Alentejo among 10 best wine travel destinations of 2016
The Alentejo has been named one of the “10 best wine travel destinations of 2016” by the US Wine Enthusiast magazine. “With miles of vineyards and cork oak trees, historic
Foreign press visits Portugal’s wine regions
Portuguese wine distributor Lusovini has invited more than 40 foreign wine critics, journalists, and representatives of restaurant and hotel businesses to visit Portugal’s vineyards and wine cellars. The trip began
Alentejo beachside restaurant among “world’s best”
The Alentejo’s Restaurante Sal has featured on a list of the “world’s best beachside cafés” published online by the American edition of the Condé Nast Traveler magazine. Located on the
Wagyu beef production comes to Portugal
Prized as one of the highest quality grades of beef in the world, the meat of the Wagyu cow is appreciated by gourmets for its heavy marbling and rich flavour.
Australians plough €10 million into Alentejo white poppy production
Just as foreign millions ‘scoop’ prime chunks of Portuguese real estate, agriculture too is reaping new rewards. Australian company TPI Enterprises – which has already ploughed around €3 million into
Frescoes uncovered in Alentejo
Painstaking work in a 16th century church in the Alentejan town of Alvalade has revealed an “important set of frescoes” that researchers have been looking for “for a very long
Alentejo named Best Wine Region to Visit
The Alentejo has been named the ‘Best Wine Region to Visit’ by readers of American online newspaper USA Today. The region gained an early lead in the voting and left
Alentejo set to become Portugal’s Buddhist centre
Religion || One of Europe’s biggest Buddhist retreat centres will soon be opening doors in the Alentejo. A 100-hectare centre is expected to officially open in September, near the small
Riding west
Members of the Algarve Senior Bikers (ASB) recently braved the cold winds to take a ride to Odemira in the lower Alentejo. The group was divided into two due to
Algarve and Alentejo without PET scans
The Algarve and Alentejo regions find themselves out in the cold when it comes to sophisticated medical screening, like PET (Positron emission tomography) scans. Of the 12 centres for nuclear