One mighty magnum
Covela Edição Nacional – white Serving a magnum of wine always adds a bit of ‘wow factor’ and so the experts say, the larger volume of wine in the bottle
40 years of good food and wine in Portugal
The Chaîne des Rôtisseurs will be celebrating their 40th anniversary in Portugal in style between October 3 and 9, with a series of events involving the best restaurants in the
Luxury wines
The month of September marked 10 years since five winemakers – Quinta do Vallado, Niepoort, Quinta do Crasto, Quinta Vale D. Maria and Quinta do Vale Meão – joined forces
CTT cookbook
National postal company CTT was due to present a Portuguese cookbook on October 2 at the Sousa Leal palace in Lisbon. The book, written in Portuguese and titled ‘Portugal Connosco
40 years of good food and wine in Portugal
The Chaîne des Rôtisseurs will be celebrating their 40th anniversary in Portugal in style between October 3 and 9, with a series of events involving the best restaurants in the
One mighty magnum
Covela Edição Nacional – white By PATRICK STUART patrick.stuart@open-media.net Serving a magnum of wine always adds a bit of ‘wow factor’ and so the experts say, the larger volume of
Organic products
A market of organic food products takes place every Saturday in Portimão. Local farmers sell a variety of organically grown produce at the Jardim 1º de Dezembro, in front of
A Carvoeiro mecca for sweet cheats
By Patrick Stuart patrick.stuart@open-media.net As someone who loves food and cooking as much as I do, it shames me to admit that I am pretty useless when it comes to
Gastronomy connoisseurs meet in Portimão
Portimão is to host the 9th Grand Chapter of the Algarve Gastronomic Brotherhood (Confraria dos Gastrónomos do Algarve) on October 12, when around 200 confreres from Portugal, Italy and Spain
Gastronomy fair
Over 100 exhibitors will be participating in this year’s “Experiências a Sul” (Southern Experiences), which takes place in Beja at the Parque de Exposições e Feiras and comprises a wine,