Food & Drink

Tuesday last week saw the culmination of the 2017 Rotary Algarve Schools Cookery Competition. Organised jointly by Peter Hinze of the Almancil International Rotary Club (AIRC) and Alan Winn of

This label and most attractively-shaped bottle is a fairly recent arrival to the market. I first saw it on sale here in the Algarve last year and tried the non-reserva

Travel publisher Lonely Planet has described the Alentejo as “one of the world’s great unsung culinary destinations”. Writer Regis St Louis says the region is the “gastronomic soul of Portugal”.

Just a few weeks ago, when travelling long haul on BA in business class, I was praising the airline for what I consider to be a marked improvement in the

I had not even heard of this producer until I noticed a small collection of their reds on the shelf of the Alentejo reds section in Apolónia last week. Not

When we think of high quality vinho verde these days, we tend to focus on the Alvarinho grape, but the Loureiro variety is every bit as important to the Vinho

Old school but delicious! The duck we can buy at supermarkets here in Portugal is so cheap compared to prices in the UK and elsewhere, and mostly very good. There

A contest to elect the Algarve’s top wines will take place at the São José Convent in Lagoa on Sunday, March 19. A jury of specialists from Portugal’s Sommelier Association

Just what is available for wine lovers in the sky these days with BA? Over the last few years I have become a pretty local BA customer. I often ask

More Portuguese Pinot Here we have another Portuguese Pinot, a grape that I am passionate about. If I could afford to drink good red Burgundy every day I would probably