The name Macaronesia originates from the Greek (μακάρων = happy, fortunate; and νῆσοι = islands) for "blessed islands" or "fortunate islands", a term used by ancient geographers for the islands west of the Strait of Gibraltar.

Macaronesia is made up of four archipelagos:

- Azores (Portuguese Republic)
- Madeira (Portuguese Republic)
- Canary Islands (Kingdom of Spain)
- Cape Verde (Republic of Cape Verde)

These isolated islands have biogeographies that are unique in the world and characterized by certain archaisms and endemisms, although they also have several native species or subspecies in common with other biological regions (also called biogeographic regions or ecozones).

Given the high set of common characteristics, which are reflected not only in traditions but also in Gastronomy and Eology. Thus, and following previous contacts, the above-mentioned Confraternities, representing the other confraternities of each of the regions, will sign, in the Solemn Session of the XXV Grand Chapter of the Enogastronomic Confraternity of Madeira, a Cooperation Protocol for the defense and promotion of Macaronesian Enogastronomy. 

This act will be complemented with a dinner, in an extra-Chapter program, prepared by the four confraternities on April 29.
More information about this dinner will be released in due course, but the number of places for this dinner will be (very) limited, giving priority to the confreres of the Confraternities that are signatories of the Protocol and the invited official entities.