We've visited Blandy's twice now, once in 2018 and again in 2023. Both times we found it informative and good value for money. This time we were all given headphones to better hear the tour guide, which particularly helped when we had to stay back from the group due to having our one year old with us. (It's fine to take kids, she enjoyed looking around and they have baby change facilities). The shop is still great value both for Madeira wine and other wine - we got a bottle of lovely rose for about £6! We just turned up on a Friday morning to get onto the 10.30am tour, and they just managed to squeeze us in - but I'd recommend booking if you can. Definitely worth the 12 euro fee.

Interesting. Apart from the tour, there are 2 different tasting rooms. In the first, you can experience the cheaper 3 and 5 year old Maderia styles, and in the second 10 year old wines. Both were great fun. Try it if you are new to Madeira wine.

We booked onto the lodge tour which lasted 30 minutes and included the tasting of two Madeira wines. Well worth a visit. Very knowledgable tour guide - Alexandra. English spoken and easy to understand (I am hard of hearing - so this was a huge thing for me to have this). Beautiful place and the wine is delicious. Plus an added bonus any wine purchased can be collected at the airport after security to carry on as hand luggage!

Did the tour with a lovely guide called Alexandra, she made the tour interesting from start to finish with lots of facts and answering any questions with ease. She also explained that different wines can be used for a appertif or a digestive with your meal .This is well worth a visit. You get to taste two different Madeira Wines and if flying with only hand luggage can order and pay for wine in the shop and they will get it to the airport to be collected after security.

We had considered going on a proper wine tasting tour but having done many before and with a 2 year old, we opted to do a tasting in their bar on a couple of afternoons instead. Far more reasonable prices and even their glasses of wine are good value if you don't do a tasting. My 2 year old was happy with a cheese platter while we had our drinks and they even gave her some crayons and a little book. Lovely friendly staff and on our last day we ordered a bottle of wine to collect at the airport to save hassle.

We did the Lodge tour today and enjoyed it. The guide did a good job, spoke good English and shared her passion for the Madeira wines they produced. It’s fairly short, includes tasting of 2 very different wines at the end and is worth a visit.

What an Aladdin’s cave of Madeira wine! Amazing building with barrels and history round every corner. We did the premium and vintage tours back to back as a package. I mucked up the booking big style and the staff were all hugely helpful and accommodating. Learned so much on both tours and the tasting at the end was the icing on the cake (so to speak!).

This is a "must do" when in Funchal. Apart from providing a fascinating insight into the production and history of madeira (the drink) it also highlights the achievements of one family whose ancestor ventured out to Madeira from a tiny Dorset village at the beginning of the 19th century to seek his fortune. The museum, which forms part of the tour (briefly) but to which you can return later (and I recommend you do) gives an outline of this family's association with the island and their interests extend way beyond producing madeira. Our guide on the tour spoke excellent English and you get to see the cooperage and the barrel storage and ageing process, as well as the museum, before tasting a couple of the different madeiras. An excellent way to spend a wet morning (which it was) but, of course, when it is wet it is busy. We took advantage of the discount available to those on the tour to buy some madeira to take home - a very efficient arrangement of picking it up airside at the airport on departure - which means it can go in hand luggage (hope it works!). We visited the onsite restaurant on a different (and sunny day) and have reviewed this separately.

Just a very pleasant way to spend time. Pacey and informative tour, atmospheric place and all very well done. Next to a v lovely green jardin with a nice cafe if you arrive a bit early.

Probably one of the must see's in Funchal. Very easy to book on their website. A 45 minute walk throught the history and making of their drink is well put together. A Premium Tour gets you two samples to taste plusd your ticket gets you 10% off with airport delivery. We enjoyed it.