Miles Madeira Rainwater Color:White THE VINEYARDS

THE VINEYARDS

parallel to the region’s unusual east-west coastal range

Drink it over the next couple of years

screaming of ripe plum and black berry aromas

and roasted lamb shank

Miles Madeira Rainwater Color:White THE VINEYARDSRainwater is a soft, well balanced and pleasant, medium dry wine from the Verdelho grape. The name, so the story goes, comes from a time when shipments of Madeira were left awaiting pickup on one of the island's beaches, during which time the barrels absorbed water during rain showers. This diluted the alcohol and created a less powerful wine. Today Rainwater is simply made without fortifying the Madiera base wine as much as the typical, sweeter, more