Never mind the difficulties of getting there: for centuries, Madeira’s mid-Atlantic location meant it was a key stop for the explorers who made inaccessible destinations a career choice. This may be Madeira’s first claim to fame: a royal warrant, if of a rather unconventional kind. Clarence died in 1478, less than 60 years after the island’s discovery, so it’s impressive that there were sufficient quantities already available in England’s palaces to murder a grown man. Shakespeare claimed that Edward IV had his brother, the Duke of Clarence, drowned in a butt of Malmsey, the sweetest style of Madeira (Malmsey is another name for Malvasia).
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