Fine dining at the clubhouse
A new trend is turning golf clubs into foodie destinations. With the exquisite Vistas Rui Silvestre at one end, and the Palmares Clubhouse fine dining restaurant at the other, the
An orange wine from the land of Port
I’ve well and truly caught the orange wine bug. It may have something to do with the fact that my wife is very choosy when it comes to reds, generally
CNN ranks Portuguese ‘caldo verde’ soup among world’s best
Portugal’s ‘caldo verde’ soup has been featured in a list of 20 of the world’s best soups published online by American news giant CNN. “Thinly sliced greens meld with potatoes
A Dão secret
Clandestino is the name of a somewhat secretive wine being made in the Dão region, with an unusual bottle design on smoked glass adding to the mystery. The image of
Quinta do Lago barmen among ‘World Class 2021’ elite
David Figueira and José Domingues, two barmen working at the Algarve’s Quinta do Lago resort, are among the 25 finalists of the ‘World Class 2021’ competition organised by the Diageo
Spanish journalists to cook Algarve ‘cataplana’ during livestream event
Seven Spanish journalists and bloggers will be putting their cooking abilities to the test next Friday (March 12) when they will attempt to cook a tuna ‘cataplana’ – a traditional
An outstanding Baga in the classic style
The Baga grape, as I have said here many times, is my favourite Portuguese variety, producing wines these days that vary in style from something light and delicate, vaguely resembling
Bomburgers, a new concept in Faro to overcome the restaurant crisis
Dark kitchens – also known as cloud or ghost kitchens – are taking the world by storm in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The concept is simple: food is
Apolónia supermarkets sell Wine Spectator’s “Wine of the Year 2020”
Algarve’s Apolónia supermarkets are now selling the “Wine of the Year 2020” – Spanish winery Marqués de Murrieta’s 2010 Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial – as named by prestigious American
Naturally different
An unexpected encounter with some interesting organic wines. The owner of this very small organic winery near Caldas da Rainha, in the Lisbon wine region, decided to send me some