Blandy’s dates its venerable history back to 1807, when an Englishman named John Blandy arrived on the island of Madeira in the hopes of improving his fragile health. He brought his family and over the course of several generations Blandy's became one of the leading winemaking and exporting companies on the island. Today the company is aligned with the Symingtons of Oporto in a partnership that enables world wide distribution. Blandy’s makes a wide range of fortified wines from vintage to non-vintage Colheitas.