December 2010 —“The Rare Wine Co., the import firm likely responsible for much of [Madeira’s] current revival … one of [Mannie] Berk’s genius strokes was to launch his Historic Series of Madeiras. These five, produced by the ascendant house of Barbeito, highlight the five noblest grapes of the island—Sercial, Verdelho, Bual, Malmsey and the nearly-lost Terrantez—but they do so in an American context, each honoring a U.S. city that did a steady trade in Madeira.”

- Jon Bonné, San Francisco Chronicle