This Christmas, drink local!
As we enter the festive season and we are all thinking about what to drink with our friends and relatives, can I ask you, dear reader, to spend a little
Herdade do Sobroso – Pure Alentejo
The wine of Herdade do Sobroso keeps on impressing me. This huge 660-hectare (over 1,600 acres) estate is high on my list of places to visit in the Alentejo and,
A surprise from Anselmo Mendes
Anselmo Mendes is one of the great names in modern Vinho Verde, meaning great white wines made mostly from the Alvarinho or Loureiro grape in the Vinho Verde region. I
The Beaujolais Nouveau has arrived in the Algarve!
Beaujolais Nouveau is a fairly recently discovered pleasure for me. Having lived most of my life in Portugal, it is not something that was available to me during my formative
An authentic new white from the Dão region
Any regular reader of my column will know that I am a die-hard fan of the Dão region. And if any one grape comes to mind when talking of Dão,
Arvad’s rosé was worth waiting for
I wrote a while ago here about the impressive, lightly oaked white wine made by this relative newcomer to the Algarve winemaking scene, and have since tried the red (also
A top draw Pinot from Álvaro Castro
When it comes to Dão, a reliable guarantee of quality is anything made by Álvaro Castro, the winemaker who owns and operates both Quinta da Pellada and Quinta de Sães.
Buying Portuguese wines in the UK
I spent a few days in the UK last week and decided to do a bit of research into the Portuguese wines readily available to the UK consumer. I had
A classy Syrah from the Lisbon region
Quinta da Boa Esperança is located to the north of the Lisbon wine region, close to Torres Vedras, and this is the first of their wines that I have seen
The solitary chef
How a one-man show in Portimão has become one of the Algarve’s hottest dinner tickets Getting a reservation at Loki is probably more difficult than at any of the region’s