Recipe: Madeira Wine Information for Dora:

Madeira wine is a very expensive (and when I say expensive I mean it) wine from Portugal. But as with every wine, there are exceptions to the rule. I found a source at the Internet which asks for $14.00 per bottle. Of course, I use Madeira wine only for cooking because I prefer Port & Sherry for an apperitif & champagne for dessert. Regardless here is the information I found with an extremely reasonably priced Madeira.

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Broadbent NV Rainwater Madeira
Source: wine shop (wine.com)
Portugal

winemaker's notes:
Aged in oak casks for at least 3 years. Esteemed for its concentrated aroma and subtle flavor, it can be served as an ap ritif or as an after dinner drink. Madeira, warm and luscious in both its dry and sweet variations, makes an excellent wine for winter and the holiday season. Clear dark reddish-copper in color, it breathes classic and very appealing Madeira scents of dried dates and figs and mixed nuts. Smooth and gently sweet, it's not a "sticky" dessert wine but shows good fresh-fruit sweetness built on Madeira's sturdy core of tart, lemony acidity.

notes:
Madeira: The general term for fortified wines from the island of the same name in the Atlantic Ocean 300 miles due west of Casablanca. Madeira has been an autonomous region of Portugal since 1419. The wine of choice for such early Americans as Thomas Jefferson, Madeira has a long and fascinating history. The wines also enjoy extraordinary longevity. Rainwater: An old name for a specific style of Madeira. Today Rainwater is used generically for medium-dry wines similar in style to a Verdelho. Broadbent: The producer. All Madeiras in the Broadbent portfolio are hand-selected on the island by Michael Broadbent, widely considered to be the world's foremost authority on Madeira.