahlen eine online einzahlen to reserve your places. The rest is paid at the winery on the day: 48€ per person for the Diamond tasting, 64€ for the Premium.
- Children up to 17 attend free and taste the pairings, not the wine. Tell us how many when you book.
- The winery is a historic building with stairs and no lift. Wheelchair access cannot be guaranteed; tell us about any mobility needs before booking and we ask.
- Pushchairs cannot come on the tour. They can be stored at the winery during the visit.
- English and Portuguese.
- Madeira wine is fortified, around 18 to 20 percent. Six glasses in a tasting is a proper tasting. Eat the pairings, drink water, and do not plan to drive after.
Buchungs- und Stornierungsbedingungen
Deposit & Bezahlung
- Your deposit reserves the private visit and counts toward the total price.
- The balance is paid at the winery on the day.
- Availability is confirmed before your booking is final. Club Canary confirms by WhatsApp or email within 24 hours.
Stornierung
- Kostenlose Stornierung bis zu 48 Stunden before your visit, or 72 Stunden for groups of 5 or more, by emailing office@clubcanary.com. Ihr Einzahlungsbetrag wird vollständig zurückerstattet.
- 24 bis 48 Stunden before: you lose your full deposit. No exceptions.
- 12 bis 24 Stunden before: you lose your deposit and pay 60% of the remaining balance. Wir senden Ihnen einen Zahlungslink.
- Weniger als 12 Stunden before, a no-show, or arriving too late: you lose your deposit and pay the full remaining balance (100%). Wir senden Ihnen einen Zahlungslink.
The Only Exception
- A real doctor or hospital paper that says you cannot take part, dated before the visit or the same morning. It covers the person named on it, not the whole group. For everything else, your travel insurance is the right route; ask us for a written booking confirmation for your claim.
Änderungen in der Schiffsfahrplan
- If your ship's hours change, tell us as early as you can and we try to move the visit with the winery.
- If your ship cannot call at Funchal at all, message us as soon as you know. You get a full refund of your deposit.
Wines And Conduct
- The wines in each tasting may change with availability; the number of wines and the level stay the same.
- Guests arriving intoxicated or behaving inappropriately may be refused without a refund.
- Jedes Problem muss gemeldet werden an winery staff on the day. Club Canary is not on site and cannot process complaints or refunds after the visit.
Sie sind unsicher, ob die Uhrzeit Ihres Schiffes stimmt? Senden Sie eine Nachricht an das Club Canary Team. WhatsApp and we check it for you, open daily 08:00 to 22:00.
Die Ehrliche Meinung von Club Canary
Ehrliche Worte von eurem lokalen Team von den Kanarischen Inseln
Madeira wine is the reason this island has been on the map for four hundred years, and most cruise guests go home with a bottle from a shop and no idea what they bought. This is the fix: a private tour of a family house founded in 1877, the warehouse where the casks sit, and then six glasses in order, from five years old to a wine older than your grandparents. It is the best thing you can do in Funchal in two hours, and it is a walk from the ship.
We keep it honest: this is a tasting, not a lunch, the building has stairs, and six glasses of fortified wine is a real tasting. Go in the morning, eat the honey cake, and buy the bottle afterwards, because now you know what is in it.
Walk off the ship, taste a hundred years of Madeira in a morning, and walk back. Book the 10:30.
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