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.

We booked an English tour, excellent commentary, the headsets enhance the quality of the tour. From beginning to end our guide was excellent, knowledgeable, thought provoking, humorous and attentive. The gifting of a guidebook is a great idea, as is the option to revisit the museum after the tasting session. The tasting was well organised and explained, tastings were generous measures and much appreciated. We did a Thursday morning tour which we booked online the previous evening. Would recommend booking on a non cruise ship day, as we did. We would definitely do this tour again and also like to visit the Blandy vineyards.

We have booked the tickets on the day of the tour via their website ( €15 per adult and €7 per child). The tour took 45m and included 2 wines to try at the end. We have arrived for 10.15 and waited in the gift shop. The whole experience was really good, not to long and not to short. Sofia the guide was amazing and very knowledgeable. I probably would recommend the tour at 10.30 am as later on was very busy. Still great experience 👍

I went on a Blandy's Wine Lodge Tour with my daughter. It Was an interesting tour. At first they told us about the making of the special Madeira wine, then about the Blandy's family history and at the end we tasted two different wines of madeira wine.

Must visit. We went on a premium tour, that lasted around 45 minutes, and had the chance to get to know the history and the process of the Maderia-wine making. Our tour guide (Sofia) was amazing. The whole place is beautiful, very nice to visit, but the wines, simply incredible. Highly recommend to buy the wines at the winery, they will send them to the ariport to you to collect after the security check, and it is much cheaper than buying the same wines directly at the airtport.

Popped in here and got the mid range wine tasting experience with the cheeses. The chap behind the counter was extremely knowledgeable and gave us so much information about the wines and tasting notes before we made our choice. Absolutely no pressure by him to buy anything we didn’t want or upgrade to more expensive tastings, he provided an excellent service and we were free to choose what we wanted. The wines and cheese arrived very quickly after and we enjoyed mixing the different wines with the different cheeses. Excellent experience.

Highly recommended. We stopped in for a quick sampling and ended pairing some delicious aged blends with a cheese platter. The staff was knowledgeable and helped to pick a variety for us to try. Well worth the experience

It’s rare that I should want to be able to offer more than 5 stars but this is one of those occasions. I was apprehensive that this place might be trading a bit on the back of its brand but I needn’t have worried. The food was sublime, the waiter (I disappoint myself at not remembering his name) was fantastic, and the setting just perfect for an authentic Madeiran meal. Our waiter was fluent in suggesting wines to pair with our food and of course we had to sample the Blandys Madeira! We arrived a little early but were shown straight to our outdoors courtyard table. The evening was relaxed and we weren’t rushed through our courses. And joy of joys, the toilets were spotless!