Aequinoctium Autumnus 2010 Grande Reserva
Something special for a winter evening Many of us will have started the year by cutting back on our drinking. I certainly have. But allowing myself just a few drinking
Herdade do Arrepiado Velho Antão Vaz
If I had tasted this wine blind I would not have identified it as the typical white Alentejo variety Antão Vaz, or indeed as an Alentejo wine. But this is
Fish is king in Portimão’s new gastronomic event
For three weeks in three months, 16 restaurants in Portimão will be serving some of their most delicious fish dishes as part of a brand new gastronomic event entitled ‘Portimão
Thousands expected at Lisbon’s chocolate festival
As many as 30,000 chocolate-lovers and sweet-toothed enthusiasts are expected at this year’s ‘Chocolate em Lisboa’ festival, held at Campo Pequeno between Thursday, February 9 and Sunday, February 12. This
Herdade do Portocarro
A producer to watch Earlier this month I made a visit to one of the Portuguese wineries that has most captured my interest over the last year or so. Last
Three Algarve restaurants among world’s Top 1000
The Ocean (Porches), Vila Joya (Albufeira) and Henrique Leis (Almancil) are the three Algarve restaurants included in La Liste, a ranking of the world’s 1000 best restaurants. The list also
Forget the whole roast and get the most from your turkey
A perfect whole roast turkey carved at the table with all the trimmings has a significance at Christmas time that supersedes, for many home cooks, the importance of achieving the
Hotel schools sell “world’s best Bolo-Rei’ for charity
Selling delicious Christmas cakes in a bid to raise money for charity is the goal of an initiative launched for the second year by Portugal’s 12 hotel and tourism schools.
New food tour company offers “genuine Algarve experience”
Showing tourists the best places to enjoy a truly Algarvean gastronomic experience is the goal of new company ‘Eating Algarve Food Tours’, launched recently by two 32-year-old friends from Faro.
A tale of two vineyards
Cortes de Cima Branco 2015 The story of Cortes de Cima goes back to 1988 when the owners set out in a sailing boat to travel around Europe and find